Example sentences of "this is [vb pp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure all this is done to create something , for which reason we can call it work and not rage . |
| 2 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 3 | This is done to help you relax . |
| 4 | The government seems set on a policy of reducing the percentage of labour contained in total costs : If this is done to make our goods more competitive abroad , the depreciation of our currency has already taken care of that aspect . |
| 5 | ‘ This is bound to put our services under pressure and means we will have to concentrate even more on those people who are most at risk . |
| 6 | This is bound to limit their vision . |
| 7 | He does accept , however , that automation will continue to eat away at jobs and leave top executives with agonisingly difficult decisions and that this is bound to make their jobs more stressful . |
| 8 | I doubt whether this is done deliberately , but I think it 's part of everybody 's perception of science in schools that girls do biology and boys do chemistry and physics , and I suppose this is bound to have its affect on people 's choices , but I personally , and I think most of my colleagues would agree with me on this , see no reason to suppose that girls should be any less good at chemistry and physics than boys . |
| 9 | ‘ Consciously or not this is bound to influence anybody 's opinion of him , ’ said Mikhail Tavkhelidze , a Georgian radio journalist . |
| 10 | This is intended to reflect her costs as ‘ carer ’ of the child(ren) but it seems probable that many people will interpret it as being money for her maintenance . |
| 11 | This is intended to draw your attention to an important piece of nutrition information about the product . |
| 12 | Wittgenstein 's own method of achieving this is expressed using his much-disputed notion of a criterion . |
| 13 | This is said to give you a quick energy boost . |
| 14 | This is designed to make it easier for professionals to work in other member states . |
| 15 | If this is allowed to continue it means the destruction of the British egg industry , according to United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association , which represents around 80 per cent of producers . |
| 16 | It is also possible that this is meant to show her inability to do anything without her lover , even to kill herself . |
| 17 | This is thought to reflect our evolutionary history in that as the head became larger , the development of the anterior somites was modified . |