Example sentences of "[adj] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | First product is due this summer . |
| 32 | Since 1971 this growth has continued , and a similar trend is evident in all Western industrial capitalist societies . |
| 33 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |
| 34 | In Figure 6.10 this point is P , and in our case would typically be the centre of a planet . |
| 35 | George seemed bad-tempered this morning — unusual for him , she thought . |
| 36 | Despite aggressive cost cutting , however , it believes a weak business environment will make it difficult for the company to be profitable this year . |
| 37 | But EMAP said yesterday that by cutting overheads , it expected them to be profitable this year . |
| 38 | He 's asked if you could pack some things from his house and bring the suitcase down to Immigration at Grantley Adams Airport at 7.30 this evening . |
| 39 | It was 5 a.m. when I hit the M1 after leaving Lee at the flat and dropping Max off at his pub , and was quite tired when I reached the cottage at around 7.30 this morning . |
| 40 | ‘ We realized that , lyrically , we had to be more specific this time in terms of our politics . |
| 41 | I wonder if there was n't something specific this time ? ’ |
| 42 | Another milestone was passed in 1989/90 with more than 200,000 candidates registering for one or more modules for that year ; indeed the growth in the number of candidates has been so strong that it is likely to pass 225,000 this year , a rise of more than 15% . |
| 43 | They jumped from 134 to 213 this year — an increase of 60 per cent . |
| 44 | He scored 822 runs at an average of 51.37 this summer . |
| 45 | She had reason to be depressed this time . |
| 46 | ‘ I refuse to be depressed this evening , ’ he said firmly . |
| 47 | The programme has been a lot better , a lot more stable this year and I think all round , the fitness in general , is going to be a lot better than it was last year . |
| 48 | This makes life simpler and there is very little to remember when working this way . |
| 49 | Affleck practices regularly at Heswall and aims to play in as many Liverpool Alliance events as possible this winter , keeping up his competitive edge in preparation for the demanding 1993 season . |
| 50 | But obviously it must be necessary to waive the statutory sectors , versus the non statutory , so it is n't er possible this year , perhaps to put in as we might do if were to be as imprudent as the opposition parties . |
| 51 | So the words relegation and Feethams will be avoided as much as possible this week , even though Echo Memories is returning to Darlington 's most famous ( albeit adopted ) footballing son . |
| 52 | I do n't think it 's gon na be possible this week but perhaps in the Easter holidays erm |
| 53 | It remains for us to ask how the popular Hitler image we have examined contributed towards the growing strength of the regime and towards making possible this war , which , from what we have seen , most Germans — though prepared to fight if necessary — had been only too anxious to avoid . |
| 54 | Was it possible this urchin was really the repository of cataclysmic sexuality as Ewan claimed ? |
| 55 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 56 | The weather — a few showers are possible this evening and tonight , with some patchy cloud . |
| 57 | Trim the other to about two-thirds this height and position it in front of the first , to give a strong central line . |
| 58 | At first sight it was not clear how persistent this quantum structure was . |
| 59 | Controversy is rife this year , the first summer after Chernobyl . |
| 60 | 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 . |