Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This framework had the advantage of pointing up particular events in the process which would be improved by more careful management by ‘ sending ’ as well as ‘ receiving ’ employers . |
| 2 | To find out what her research subjects were getting up to , this scientist took the direct approach . |
| 3 | With this purchase came the inevitable decision to ‘ get rid of the horses so long as a comfortable place could be found ’ . |
| 4 | This driver saw the warning , but still tried to have a go himself . |
| 5 | Work of this kind demonstrated the significance of the Bronze and Iron Ages in reducing the forest cover of the British landscape particularly in upland Britain , where blanket peat growth may have been influenced by deforestation rather than simply by climatic change ( Simmons , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | They report that , like the transracially adopted children , none of this sub-group used the term ‘ black ’ when referring to racial background . |
| 7 | This unity enabled the Alliance to intervene into the discourse of municipal politics in a skilful and decisive manner . |
| 8 | She felt that this sensationalism legitimated the passions within rational philosophy . |
| 9 | This expropriation took the form of tithes , taxes and labour in kind in return for the physical protection of the people living on the land by the noble landowners . |
| 10 | We may now understand better , too , why my father was so fond of the story of the butler who failed to panic on discovering a tiger under the dining table ; it was because he knew instinctively that somewhere in this story lay the kernel of what true ‘ dignity ’ is . |
| 11 | This story did the rounds some years ago , when Romanians already had the measure of their leader , but while the West was still honouring President Ceausescu for what was considered to be his independent stand on foreign policy issues . |
| 12 | This trial had the potential for identifying a distinct effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors on the early , infarct expansion , phase of remodelling . |
| 13 | The lack of a contingency plan for this eventuality left the all-important Army of Africa , together with its commanders , General Franco and Colonel Yagüe ( who , under Franco 's orders , had been in charge of the Legion during the repression of the Asturian revolutionary movement in 1934 ) , stranded on the far side of the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 14 | Hypnosis in this case relieved the patient 's negative mind set and is in line with Dr Bach 's thesis that such mental states , for which he developed his flower remedies , could impair the body 's ability to heal itself . |
| 15 | This case concerned the effect of the Equal Treatment Directive ( 76/207/EEC ) . |
| 16 | This case concerned the sale of 600 cartons of frozen kidneys out of a bulk of 1,500 cartons stored for the seller at a cold store . |
| 17 | This case concerned the law before the implementation of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , but the impact of this Act on exclusion clauses was in the minds of their lordships . |
| 18 | The officer in this case addressed the defendant precisely in terms appropriate to the contingency which had arisen as indicated in the Metropolitan Police pro forma instructions which were current in May 1990 . |
| 19 | This case had the desired effect of persuading other recalcitrant authorities to proceed more quickly . |
| 20 | This case raised the question of whether an assignee of a reversion on a lease could enforce the payment of rent against someone who had entered into surety covenants as a guarantee of the tenant 's obligations in the lease . |
| 21 | This case presented the Court with the opportunity to consider what may be some of the most difficult problems under Criminal Justice Act 1991 , and it is regrettable that the opportunity was not taken . |
| 22 | This case involved the 74-year-old ‘ soccer superfan ’ known for the Union Jack waistcoat and John Bull costume he sported at international matches . |
| 23 | This case involved the sale of " Brazilian groundnut extractions " required for compounding as food for cattle and poultry by the first buyers . |
| 24 | This case demonstrated the desirability of incorporating the Convention into British law — a step which is urged by the many authors and broadcasters who support this aim through the organisation " Charter 88 " . |
| 25 | Mr. Gardiner submitted that this case supported the Woolwich principle because it showed that a sum unlawfully demanded as of right by a person in authority could be recovered . |
| 26 | Mr. Gardiner argued that this case supported the Woolwich principle in as much as recovery depended solely upon the fact that the corporation had been placed by statute in a position of authority . |
| 27 | The Princess Royal this afternoon attended the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux at the University of York and was received on arrival by Major-General H. Woods ( Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire ) . |
| 28 | Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended the Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Victim Support Schemes at Central Hall , Westminster , and was received by the Lord Mayor of Westminster ( Councillor Simon Mabey ) and the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 29 | The sheer strength of feeling across the nation this afternoon forced the President of Trade and Industry to backtrack on the pit closures . |
| 30 | YORK HOUSE 10 October : The Duke of Kent , President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , this afternoon received the Duke of Atholl upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman . |