Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may range from telephoning , letter writing or tribunal representation on the client 's behalf . |
| 2 | On paper this may sound like splitting hairs , but in practice it is perfectly possible to make the difference clear . |
| 3 | This may sound like putting the cart before the horse and being unnecessarily pessimistic . |
| 4 | Although in every case the judge must balance the commercial or property rights of the plaintiff in controlling the information against the value of the defendant 's right of free speech , for many judges brought up in a world which accords pre-eminent value to rights of property , this may seem like balancing hard cash against hot air . |
| 5 | This must happen with regard to RE too . |
| 6 | This might lead to looking at communications at work in English , distribution problems in Geography , or how a company 's product lines have changed over the years in History . |
| 7 | If you find that you are making no gains in size whatsoever , do not be tempted to do more exercises or repetitions because this could lead to overtraining . |
| 8 | But this shift should be seen in the context of the total demands of the elderly on resources which appears not to have risen so fast ; they have so far not been a dependent burden of significant dimensions despite their growing numbers , though as Thomson points out , this could change in coming years . |
| 9 | This would amount to admitting that governments can not save for the future , a view that some describe as pre-emptive capitulation . |
| 10 | He warned that the Welsh would have to pay the price this would entail by accepting incomers . |
| 11 | Because there is no guarantee that , once their interests are counted equitably , they should be liberated ( this will depend on adding up all the minuses , and all the pluses , for both slaves and those who profit from slavery ) . |
| 12 | This will start with working out in more detail the implications for management structures and responsibilities , and for the arrangements governing relations between the different parts of AEA . |
| 13 | This will go towards paying off most of the senior debt , said Tinley , which currently stands at $67m . |
| 14 | This will begin by allowing four to eight weeks for a new manager to become fully conversant with all aspects of staff functions . |
| 15 | This will help towards satisfying one of the main goals of the new strategy : to maintain American troops and interest in Europe . |
| 16 | In the case of R&D or engineering this will amount to looking in more detail at the possible design approaches to the new product and selecting the most promising for development . |
| 17 | While this will assist in allowing a better layout arrangement for the forest industry tents it will mean having to break through the landscape planting which was established by the Commission as a boundary for the present area . |
| 18 | This will assist in beginning to think about shaping the market in 1994/95 and beyond . |
| 19 | This will assist in completing the large re-signalling scheme here and , apart from the run-round when required , will assist with bi-directional operation at the station . |
| 20 | This can lead to revealing internal comparisons : Halliday , for example , compares the Neanderthal style in The Inheritors with the " homo sapiens style " and a third , transitional style in the same novel . |
| 21 | This can result from underclaiming of tax reliefs against taxable income , but it is more likely to be due to tax being stopped on some income but not reclaimed . |
| 22 | ‘ People are horrified this can happen without letting anyone know . ’ |