Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But something obviously went wrong with the scenario this time around because ‘ Blues Soul ’ is , whisper it not , the CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR . |
| 2 | Was there anything different in the dream this time ? |
| 3 | It was clear from the note this couple loved their daughter very much — but it seems they had just reached the end of their tether . ’ |
| 4 | Nathan felt uncomfortable about the way this man was looking at him . |
| 5 | He and the others repeated all the old objections to plastic as a material , heavy , slow , unmanoeuvrable and dangerous with the emphasis this time on the middle two rather than the last . |
| 6 | Connie said : ‘ It has been a marvellous year for outings and we have been very fortunate with the weather this summer . ’ |
| 7 | Easy on the eye this room ( right ) was made to relax in . |
| 8 | " And there 's nothing unusual about the room this morning ? " |
| 9 | 3.05 : Typed letter to parent about child 's fit on the bus this morning , he has had two more fits during the day . |
| 10 | ‘ An NRA bailiff was bitten by a Newfoundland dog and during the Division Three National on the canal this year one man tried to stop anglers and spectators passing through his garden . |
| 11 | I think this test is equally app ] icable to the decision this court has to make whether a voidable contract has been affirmed or not and I have applied this test in reaching the conclusion I have just expressed . |
| 12 | Sandy must be having company , pulled the blind down I think that 's why they 've been good about the parking this week , cos I mean Irene 's pulled her car , we saw Irene pull her car in was you here when she I saw her get in it , it must of been teatime yesterday |
| 13 | If we can not really be sure about the way this Christianization of the urban population was brought about , we can , however , discern some of the anxieties that accompanied it . |
| 14 | He had made sure of the Jew this time , and the whore . |
| 15 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
| 16 | He came first equal in the foot-race This incident raises for the first time a question which is still being debated two and a half thousand years later : were the Macedonians Greeks ? the orators and propagandists of the fifth and fourth centuries do not help for they contradict each other . |
| 17 | You do n't have to worry about swearing or , Sue swore something terrible in the car this morning ! |
| 18 | Strike , riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased . |
| 19 | Prior to the legislation this right could only be a moral one ; once enacted it would have legal standing as well . |
| 20 | Prior to the visit this position had been implied by the Chinese government . |
| 21 | • Space Runner is tipped to be the name Mitsubishi will use for its appealing new people carrier , which is due in the UK this year . |
| 22 | There was something very handy about the way this story had come out . |
| 23 | " You know , there 's something queer about the warren this evening , although I ca n't tell exactly what it is . |
| 24 | But this is a very difficult track and I was not happy with the car this afternoon either . |
| 25 | Base salary is commensurate with the remuneration this person would earn in a top paying industry in view of his or her educational and professional experience . |
| 26 | Mick 's also been typically busy in the Highlands this winter , climbing new routes with Dave Wills ( whom Mick describes as ‘ a lunatic New Zealander ’ , the highest form of Fowler accolade ) and others on Skye , Fuar Tholl and Mainreachan Buttress . |
| 27 | Except in France , where the idea is still regarded as politically incorrect , and in Germany , where it appears to be politically impossible , floating shares in the phone company is part of fiscal orthodoxy these days , and India proposes to raise about $32m by selling a 16% stake in the New Delhi-based telephone company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd to the public this year to help finance India 's five-year telecommunications development plan , Reuter reports . |
| 28 | He is also angry at the effect this increase will have on the old , the unemployed and those on low incomes . |
| 29 | The first results of the order — said to be worth about £81 million — are due on the network this summer . |
| 30 | The first results of the order — said to be worth about £81 million — are due on the network this summer . |