Example sentences of "[num] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beginning in October 1943 this force was formed into battalions ( Daidan ) about 500 strong . |
| 2 | During 1934 this balance began to break up . |
| 3 | In 1925–6 this share was 12 per cent , in 1926–7 21 per cent , in 1927–8 23 per cent . |
| 4 | McManus plays in the last 32 this morning against local player David Roe after a 5-2 victory over Ulsterman Jason Prince . |
| 5 | By 1875 this figure had reached 42.1 per cent . |
| 6 | Since 1971 this growth has continued , and a similar trend is evident in all Western industrial capitalist societies . |
| 7 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |
| 8 | In Figure 6.10 this point is P , and in our case would typically be the centre of a planet . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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% . |
| 12 | They jumped from 134 to 213 this year — an increase of 60 per cent . |
| 13 | He scored 822 runs at an average of 51.37 this summer . |
| 14 | Trim the other to about two-thirds this height and position it in front of the first , to give a strong central line . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Farnborough , who took West Ham to a reply in the FA Cup last year , are in desperate financial trouble with debts of £50,000 and crowds of less than 500 this season . |
| 17 | We shall see that since 1925 this code is now replaced by a new scheme of intestate succession , which applies to all the property of a deceased person ( see pp. 111–13 ) . |
| 18 | Thereafter , however , their share increased steadily until by 1850 this market was more important than either the European or North American market , in both of which home cotton manufacture had become significant . |
| 19 | By 1986 this proportion had fallen to 54% . |
| 20 | Towards the end of 1986 this part of the business was expanded with the acquisition of the electrode coatings manufacturer , Marston Palmer in Wolverhampton. , UK , and by the purchase of a controlling interest in a company in California , Ebonex Technologies , which has developed a conducting ceramic . |
| 21 | However , since October 1986 this requirement has been abolished , the Bank of England no longer deeming it appropriate in the newly deregulated capital market . |
| 22 | Since 1986 this unit has treated 54 patients with gastroschisis with eight deaths ( four having either short gut or chromosomal abnormalities ; 85% survival ) . |
| 23 | According to latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures , average October to March sales of the Sunday Express have stepped up to 1,666,993 this year from 1,617,129 in the equivalent period last year , a rise of more than three per cent . |
| 24 | Protection is granted , in the context of a trade dispute , to interference with contract ( and not merely a contract of employment ) , to intimidation or conspiracy to injure and to interference with trade by unlawful means but by the Employment Act 1980 this protection was to a large extent withdrawn in case of ‘ secondary action . ’ |
| 25 | Since the stock of dinar assets held by households has risen much more slowly than this , the proportion of household assets held in foreign exchange accounts has steadily grown : while in 1980 this proportion was less than 40 per cent , by the end of 1986 it had reached nearly 70 per cent . |
| 26 | From March 1973 ( when the scheme started ) until October 1980 this figure stood at £25 worth of advice . |
| 27 | Fertility recovered a little from its 1977 low ( figure 4.4 ) but by 1980 this recovery was spent , at a level still below that needed to replace the population in the long run . |
| 28 | 6.1 This Agreement shall take effect on the date of signature of this Agreement and shall continue for a period of three years and from year to year thereafter until or unless terminated by either party giving to the other not less than six months ' prior written notice , subject always to prior termination as hereinafter specified . |
| 29 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedule . |
| 30 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedule . |