Example sentences of "[adj] of this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had our chance to get Number 10 clear of this whole … whole catastrophe , but not you , no , you want a front seat for the opening night of Armageddon , you do … ’ |
| 2 | I want to get clear of this mess before anything else happens . ’ |
| 3 | Strangely , she felt more resentful of this lady 's peremptory commands than she ever had of those of the merchants ' wives she had previously been obliged to swallow . |
| 4 | Hot from Nails 's two-up , two-down behind the bus-station , she was resentful of this softly-carpeted , oak-panelled entrance . |
| 5 | ‘ Was there anyone who might have felt jealous or resentful of this appointment ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have been — well , a little more resentful of this project than any others . |
| 7 | In conclusion , it was agreed that we ought not view social security legislation in isolation , but should consider the effects on the unemployed of this legislation and other legislation introduced during the eleven years of Tory government , such as housing , health , education . |
| 8 | I think it would be wrong of this Committee to comment on the er , what happens in other committees , certainly in this Committee , I do n't think any , anyone 's ever criticized your erm , representation on the community project , we do perfectly , we ca n't hurt their decisions , so your relationship with this Committee is , is good , er , elsewhere , I do n't know anything about it . |
| 9 | It means that any office development or commercial of this kind in this I twelve policy that was to occur in Harrogate would not be counted off the sixty hectares of em erm of I five allocation , it would be in addition to it , and that may be a very important breakthrough for us . |
| 10 | In effect became the target unemployment rate while , was the unpleasant , but inevitable , concomitant of this target rate . |
| 11 | Barrie and Arnold Bennett , Hewlett and Henry James , were free of this society whenever they chose . |
| 12 | But the spoils are enough to cushion the realisation that she will never be totally free of this marriage . |
| 13 | It was brave of this woman to bring a resentful and hostile stranger into the place that had been her home . |
| 14 | Six years ago I had my own head examined by the most distinguished of this country 's living phrenologists and was provided with a six-page report of quite startling accuracy . |
| 15 | Young Guard , one of the most popular of this type of journal , had a circulation of only 9,000 in 1922 , and dropped to between 5,000 and 6,000 an issue by 1926 . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm rather fond of this shirt , ’ Vitor said , smiling against her mouth as she tugged desperately at the buttons . |
| 17 | " Reportedly , Yeats was particularly fond of this poem … " |
| 18 | And you are fond of this nationality ? |
| 19 | Managers of course are very fond of this explanation for mergers . |
| 20 | He had grown fond of this place , and now , soon , he was to leave it . |
| 21 | I 'm rather fond of this outfit and it did cost rather a lot of money . |
| 22 | Over several weekends I humped big loads , all over 40 pounds , and actually became very fond of this pack . |
| 23 | The widening at the top is a tribute to the towers of the Sforzas , who were also fond of this sort of fungal shape . |
| 24 | The birds are not so fond of this garden . |
| 25 | This being so , and given the post-1918 spread of nationalist sentiment in much of the Arab world , it is not surprising that the nervous and physical energy of many Iraqis was channelled into the shrugging-off of this association . |
| 26 | Both writers make light of this crossing from Fort Augustus to the middle of Glenmoriston , even though it must have proven their most arduous stage so far — eleven miles of high , hard going , ‘ cut in traverses ’ as Johnson says , ‘ so that as we went upon a higher stage , we saw the baggage following us below in a contrary direction . ’ |
| 27 | Oceanward of this uplift zone , however , there will be subsidence since here movement along the detachment fault results in the substitution of mantle for less dense lower crust . |
| 28 | In the end Mrs Reed was so afraid of this child 's evil influence on her own children that she had to send her here . |
| 29 | But Whitehall should contract out as much as possible of this research to industry itself rather than giving it to government establishments . |
| 30 | As much as possible of this finishing was assembled by the use of compressed air and screw cramps , the picture frames and corridor doors being examples of this method of working . |