Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These , accumulating during this second period created an almost limitless reservoir of units and it is this reservoir which can be regarded as being identified with the state of the Created God at the time of the dawn of civilisation . |
| 2 | Does the Secretary of State believe that the action of the board of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. in disqualifying us from competing for this work is fair to Cammell Laird ? |
| 3 | You 'll be working for me next year , but who do you fancy caddying for this year ? ’ |
| 4 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was in the hope of siphoning off this water that she put the beautiful white Ted-decorated house on the market as soon as it was finished . |
| 6 | But , even allowing for this handicap , Irvin and Martin found that university astronomers were not happy with the ‘ inflexible ’ administration of the telescope by the Royal Greenwich Observatory . |
| 7 | But allowing for this criticism , the test seems to be workable . |
| 8 | Allowing for this element means that the average income from farming per full-time equivalent may be about £9,000 per annum . |
| 9 | After allowing for this subsidence there are no significant residual gravity changes between June 1991 and June 1992 , except at the summit crater where there was a decrease of 80μGal . |
| 10 | I hope councillor has n't been puzzling about this question because I think she should have had adequate warning erm the cycling part of working party was agreed by city board on the ninth of on the seventh of December is to come to an end and such work has er relates to cycling within a new transport working party . |
| 11 | One of the publishers most successful at catering for this hunger for information is International Data Group ( IDG ) , a firm that has grown big by breaking many of the management rules cherished by other big publishers . |
| 12 | consider engaging professional help to get a critical analysis of WO population/housing growth predictions and the likely impact of catering for this growth . |
| 13 | The two most important episodes in public order policing during this period were the CND campaign against cruise missiles in the first half of the decade , and the miners ' strike during 1984/5 ; we will examine each of these in turn . |
| 14 | Little attention was paid to policing during this period . |
| 15 | Quiksilver had created the richest prize in surfing for this contest : $50,000 for the winner . |
| 16 | The consensus among observers has been that IBM Corp will find it needs to cut many more than the 25,000 positions it is targeting for this year , so there was little surprise when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal last week came out with independent stories saying the cuts would go much higher . |
| 17 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 18 | Mecir does not need reminding about this inconsistency . |
| 19 | that dredging for this voice has drowned no other |
| 20 | Yes , you , you 've got to keep agitating for this holiday . |
| 21 | She nodded slowly , meeting his gaze with trusting eyes , praying for this chance , that was her path to happiness . |
| 22 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 23 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 24 | The secondary resource should provide a means or a vehicle for driving through this pain barrier experienced by many children , but apparently not recognised by many teachers . |
| 25 | Now when this is all over , and Saddam has got to be stopped , forcibly stopped , when this is over , I believe that there 's got to be no reneging as this country has constantly done with the Arabs ; there has got to be a Middle East conference , and the Israelis said ‘ yes , we agree to your State , but return to your original frontiers or you will get the same treatment as Saddam has got . ’ |
| 26 | She were knocking for this thing you know . |
| 27 | The employers were about to remove theirs by what its American champions were to call ‘ scientific management ’ , but in our period they were still groping for this solution . |
| 28 | Compensating for this loss of sight , some species have small extendable tentacles at the angle of their jaws which serve as sensitive feelers . |
| 29 | Williams-Renault are reported to have approached Mansell 's new Paul Newman-Carl Haas Indy team with a view to buying out his contract on the eve of qualifying for this weekend 's Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide . |
| 30 | She is presently training in the hope of qualifying for this year 's British Olympic squad and needs help with the costs . |