Example sentences of "in this [noun sg] was [that] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ ( a ) Allegations . ( i ) The allegation in this case was that the respondent had obtained a 70 per cent . |
| 2 | The next point which posed a problem in this case was that the clause was unlimited in geographical area and the business of Littlewoods was solely within the UK whereas the businesses of the GUS group were worldwide . |
| 3 | Well , the procedure that followed in this case was that the er captain obviously made clear from er H M S erm Battleaxe that was originally involved , that the embargo would be enforced , er and obviously his message got across , and then it was arranged for marines to go aboard , er which they did to take charge of , of the vessel while the search took place . |
| 4 | What proved particularly shocking in this instance was that the licensing of firearms was so haphazard that a 16-year-old Whitechapel youth , who had already stood trial on a charge of wounding his 16-year-old girlfriend with a revolver , could obtain a licence at a later date without even having to show proof of his age . |
| 5 | The flaw in this disposition was that the advancing Germans were not only more numerous than the Allies had supposed but they were also moving in a more extended arc than had been expected . |
| 6 | A weakness in this scheme was that the original limit of twenty-four hours — applicable to all except serious crimes — seemed to have been forgotten . |
| 7 | The flaw in this idea was that the Assembly was to have no executive powers and no powers to make or unmake ministers . |
| 8 | In response to the conference title , ‘ Is West Belfast Working ? ’ , the consensus reached in this workshop was that the issue of disabled people working was not being addressed by Making Belfast Work . |
| 9 | With logic like this carrying the day , it is little wonder that one dissenting judge observed that the only rule of law governing merger cases in this period was that the government always won . |
| 10 | The principal assumption in this valuation was that the investment return would exceed general salary inflation by 1.5 per cent . |
| 11 | The principal assumption in this valuation was that the investment return would be 3 per cent per annum compound higher than the rate of earnings increase . |