Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Christian may relate this concept to that of the Word in the prologue to St John 's Gospel , or to the idea of Wisdom in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha with its quasi-personal cause . |
| 2 | Fund officials fear that the budget deficit may swell this year from 37 billion pesos ( $1.5 billion ) in 1992 to 75 billion pesos , or 6% of GDP , which might push up interest rates again . |
| 3 | Anyone who believes they come within this category should contact this office without delay . |
| 4 | It was held that the buyer must bear this loss because property had passed to him before the goods were stolen . |
| 5 | ‘ Another half hour should see this job finished ; we should be back at the FRG asleep by first light . |
| 6 | If I could first of all deal with the presentation of the women 's gold badge and the executive has decided that the award should go this year to Peggy from the Midland and East Coast region . |
| 7 | Wind may secure this equilibrium faster , but no wind , however strong , can reduce the temperature of a body below its own wet-bulb temperature . |
| 8 | A second or third interview may solve this difficulty and a more senior person can sometimes be asked to give a second opinion . |
| 9 | Any workable theory of visual perception must incorporate this discovery . |
| 10 | The true book-collector must accept this sort of eccentricity along with all the other criteria . |
| 11 | It is not surprising that reductive treatment of consciousness should have this effect . |
| 12 | Robert Kennedy , who played a notable role throughout the crisis , suggested that the President should ignore this second letter and reply to the first in the affirmative . |
| 13 | It was hardly surprising that many of the humbler converts to Protestantism should interpret this doctrine as egalitarian in a wider social and political sense . |
| 14 | The effective management of the Marketing Mix must take this interdependence into account . |
| 15 | Clearly the review might shift this balance making pensions the obvious target . |
| 16 | The plaintiff was not interested but said that the defendant could do this work as long as the resultant program was not marketed in the UK . |
| 17 | Any witness could prove this point . |
| 18 | With weed-choked crops , badly pruned mulberries , olives killed off by frost , mean strips of wheat on terraces maintained at vast expense of labour , only the extension of the domestic wool industry could save this region from decline and depopulation . |
| 19 | It also revealed how easily bad workmanship could expose this type of house to the risk of damp and rot . |
| 20 | However , serious doubt has been cast on the methodology used to collect this data on extra costs , suggesting that it grossly underestimates the true costs . |
| 21 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 22 | ‘ Labour would reverse this independence and are committed to taking both colleges back into county council control , ’ he said . |
| 23 | His grand plans for a hero 's welcome disintegrated into a mass of fears over how the High Command would view this night . |
| 24 | No one in his right mind would leave this city unless forced . ’ |
| 25 | Of course , you get what you pay for , and no-one in his right mind would expect this garment to wear or wash as long , or as well as , a fleece jacket of double the price . |
| 26 | There is no need for the history department to teach the skill before using census materials if the mathematics department has already done so but even more importantly if the historians need to know how to do this at an earlier stage than the mathematics department would teach this skill in their programme of study then the historians must negotiate this with their colleagues in the best interests of the children . |
| 27 | A swivelling , vinyl-covered bucket seat is provided for the navigator : this takes a little getting used to at sea ( perhaps the fitting of a cramp lock would overcome this criticism ) , but it really comes into its own when the yacht is in harbour and the navigation station becomes part of the living area . |
| 28 | With reference to the available published works , it was assumed that ‘ sinister ’ electrocardiographic abnormalities , as defined above , would occur in 20% of patients , and that supplemental oxygen administration would decrease this figure to 10% . |
| 29 | Labour will try this week to portray itself as the party of hope , with policies on education , training and health . |
| 30 | You will be asked to sign the booking form and the agent will retain this form on your behalf . |