Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This enacts in statutory form the rule laid down in Christie v. Leachinsky ( H. |
| 2 | This flies in the face of the cautious nature of the Bush administration . |
| 3 | This flies in the face of the most fundamental principles of the historian 's — or indeed any scholarly — profession . |
| 4 | This flies in the face of the current public policy to bring about greater competition in the professions and more choice for the consumer . |
| 5 | This belongs to the last days of 1870 , more than a year after the murder in the park . |
| 6 | Even this belongs to a type that one might call the ‘ declamatory madrigal ’ ( cf. |
| 7 | None of this belongs to me . |
| 8 | In order to provide a physical ‘ menu ’ of the facilities available a plastic template is supplied and this fits over the top of the drawing surface . |
| 9 | I think this fits into information systems actually . |
| 10 | Whether this fits into the pattern of circumstances which brought about Gray 's death , I do n't know . ’ |
| 11 | Portfolio is organising a Women in Management seminar for the hospitality industry on May 13 and this fits into a much broader campaign that has been launched by the Government , Opportunity 2000 . |
| 12 | This fits into the body of the tap and is turned to grind the seat |
| 13 | Summary : This fits into a series of initiatives which have been organised by the Islamologists in Paris . |
| 14 | So that gives you this fits with this pattern acid carbonate they all give a salt apart from the hydrogen one they all give water as well and this one gives a C O two . |
| 15 | This fits with my earlier thesis about the general link between " indebtedness " and relationship " . |
| 16 | This sits on top of what is effectively a bucketful of media which can be sectionalised ( usually in three sections ) to contain several different types of media — which are often as detailed above — mechanical , biological and chemical . |
| 17 | There is the danger that , when we get to college , this grinds to a halt when there is no one to tell you to do it . |
| 18 | But , with typical Moonshake logic , this turns into an expedition t o soak up culture in London 's East End by visiting other , less haunted , landmarks . |
| 19 | Where this wins over the dancefloor bandwagon jumpers is in its upfront and in your face approach rather than being docile . |
| 20 | Where this wins over the dancefloor bandwagon jumpers is in its upfront and in your face approach rather than being docile . |
| 21 | The stress this imposes on carers can be damaging to their mental and physical health and deprive them even of a fulfilling private life . |
| 22 | A mother who loves her daughter can experience real anguish on her behalf if she becomes totally dependent upon her , and recognises the limitations this imposes on her social life and activities . |
| 23 | The liberal-democratic constitution is seen as the only context and as the be-all-and-end-all of things so that the economic and societal context of power and the constraints which this imposes on Cabinet and Prime Minister alike are outside of the framework of serious consideration . |
| 24 | One of the means Golding exploits most consistently to overcome the obvious difficulties this imposes on a novelist is the use of metaphor and simile . |
| 25 | Their being excited in us in an orderly fashion ‘ gives us a sort of foresight , which enables us to regulate our actions for the benefit of life ’ ; and this testifies to God 's wisdom and benevolence . |
| 26 | All this testifies to the extreme importance attached to every status-symbol in an avidly status-conscious age . |
| 27 | The ‘ new angle ’ must be sought to retain reader interest , and this goes beyond the cynical . |
| 28 | But the reason that market researchers have been thrown a baby-boomerang by this goes beyond rising divorce rates and smaller families . |
| 29 | This goes beyond direct observations and requires some inference or speculation on the part of the observer . |
| 30 | This goes beyond monitoring attendance to exploring reasons for absence . |