Example sentences of "this [vb -s] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their being excited in us in an orderly fashion ‘ gives us a sort of foresight , which enables us to regulate our actions for the benefit of life ’ ; and this testifies to God 's wisdom and benevolence . |
| 2 | ( By the time this goes to press , readers will probably have the benefit of hindsight . ) |
| 3 | This goes to Alt St Johann , Unterwasser and Wildhaus , the birthplace of Ulrich Zwingli , the fierce preacher of the Reformation , whose house can be visited . |
| 4 | By the time this goes to print it will have been run on the 21st April with Tom hopefully completing 26 miles 385 yards . |
| 5 | While this contributes to crime prevention , especially with respect to joy-riders who steal and drive cars at speed at might ( which requires neighbourhood men in West Belfast to work might duty ) , it has none of the wider community service functions evident in Easton . |
| 6 | This refers to principles and rules which govern agreements and relationships entered into by individuals and undertakings . |
| 7 | I admit to feeling a little dubious regarding the adequacy of these small filtration units and this was well-founded in some respects as I discovered that although the two models are described as 35 and 55 gallon capacity no mention is made in the advertising that this refers to US gallons not Imperial . |
| 8 | Freeman suggested that this refers to participation in a ceremony of confirmation at Southampton in 1016 , or to Cnut 's coronation by Archbishop Lyfing in 1017 . |
| 9 | Finally , Schrager and Short focus on ‘ illegal ’ acts , but they do not stress that this refers to acts punishable by the state regardless of whether they are subsumed under civil , administrative , or criminal law . |
| 10 | Essentially this refers to forms of altruism between unrelated individuals . |
| 11 | On the other hand , a glance at the likes of Federico Mendez suggests if he is good enough , he is old enough — unless you subscribe to the theory that the dates of birth of Argentinian props are as suspect as those of Pakistani fast bowlers ! ( * For the cricketers this refers to Mike and Mike , not Wes and Charlie ) . |
| 12 | This refers to people 's progress through life : a result both of their attempts to maintain personal esteem and , at the same time , social respect deriving from other people 's evaluations . |
| 13 | This refers to disorder on a widespread scale , and the officer should take into account not merely his own resources , but those that can be made available to him through the use of the mutual aid provisions of the Police Act 1964 . |
| 14 | This refers to sales and purchases of government securities on the open market by the Bank of England . |
| 15 | Note that this refers to card subjects , so the light and shade effects found in a plant canopy will be absent . |
| 16 | This refers to job rather than employing industry but is very long and complicated owing to world-wide coverage . |
| 17 | This refers to data about the sub-assembly itself . |
| 18 | In terms of our definitions in Chapter 1 , this refers to efficiency measured in terms of low-level outputs . |
| 19 | We have seen that retirement has a differential impact on older people which depends primarily on their prior socio-economic status and the access which this grants to resources which might be carried into retirement . |
| 20 | This points to gaps in their typologies which indicate their dependence on a historically determined narrative competence . |
| 21 | This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion . |
| 22 | All this thanks to Dorothy . |
| 23 | This corresponds to b 1 symmetry , and so the combination of an a 2 vibration and a b 2 vibration generates a b 1 transition . |
| 24 | Transferring attention to coordinates at 45° to the x- and y-directions shows that this corresponds to anisotropy of the turbulence — different intensities in different directions . |
| 25 | Fortunately , this corresponds to 110mph in top gear so it is unlikely to be an irritation on a British motorway . |
| 26 | In November , when it 's not quite so hot , this drops to $296 ( £171 ) . |
| 27 | This emphasises to parents that you take continuity seriously and that you encourage and value good working relationships with other schools . |
| 28 | Well we do n't have a definite answer erm Gill but we think it may have experienced a shock of some sort during that season and of course when this happens to fruit trees they can go into bi-annual cropping and then they come back again , it may be that this horse chestnut 's experienced something very similar . |
| 29 | The death rate in winter for those aged 60–69 is on average 12% higher than in summer ; this increases to 17% for those in their seventies and 26% for those aged 80 and over . |
| 30 | Headroom in the forward end of the saloon is 6ft 1in ( 1.8m ) ; this increases to 6ft 5in ( 2m ) at the foot of the companion . |