Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the [noun sg] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where in the past this tended to be a self-contained exercise — and perhaps more obviously artificial because of it — the pattern nowadays is for the group treasury function to be moved offshore en bloc . |
| 2 | There are many advantages to having a care manager , ‘ someone in charge out there ’ , and this has long been recognized as essential , although in the past this recognition has not been focused on as closely as under the current care management system . |
| 3 | In some areas , mechanisation is replacing labour although in the countryside this has not gone as far as on North American farms . |
| 4 | There is no doubt that in the past this is where depreciation accounting has floundered , as an addition to the existing system : local taxes were judged to be incapable of bearing the additional burden . |
| 5 | Although it did not rule out a return to multiparty politics per se , the PNDC argued that in the past this had only bred " hatred , division and bloodshed " . |
| 6 | At Great Casterton I had suddenly discovered that this process held a hidden danger and that in the future this had to be avoided at all costs . |
| 7 | The model of the Bibliothèque de France still involves a building at which material is accessible , but the developments of networks mean that in the future this will no longer be necessary . |
| 8 | Although on the record this solo was played on an acoustic guitar , it also works very well when performed on an electric instrument . |
| 9 | Mr Salmond said : ‘ I find it quite incredible that on the day this bungling Government is desperately trying to scramble out of a hole on pit closures , it is at the same time drilling itself into a well on oil jobs . |
| 10 | Her eyes had become accustomed to the dark , and she could see , as she peered down it either way , that to the left this road opened out . |
| 11 | I consider that we must proceed on the basis that at the date this agreement was entered into , March 26 , 1952 , the wife was then in desertion . |
| 12 | Having calculated the odds , Napoleon III decided that at the moment this was unlikely . |
| 13 | But a defence lawyer suggested that at the time this was the normal practise in football , and Steve White agreed . |
| 14 | I was a New Man before New Men had capital letters , but I feel like an Old Man these days , and all I can think is that by the time this one is through university I 'll be nearly sixty . |
| 15 | Accordingly , it may be the case that by the time this book is in your hands departments may have new names and policy responsibilities may have been moved from one department to another . |
| 16 | Whatever is ultimately decided by the boards and the UKCC it is still in your own and your patients interests for you to undertake some form of formal updating , even if for the moment this is left to your own and your employer 's discretion . |
| 17 | More seriously , the midfield player was full of praise for Nicholl 's contribution on and off the field this season . |
| 18 | For there was no doubt about her success that night , and for the encore this time , she came on alone . |
| 19 | Toads are poisonous , too , but like the cobra they prefer not to use their poison except as a last resort , although for a different reason — their poison glands only secrete their lethal dose when the toad is bitten hard by an attacker , and for the toad this is leaving matters far too late , with serious injury a strong possibility . |
| 20 | In the day the pineal creates and stores a chemical called serotonin , and during the night this is converted into melatonin and released into the bloodstream . |
| 21 | Students may take a wide variety of subjects both from within and outwith the faculty this is one of the ways in which options can be kept open . |
| 22 | The cartoon , and I , I was only I can remember , my dream was really vivid , I was standing up in my cot , and all of a sudden my bedroom windows flew open , curtains blew and in the window this bright light and then this wolf coming to get me , and it was the most scary dream I 've ever had . |
| 23 | Mars , compared to the Earth , may be depleted in H , C and N , and it seems fairly certain that Venus is heavily depleted in H. The surfaces of Mercury and the Moon are very heavily depleted in all volatiles , and in the main this is probably because of a smaller initial endowment . |
| 24 | It is impossible to say from their findings of fact , or reasons , what their view of the witnesses was and in the result this decision can not stand . |
| 25 | On another level , on a completely different level the book is about Freud 's attempt in my erm in the second edition of I used the analogy of a detective story like Sherlock Holmes or something , or something er i i it , it 's an attempt by Freud to reconstruct specific historical events that may or may not have happened , using a kind of detective 's method because Freud picks up tiny little clues like Moses ' name , the fact that he does n't appear to be able to speak the language in the Bible , he always speaks through an interpreter , and in the Bible this , this is explained away by saying . |
| 26 | It has taken all of six years and in the end this chartered architect has been entirely vindicated , but the case does highlight the vulnerability of architects in employment . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ On one hand we have John Major basking in Barcelona in the glory of our people winning medals and on the other this mean action . ’ |
| 28 | And he came running out behind us and at the back this massive puzzle and he slipped over in the mud sli slide straight forward and into the . |
| 29 | But it appears to me that , on the face of this document , there is no intention shown so to limit its effect , and that it is framed in the widest possible terms so as to cover , not only this particular debt , but all other claims by the bank in connection with the Professional and Trades Papers Ltd. , for it is admitted that the foundation of the judgment was the guarantee , and at the time this document was drawn up there was this joint liability on the judgment to the extent of £6,000 . |
| 30 | cos at the time this report was put together erm |