Example sentences of "of this [noun sg] was [that] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significant feature of this case was that the creditor 's solicitors had specifically written independently to the elderly parents , enclosing the forms of charge with a letter addressed to each , advising them to seek independent legal advice before signing . |
| 2 | One result of this attitude was that the strain placed by warfare on the economies of most European States was less than the mere number of men engaged in fighting might seem to indicate , since these were drawn so largely from the least productive elements of society . |
| 3 | The effect of this lenience was that the yield of 4s. in the pound on landed incomes and 2s. 8d. on goods actually fell during Elizabeth 's reign — a period of rising prices and of growing prosperity for the propertied classes — from about £140,000 at the beginning of the reign to about £85,000 at the end . |
| 4 | First , the winning of civil rights during and after the eighteenth century : in a number of important cases the courts developed the doctrine that the individual was free to do anything which was not made unlawful by a specific law ; and the corollary of this approach was that the state could not interfere with the civil and political liberties of its citizens ( in those days ‘ subjects ’ ) unless the government could persuade Parliament to pass legislation authorising the interference . |
| 5 | The point of this betrothal was that the castles of the Vexin controlled communications between Paris and Rouen . |
| 6 | One result of this change was that the number of households enumerated was about 300 thousands more under the new definition or about 13 per cent ( Todd and Griffiths , 1986 ) . |
| 7 | A corollary of this view was that the content of the rules of natural justice could be relatively fired and certain . |
| 8 | The consequence of this decline was that the government was able to say by the autumn of 1986 that the behaviour of M3 was no longer a reliable guide to monetary conditions and monetary targets were dropped in favour of discretionary interpretations of several ‘ indicators ’ including the exchange rate and the growth of nominal income itself . |
| 9 | The result of this Meditatio was that the monk or nun experienced the truths of faith in an entirely new way . |