Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly the answer " No " is rarely given to this question and because of this a great many releases go out which are of marginal interest to the recipients . |
| 2 | The new benefit will be widely publicised from this week onwards . |
| 3 | I rarely got beyond this point in my sales patter before expressions of incredulity replaced polite interest . |
| 4 | ‘ To my mind , ’ she wrote , ‘ he has all the qualities of a leading man that the British film industry badly needs at this juncture : youth , good looks , a photogenic face , obviously alert intelligence and a trick of getting the maximum effect with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 5 | Is English law right to define rape in this way , and thereby to exclude from this offence such conduct as forced oral sex ( fellatio ) , cunnilingus , and buggery ? |
| 6 | China was conspicuously omitted from this scheme since it had already rejected it . |
| 7 | For example , Brunsdon notes that ‘ Hollywood , as the world-dominant cinema , exports ideals of White femininity worldwide ’ , yet feminist critics have rarely looked at this aspect of the Hollywood dream-machine in their copious critiques of it . |
| 8 | Cooking is especially suhject to this limitation , although it is in theory one of the most liked activities . |
| 9 | And Street is sure that the Premmia range can only build on this success . |
| 10 | I can only build on this hill . ’ |
| 11 | These pungent performances are a signal reminder of why Barbirolli was so favoured by this composer . |
| 12 | Exultation comes and goes , but here again for the while I suppose it has returned to me in preparation for that step back into the radiant arc of omnipotence which is only given on this earth to the narrator in or of a novel . |
| 13 | And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening . |
| 14 | He probably tells you that it is all arranged at this end , whereas in point of fact nothing has been laid on except by verbal arrangement with him , and then we have a frightful period such as is now going on . |
| 15 | The fortification of staple foods with folic acid to prevent neural tube defects may be unwisely delayed on this account . |
| 16 | So could I therefore ask the minister to , on another matter , to ensure that later in his remarks would he agree to the proposal that the right to a postal vote should be highly publicised in this country , perhaps by putting the R P F nine A form in the newspapers well before the closing date of May the twentieth . |
| 17 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 18 | Soon to be all change on this route : the French company , SNAT , pulls out towards the end of April . |
| 19 | Concepts of similarity and difference can be naturally developed from this starting point . |
| 20 | But for each one so highlighted in this way there are many others just out of sight contributing equally to the Club 's welfare and success . |
| 21 | So I suppose I shall have to rely for my silver lining upon Carrie Schlegel of Capistrano Beach , California , who was kind enough to write to this magazine to say that I was God . |
| 22 | Seven Types of Ambiguity , on the other hand , is entirely occupied with this sort of explanation , through the ‘ verbal analysis ’ of ambiguity in poetry , ambiguity being defined ( in the second edition ) as ‘ any verbal nuance , however slight , which gives room for alternative reactions to the same piece of language ’ ( Empson 1965 : 1 ) . |
| 23 | The figures are better grouped on this version and the bull-woman is more in proportion . |
| 24 | As for Sarah , she is entirely forgotten in this story . |
| 25 | Er I suppose erm er the , most of the people I 've seen in the last ten years have been people either approaching retirement , planning for retirement or actually at the point of retirement and er we 've obviously looked at this course over a number of years and we try to sort of distil it down to the basics of things that we think are important er and that we think will be useful to you . |
| 26 | ‘ So far we have identified almost 50 separate groups who work closely enough together to benefit from this type of training , ’ said E.S . |
| 27 | But you can make it different , George , if you 'll only cooperate with this television thing . |
| 28 | ( In fact , the corporation had been wrongly reported on this score and had issued no such edict at all . ) |
| 29 | Armin Jordan is still somewhat under-rated in this country , yet has always struck me as one of the most intuitively musical conductors around . |
| 30 | We learn that Cosroe is trying to get the throne from his brother , and we are constantly reminded of this fact : ‘ To crown me Emperor of Asia ’ . |