Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kinnersley , a journalist who lives near Bath , Avon , said last night : ‘ I 'm very pleased about this decision but it is n't a charter for people to drink and drive . |
| 2 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , explained : ‘ Quite a few historians have written about this building but it seems a bit odd that none of them knew the exact date it opened . |
| 3 | Turner himself is rather philosophical about this question but he 's obviously angry about what he sees as a major failure of imagination on behalf of his record company ( RCA in America , Beggars Banquet on this side of the world ) . |
| 4 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 5 | Some were sent especially for this purpose but they were also an important means of communication and often the back of the postcard is as interesting as the front . |
| 6 | I have tried for a grant from the War Office for this purpose but it has not been awarded . |
| 7 | Then came the stabbing incident which forced Monica to cancel so much of her programme for this year but we are now optimistic that she will have fully recovered before our tournament . ’ |
| 8 | You do n't need any equipment for this game but you do need to know the points of the compass . |
| 9 | He might have to sacrifice somewhat of pay for this end but he would not mind that owing to the chance of rising in the Imperial Service . ’ |
| 10 | Something to do with som something to do with a cotton mill in Paisley and it was s s s W I c just can nae recall what it was but it was a great big trial , there was a And er this this lawyer he had done quite well out of this case but it was a quite That must have been in er about nineteen twenty nineteen thirties about nineteen thirty two . |
| 11 | The strong release of gastrin stimulated by these beverages is clearly an important mediator of this response but it is possible that they may have a direct effect on the parietal cell as well . |
| 12 | We must protect children from abuse of this type but we must also protect them from abuse by the system . |
| 13 | There was a through-way running the length of this wood but it looked more like a path than a substantial track . |
| 14 | Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations . |
| 15 | The restored Stuarts did not have to deal with any difficulty of this sort but they did have a general problem of making sure that the King 's authority was accepted . |
| 16 | The trade papers were always including references to experiments of this sort but it was obvious that these many initiatives came to very little . |
| 17 | The Minister of State , Scottish Office was present during the opening speeches of this debate but he has since disappeared and has not returned since . |
| 18 | He will certainly be out for the rest of this season but I 'd hope he 'll be back for the start of next season if all goes well . ’ |
| 19 | Rachel : ‘ I loved the print of this material but I did n't know what to make with it . |
| 20 | I apologise for the length of this letter but I do believe that it is essential that you have a clear understanding of what it is we are to do . |
| 21 | This unruffled progression fits perfectly the sort of chain of correlations of consequences which we disentangled at the start of this chapter but it does not seem to offer the prospect of the decisive determination of a particular result . |
| 22 | ‘ He may be the head of this house but I am your mother and I 'm in charge of you . ’ |
| 23 | Shildon is in charge of this inquiry but it could become impossible for either of you to continue working here . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't know how many other people booked with this company but they should be warned . ’ |
| 25 | ( Note this may not be anything to do with this relationship but it can affect it . ) |
| 26 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 27 | You know they were coming there this week and they would n't come there for three or four weeks or something , thinking with this picket but it was very important to keep that gate , stop everybody from going in there . |
| 28 | Well let's assume deducted expectations model is a reasonable model of expectations formation right call that equation number one right , so our adaptive expectations model is E T minus one , so that 's E T right , minus E T minus two into P T minus one right , so that equals gamma into P T minus one , minus E T minus two P T minus one right so that 's the same expression as we had before , right that 's the our ad our adapted expectations model , that 's , that 's how we 're assuming that expectations are generated right , or revised right so , we 're incorporating expectations into this model but we also want to incorporate the fact that farmers take some time to respond to changes in price alright . |
| 29 | In fact , not one business person was imprisoned for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 until the 1961 Heavy Electrical Conspiracy trial — other persons had been imprisoned under this act but they were trade union officials ! |
| 30 | so er that 's old is it Shepherd and Metzler No it 's not in this case but I think they invented the task , yes they did good old Shepherd and Metzler |