Example sentences of "to the [noun] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the legislation this right could only be a moral one ; once enacted it would have legal standing as well . |
| 2 | I walked through the graveyard to the church this afternoon . |
| 3 | TYNE AND WEAR : A party of North-East firefighters fly to the Ukraine this week to visit a museum in Kiev dedicated to their foreign counterparts who were killed or injured in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . |
| 4 | A party of North-East firefighters fly to the Ukraine this week to visit a museum in Kiev dedicated to their foreign counterparts who were killed or injured in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . |
| 5 | Anyway , I took four samples of the drinking water which I will take to the races this evening . ’ |
| 6 | THE WELL-PUBLISHED sacking of Sir Ralph Verney , chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council last month may turn out to be the only the second worst blow to the council this year . |
| 7 | On that basis , chair and having got this off my chest I 'm gon na get me bucket and spade , and I 'm gon na go to the beach this afternoon . |
| 8 | ‘ There were the customary acclamations from the populace as I rode in procession to the Guildhall this morning — indeed it seemed to me that my subjects had never before greeted me with such enthusiasm , ’ Edward told her , gazing into the fire as if reliving the morning 's events . |
| 9 | However , I must confess that his failure to give an answer — even that answer — to the question this afternoon was very significant . |
| 10 | Do you know what if we come up tonight cos erm a woman came to the door , a woman came to the door this afternoon and she 's given us a Walkman with a microphone on it and we 've to tape all the conversations with it |
| 11 | ‘ I learned a great deal from my visit to the museum this morning , ’ commented Melissa , glancing at the booklet as she spoke . |
| 12 | With regard to the incident this morning , we do not know at this stage whether the injured man was operating a taxi or not . |
| 13 | BLOND bombshell Jarrod McCracken has vowed to throw of his ‘ bad boy ’ tag and help blast St Helens to the championship this season . |
| 14 | She refused and still today has no intention of tying the pound to the deutschmark this side of a general election , if ever . |
| 15 | I 've got a few little beauties I 'm going to flog to the idiots this morning . |
| 16 | I 'm going to the pub this weekend . |
| 17 | Howell has come to the fore this season , being instrumental in getting Civil Service into third place in the league behind Kelburne and Torbrex Wanderers with his impressive defensive record . |
| 18 | Britain will contribute £3.2 billion to the budget this year , with Germany and France also net payers . |
| 19 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 20 | Said that I was n't to go to the Lab this morning because Mrs. Schofield wanted me over at Leamings particular . |
| 21 | It looks as if roughly 130,000 East Germans have emigrated , illegally or legally , to the West this year . |
| 22 | Real collectors returned to the salerooms this spring , pushing sale totals at Sotheby 's and Christie 's Impressionist and Modern paintings sales ( 11–14 May ) to a respectable $138.8 million ( £76 million ) ( on expectations of $160 million ) , paring the overall bought-in rate to 14% by lot , and convincing many that the art market has hit bottom and is heading back up . |
| 23 | An extra £3 billion has been allotted to the NHS this year . |
| 24 | And I wonder , ’ she went on as Melissa murmured a polite and hypocritical response , ‘ if you 'd be so kind as to give me a lift to the school this morning ? |
| 25 | A major donation was sent to the hospice this week from the estate of the late Mary Siddle Leeming who left £5,000 to them . |
| 26 | Eight hundred competitors will be taking to the water this weekend for the annual River Wye raft race . |
| 27 | According to the ministerial reasons given to the Bill this feature is supposed to be a profit-making company with substantial own financial resources solely consisting of corporate members and governed by the council of directors . |
| 28 | A slight alteration to the course this year — work going on around the River Mersey means that the runners now have the luxury of running through the elegant Marina Complex , which should speed up the proceedings . |
| 29 | CRICKET traditionalists face another shock to the system this season with the introduction of sightscreen advertising at three famous Test grounds . |
| 30 | Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists . |