Example sentences of "this [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rite de passage celebrating this change of status typically involves , for boys , circumcision . |
| 2 | Many parents find this change of role quite difficult . |
| 3 | This change in attitude together with the problems of housing the vehicles , ensured the rock-bottom values which enabled to collect . |
| 4 | Far from decreasing costs this change in management actually requires increased funding in the short term . |
| 5 | Cats have long memories , especially where a nasty shock is concerned , and may remember a bad experience of this kind for years afterwards . |
| 6 | There was not much of this kind of nonsense as far as I could tell by eavesdropping around the room , but there were cries of anguish when the prices of some of the wines were announced . |
| 7 | This kind of timidity always made me feel that he was incapable of any violence . |
| 8 | But the conventions surrounding the drama itself usually go some way to counter this kind of misapprehension even in mediaeval times . |
| 9 | went down to like this kind of stuff here . |
| 10 | Seen from a purely theoretical standpoint , the leap of faith which produces this kind of doubt completely bypasses the question of truth . |
| 11 | Lower attainers ' inexperience with this kind of activity probably contributed to the following results . |
| 12 | It seems to me of first importance to confront this kind of question realistically and not to discredit one 's cause by refusing to admit that the clash exists . |
| 13 | In talking to ordinary policewomen , we found many themselves adopt notions of gender differences in order to explain the marginalization of their duties , although others prefer this kind of work simply because it makes it easier to manage their difficult and conflicting roles as policewoman , wife , and mother . |
| 14 | Have you done this kind of work before ? |
| 15 | She finds , however , this kind of work very difficult ‘ When the parents are equally decent and competent , or the reverse , it is very difficult to make a decision as to where the children should reside on breakdown of the parents ’ marriage . |
| 16 | Now this kind of behaviour often ends up in a fierce debate about guidebook descriptions and grades of the participants ' favourite routes . |
| 17 | ‘ People come to us from department stores because they ca n't find this kind of furniture there , ’ said manager Steve Raper . |
| 18 | Herbert Kretzmer wrote in the Daily Express that he heard a voice call out , ‘ Rubbish ’ — to which he himself responded : ‘ Though I find this kind of boorishness both repulsive and depressing I am bound to state that the solitary heckler was probably articulating a mood felt by many . |
| 19 | Even so , this kind of exercise probably goes against the grain for a large number of readers , who will ask " What is the point ? " |
| 20 | You can extend this kind of exercise almost endlessly , but it is vitally important to use the form of the same complete up-to-time sentence for each exercise , leaving only the last bit that changes . |
| 21 | We shall meet an interesting example of this kind of approach shortly . |
| 22 | And I had never come up against this kind of approach before . |
| 23 | Many residential homes are now beginning to take this kind of approach very seriously , as Nightingale House does . |
| 24 | And I 'll show you basically The the theory is that you go inside In fact I can show you with this this kind of window here . |
| 25 | However , senior managers have to consider where the business as a whole is going , and this kind of problem also has to be faced by anyone trying to run their own business , no matter how small . |
| 26 | It is perhaps even more worrying that this kind of advice also turns up in assertiveness training texts and manuals used to train women in business . |
| 27 | Be sure to scatter this kind of food thinly in the places where these species normally forage — a heap of cheese in the middle of the lawn will just attract the attentions of your local starlings . |
| 28 | The schools of the established Church banned the teaching of writing for this kind of reason as much as the Methodists did for sabbatarian ones . |
| 29 | and the other thing is that to get this kind of continuity even at one post he 's got to work with Dave for at least six months and Dave 's going in March next year so we want a A L O in post by September of this year if that 's possible . |
| 30 | AT&T took a stab at this kind of thing awhile back with Rhapsody based on Workhorse out of Dublin . |