Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By degrees the British came to dominate this trade , partly because they were so committed to sugar that they were bound to make large purchases of slaves on their own account , partly because their increasingly dominant position at sea meant that they could take the place of the Dutch as general suppliers of slaves for planters in other European colonies who wanted to buy them . |
| 2 | Only 22 managed to meet this date , but by 1955 a good submission record meant that about half the country 's plans had been approved , and the bulk by the end of the decade . |
| 3 | This had started this morning before erm Rosie and Jim . |
| 4 | The first phase of the battle was to coat the shellac on a cardboard base ; in fact , the Neophone Company of 1904 had tried this idea . |
| 5 | The victimization which occurred , the loss of trade union membership , and the wage reductions all seemed to confirm this impression . |
| 6 | Edward IV had conceded this claim in 1470 , at a time when he was willing to limit Warwick 's northern influence , but the question was inevitably reopened once Gloucester had taken Warwick 's place . |
| 7 | Edward IV had conceded this claim in 1470 , at a time when he was willing to limit Warwick 's northern influence , but the question was inevitably reopened once Gloucester had taken Warwick 's place . |
| 8 | These showed that half of the manufacturing companies increased their R&D spending in 1992 — and that almost as many intended to continue this trend in 1993 . |
| 9 | Exactly , stock fields that never should have been ploughed were all ploughed to grow this corn . |
| 10 | To begin with I decided to pursue this possibility in a straightforward sketch . |
| 11 | Political scientists in the 1950s and '60s managed to maintain this position through two major lines of argument and methodology . |
| 12 | Observations on TASK 3 appeared to support this hypothesis . |
| 13 | If he has n't the will or the stomach to do that , he had better make way for someone who has before millions intended to help this country are thrown away . |
| 14 | The Financial Services Act of 1986 aimed to fulfil this need , as well as to abolish some of the inconsistencies which had crept into the existing regulatory system for the financial services industry . |
| 15 | The appearance of MPG Note 3 in 1988 sought to strengthen this approach , pushing resolution of the inherent conflict between opencasting and the environment in favour of this most destructive form of development . |