Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , in a large-scale study of search behaviour just completed ( Hey , 1992/3 ) we found a conclusion remarkably similar to that found in this study : subjects were responding in the wrong direction ( but significantly ) to changes in the riskiness parameter σ . |
| 2 | The following list , close to that used in this book , summarises the most prominent symptoms : |
| 3 | I honestly think that it 's time the English got off this notion , which after all has nothing to do with the original meaning of the word ‘ amateur ’ , which means having a passion for something , erm got off this notion that the amateur , the gentleman , as Geoffrey said , is necessarily more truly engaged with the activity than somebody else . |
| 4 | Of the 21 attacks attributed to Iran from January to May 1986 , over half occurred in this area and many involved helicopters . |
| 5 | Including Irish women — six of the forty fell into this category — might be seen as contradicting this objective . |
| 6 | Why the French insisted on this condition was obvious : supranationalism was essential in order to create strong institutions which could limit Germany 's industrial independence in future . |
| 7 | If this continued into this year , it would leave the Government with a £15m a month overspend . |
| 8 | In this quotation , however , both the words ‘ collusion ’ and ‘ tacit ’ are being interpreted in a different sense to that adopted in this paper . |
| 9 | That came in this morning |
| 10 | While three Swordfish directed the gunfire of the ships ( Italian sources reported 76 killed and 226 injured in this attack on Genoa ) , and Fulmars and Skuas patrolled protectively above , sixteen more Swordfish bombed and mined Livorne and La Spezia ; Italian Dicat gunners claimed one Swordfish shot down and in fact Midspmn . |
| 11 | A government report in 1963 concluded on this issue : ‘ A national policy of expansion would improve the regional picture ; and , in turn , a successful regional development programme would make it easier to achieve a national growth programme . ’ |
| 12 | The er original timber here which is the dias beam and it points up something very o odd happened in this building . |
| 13 | None of that existed before this year . |
| 14 | We all lived in this sty , just off Wimbledon Hill . |
| 15 | All mesmerized by this folly , he wrote , all the Goldbergs and McGrindles , the Mosses and Baiocchis , the Honeymen and McGoughs . |
| 16 | At a meeting on 8 October 1992 hosted by this department and attended by representatives of District Council Planning Departments and the Scottish Wildlife Trust , the Trust indicated that following a re-survey of sites in Lothian , an updated list of Wildlife Sites with relevant maps will be made available to district planning authorities in Lothian early next year . |
| 17 | One of Laura 's favourite psychological ploys , to pre-empt criticism , was telling people how like Bernard they were themselves ; Ari , Tim Clifford and her own daughter Jane , all came into this category but were , in reality , quite dissimilar . |
| 18 | cos they only told me bits , they all came round this morning and er , we were having a laugh actually , it was |
| 19 | It is worth recording , however , that further investigation showed that both acidic paper and detached pages appeared to be significant factors in the assignment of items to Categories 4 and 5 ( the two ‘ worst ’ categories of overall condition ) , since although only 27% of all items requiring repair had loose pages , 43% of those in Category 4 , and 60% in Category 5 were so affected , and although only 18% of all items suffered from apparently acidic paper , 30% of those in Category 4 and 60% in Category 5 suffered from this defect . |
| 20 | SO SOME GOOD CAME OF THIS PERIOD , THEN . |
| 21 | Catherine II persisted with this form but had it more richly jewelled ( fig. 37 ) . |
| 22 | The powerhouses of film production in the previous decade nearly all wilted in this atmosphere . |
| 23 | It is impossible to say how many participated in this operation simply because they were following orders , as obedient soldiers , and how many because they shared Franco 's belief that their role was that of the " saviours " of Spain . |
| 24 | A concert featuring the ever popular music from Hollywood 's Silver Screen , non-stop show-stoppers from the thirties , forties and fifties composed by this century 's greatest composers of popular music . |
| 25 | — Guy Pearson , Surrey I LAUGHED at this property ad in my local paper : ‘ Two bedrooms , off-street park-ing , 5-piece bathroom suite , no chain ! ’ — |
| 26 | It was James I wanted at this moment , more than Toby , who could n't have been expected to understand this . |
| 27 | Future annual statistical reports will adopt the same format and will incorporate information similar to that contained in this Update . |
| 28 | When I first got into this thing I did n't ask too many questions . |
| 29 | The nine gleaned from this encounter puts Essex ahead of the field on 30 points , with Norfolk one-and-a-half behind as the six-time winners prepare for a final match against Cambridgeshire . |
| 30 | We first came across this South Sea adventurer on the fourth week of cruising around the Caribbean on our Hallberg Rassy 352 , writes Jenny Allan . |