Example sentences of "this [noun sg] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Nobody wants to play chess on a rugby pitch , but this change has also changed the face of the game .
2 Fortunately , we in this Parliament have never seen Maastricht as an end .
3 This driver has just returned from France , after managing to get through the blockade .
4 The proliferation of this literature has so simplified going into our wilderness areas that readers are literally taken by the hand .
5 Although this literature has now grown to gargantuan proportions , Owens has also managed to discern a number of themes and trends .
6 This submergence has also produced the myriad skerries and islands of the inter-island straits , notably between North Uist and South Harris .
7 Many a case can be cited where business strategies of this kind have utterly failed .
8 Research findings in this field have often proved depressing reading .
9 Whether this redirection has yet had much effect in the classroom is another matter entirely from my own observations there seems as yet to have been few major changes in practice .
10 This mare has just given birth to a foal .
11 This gang had already killed one man for less .
12 picture of just like that yeah but this geezer 's like got skiing glasses on and this huge joint and like all these attachments just going like that look like broccoli but like that yeah .
13 Parts of this route have deservedly become very popular .
14 Some of those unwilling to follow this route have quickly found themselves passing into the hands of the ultimate willing vendor , the receiver .
15 The thinking in this direction has already started .
16 This course has already created interest so has therefore been confirmed .
17 This retailer has now taken it off the shelves whilst Gloucestershire 's Trading Standards Department investigates .
18 This cinema had also capitalised on the psycho-acoustic phenomenon prevalent in rock music of suggesting heightened intensity with ‘ fuzz ’ : the speaker cone had plainly blown , rendering all dialogue and music as if through comb and paper .
19 This porter had never forgotten it .
20 ‘ It was said that this was the place where the tide came in first and went out last , but this recession has barely affected us so far ’ , announces Richard Needham , minister of state for Northern Ireland .
21 This writer has never attended a more populated exhibition of Old Masters and has rarely overheard so much intelligent discussion , particularly from ‘ ordinary ’ visitors .
22 Out of the self-financing students , ‘ virtually no one in this category has yet returned ’ ( FEER 1 .
23 This horse has just given birth to a foal .
24 Over 30% in this study had never heard of the ATB .
25 Besides contributing to a deeper comprehension of the function of to , this study has also led to a fuller understanding of the role of the category of person in the infinitive .
26 This study has also shown there are significantly fewer EGF-positively staining endothelial cells in inflamed than in normal oesophageal mucosa , although the distribution of the EGF is similar in inflamed and normal mucosa .
27 The decrease in pancreatitis related mortality seen in this study has also taken place in Scotland and Göttingen , but not in Bristol .
28 It said : ‘ There are extreme viewpoints , but this study has clearly identified a major problem area for the National Health Service . ’
29 This study has clearly shown , however , a correlation between increased alkaline exposure of the stomach and the oesophagus with the development of complications .
30 Although explicable as an instance of context-specificity the results of this experiment have apparently put paid to the only explanation for the phenomenon that we have so far considered .
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