Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] of [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this group of patients the mean number of items recalled from the left ear was higher than from the right ear . |
| 2 | In this sequence of quavers the ‘ writing factor ’ would have called for dots ! |
| 3 | And it would seem that in this matter of dispersals the book ‘ trade ’ is a more honourable calling than the so-called library ‘ profession ’ , at least as it is carried on by its present avant garde . |
| 4 | From this trilogy of cases the modem approach to the interpretation of exemption clauses has emerged . |
| 5 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 6 | And we should perhaps add to this list of discourses the critical one which organises an anecdote , which may not have taken place at all , to re-iterate a point about Shakespeare and power . |