Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice though , research within this framework has concerned itself with " patterns of linguistic behaviour " as made manifest , for example , through narrative or in interviews , rather than looking in detail at conversational encounters . |
| 2 | This experience has left me with a love of the East and an ability to feel at home there which has been an immense help in my business life . |
| 3 | ‘ This jerk has got something about redheads ! |
| 4 | Over the years the first edition ( 1954 ) of this work has acquired something of the aura of a ‘ classic ’ text , and one or other of the editions is never likely to stray far from the student petrographer 's microscope . |
| 5 | This work has established itself as a bibliography of a single format , in a rapidly growing field . |
| 6 | ‘ This business has knocked her for six . ’ |
| 7 | This desire has shewn itself in some minds in the advocacy of the introduction of some new style especially marking our own age , in others in the wish to see the Architecture which so especially belongs to our own and immediately neighbouring Countries , — and which for some classes of buildings has already been so completely revived , — adapted to the especial requirements of our own times and all the inventions habits and comforts incident to them . |
| 8 | Commissioned in May of 1986 , this vessel has distinguished herself in both the U.S. and European cruising circuits . |
| 9 | Their desperate League form this season has consigned them to a similar predicament , while Chelsea are on the crest of a wave . |
| 10 | This commitment has manifested itself in many ways , e.g. sending out people to speak at schools , inviting school groups to tour the centre , awarding business scholarships to sixth formers and taking on pupils for work experience . |
| 11 | We believe this policy has taken us into ventures which stray from the Corporation 's core activities [ and ] endanger its image . ’ |
| 12 | In their first underground leaflet , the Women 's Higher Council stated the following : ’ To our great masses of women , to the steadfast mothers , sisters , to our women heroines behind the iron bars of the zionist jails and in the revolutionary camps — to women workers , peasants , students — You had a central , important and distinguished role in the great Intifada — had part in its continuity , escalation and in sparking its flame ; this role has expressed itself in the wide participation of women in all fields of daily confrontation and resistance since the Uprisings first day . |
| 13 | This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further . |
| 14 | A massive building society advertising campaign earlier this year has lured them into rates of 10% and 11% but since then the cost of borrowing has plunged , and these home owners have come unstuck . |
| 15 | This discussion has led us into the third and perhaps most important question : since the assumptions will generally be untrue , how robust are the results to minor modifications of the assumptions of the model ? |