Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the 1840's-50's this figure usually fell between £1,000 and £2,000 per month . |
| 2 | ( For the uninitiated this is a gathering of the privileged few to down cocktails , cause gossip column ‘ sensations ’ and generally be seen and pamper the stars of the show ) . |
| 3 | For the uninitiated this means that the hand described as South below is playing to take at least 9 tricks with no suit as Trumps . |
| 4 | Good looking women gather in such large numbers that the mere sight of them appeases the appetite , although [ of course ] for the lecherous this does not suffice . |
| 5 | ABERDEEN District Council is to host to a bizarre open day for the curious this weekend — by throwing open the doors to the city 's crematorium . |
| 6 | Thirty pounds for the two this time . |
| 7 | None the less , the attention they have rightly drawn to parochial religion and to non-predestinarian elements within the church should not be allowed to obscure the fact that during the period from 1560 to 1625 credal predestinarianism claimed the allegiance of the great majority of Elizabethan and Jacobean churchmen , or that during the 1630s this creed came under a concerted and unprecedented attack from the ecclesiastical authorities . |
| 8 | During the 1920s this fact had been used against universal family allowances because , it was claimed , they would have the ‘ dysgenic ’ effect of encouraging the idle and the feckless to have more children ( Gray ; 1927 ; McDougall , 1921 ) . |
| 9 | During the 1960s this tendency within English studies developed a consistent right-wing assault on all forms of cultural and educational egalitarianism . |
| 10 | However , during the 1970s this pattern was transformed . |
| 11 | During the 1530s this number was substantially reduced , and a small , select group was formed , compact enough to act as an advisory and executive board . |
| 12 | Specifically , during the 1980s this has meant progressively losing control over economic policy in return for merging her currency with those of her EEC partners . |
| 13 | During the seventies this form of finance became comparatively more attractive as it offered variable rates of interest ( which are tax deductible ) and the short nature of these loans was mitigated by the banks ' willingness to roll-over these loans on request . |
| 14 | Plans to improve the whole line were under discussion since the 1880's , and during the 1890's this became increasingly feasible as a result of the purchase of the Grand Junction . |
| 15 | A deal may be struck between Gordon Taylor , chief executive of the PFA , and his Premier League counterpart , Rick Parry , after meetings between the two this weekend . |
| 16 | Here 's a nice letter at last about the second this year I think which is n't bad going ! |
| 17 | People are paying about the same this year as they did in 1991 , according to industry figures . |
| 18 | He then carefully peeled the front part forwards , muttering to Montgomery about the bruising this revealed . |
| 19 | In Britain of the 1960s this challenge of the Welfare State is not isolated : it is but one aspect of the challenge which confronts us throughout the whole political field . |
| 20 | Intel Corp says it will ship 60 versions of the 80486 this year , with clock speeds ranging from 25MHz to 100MHz , senior vice-president Paul Otellini told the Hambrecht & Quist conference in San Francisco : ‘ We now have the capacity to build some 30m 80486s in 1993 , ’ Otellini said , and he expects Intel to sell some 100m 80486 chips after 1993 ; Intel expects to spend some $900m on research and development this year , up from $780m in 1992 , he declared , and would do 1m Pentiums in 1994 . |
| 21 | After a surfeit of the extraordinary this was just what he needed : a dose of the solidly ordinary . |
| 22 | Nearing the end of the 70s this became the plumb to pick . |
| 23 | Since he survived the last great property collapse of the Seventies this should provide some comfort to holders of shares in property companies . |
| 24 | You know this is very much against this is something typical of the seventies this kind of thing |
| 25 | His office at the Caterham factory is covered with pictures of Seven racing cars — and one of Patrick McGoohan , whom he persuaded to endorse a special 35th anniversary Prisoner edition of the Seven this year ; his most animated conversation is reserved for descriptions of the car and its abilities , and one could almost believe that finances and company administration took a firm back seat to the development and fine tuning of the car 's design . |
| 26 | As with large tracts of The Possessed this is in effect third-person narrative , recalling the notebook assurance that whether ‘ my ’ story is based on hard facts or has simply been made up , it is all ‘ true ’ . |
| 27 | For most of the eighties this post was held by Robin Catford — of whom more later — who had the privilege of having the tenancy of the best room in Number 10 . |
| 28 | British scientists have revealed that the hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic this year is the largest yet measured . |
| 29 | From the 1970s this began to change . |
| 30 | But the most effective way of controlling recruitment was by an officially-organised entrance examination ; and from the 1850s this device was being used by more and more states . |