Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adv] [adj] that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find it particularly disturbing that this red herring has become so prominent in current discussions about animals , because there is difficulty enough in getting proper attention for the matter without wasting it on these academic artifacts . |
| 2 | That he would have done much more is years to come is certain ; yet the quality and the richness of what he left behind him make it equally certain that this very patient man , who to achieve his ends knew how to take his time , never wasted a minute of his life . |
| 3 | Terrorist offences , which do not fit easily into systems of justice devised for other purposes , make it doubly important that this ideal is preserved . |
| 4 | ‘ None the less , ’ he said , turning again to face them with a calm and decided countenance , ‘ I think it indeed needful that this march should come into the justiciar 's hands rather than Earl Richard 's . |
| 5 | As Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone L.C. put it in In re B. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1988 ] A.C. 199 , 202 , the ‘ first and paramount consideration [ of the court ] is the well being , welfare or interests [ of the minor ] ’ and I regard it as self-evident that this involves giving them the maximum degree of decision-making which is prudent . |