Example sentences of "[conj] this [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this region was the nation 's first to identify the cause of smog and to make pioneering strides towards curbing air pollution , population growth keeps overwhelming its efforts . |
| 2 | Although it is not explicitly stated that this sea-monster was the father of eponymous founder of the Merovingian dynasty , that is clearly the impression which Fredegar intended to give . |
| 3 | He knew darn well she , or rather Cara , was a journalist , Fabia thought crossly , all her vibes insisting that this man was the very same man she had come to interview . |
| 4 | After the flight of King James II on 11 December 1688 the legal fiction was adopted that this day was the last of his reign ( thus 4 James II is 6 February 1688 to 11 December 1688 ) , and there followed an interregnum until William III and Mary II were made king and queen for their joint and several lives on 13 February 1689 . |
| 5 | It may well be that this building was the Quartermasters Stores originally . |
| 6 | He knew very well that this night was the one which would decide whether the old female eagle survived . |
| 7 | Some years later , Muriel admits that this conversation was the making of her . |
| 8 | As another pseudo-emblema of the later second century , therefore , it appears that this panel was the work of a mosaicist employed on the Lion and Stag and , perhaps , on the Cupids mosaic . |
| 9 | ‘ I am familiar with the darker view which encompasses bestiality , incest , parricide , rustling , infanticide and the murderous rivalry within the Women 's Institute , but I had imagined that this view was the product of a warped approach to life and greatly exaggerated . ’ |
| 10 | It was true that this woman was the exact opposite . |
| 11 | How simply we believed that this wasteland was the immediate effect of social antagonism , community tension , civil war . |
| 12 | An announcement informed the vacant platform and Rachaela that this train was the London via somewhere , calling at something and elsewhere and who cared at all ? |
| 13 | The Livre des Coutumes of Bordeaux contains a note that ‘ [ In 1259 ] king Henry did homage for Bordeaux , Bayonne and all the land of Gascony [ Gasconha ] which was [ then ] free allod [ franc en alo ] to Louis , king of France … but let it be known that this Gascony was the most free allod that the king of England had , before … king Henry received it back from the French king in homage ’ . |
| 14 | On the basis of its much smaller jaws and teeth and enlarged cranial cavity , scientists have assumed that this being was the tool-maker . |
| 15 | Not that this miracle was the end of the tale . |
| 16 | It is now generally accepted that this meeting was the first step on the unpremeditated road which led to the establishment of the London Veterinary College . |
| 17 | There is some suggestion that this site was the original French mill , and was a fulling mill , followed by a number of years ' service as a saw mill . |
| 18 | In fact , it seems that this chintz was the product of a relationship rather than a society . |
| 19 | Interim results for the first half to July 1991 revealed that this revamp was the only operation to increase sales and profits . |
| 20 | The AX 's reputation for economy is enough to convince her that this car was the right choice . |
| 21 | We all knew that this carnage was the work of Unionist Fascists bent on teaching the Republic a lesson — stay out of our affairs . |
| 22 | Envoys of Offa , however , had arrived at the court of Charlemagne affirming that this rumour was the work of men who were enemies of both Charlemagne and Offa , and had gone on their way to Rome , accompanied by Frankish envoys , to reiterate Offa 's denial of a plot against Hadrian before the pope himself . |
| 23 | Conradin had no people to love , and this chicken was the boy 's dearest friend . |
| 24 | But they had to protect services and this budget was the only way to do so . |
| 25 | Dana had sailed under a blue sky for too long to have any defence against storms , and this man was the worse kind of cyclone . |
| 26 | Three early poems were published in the Irish Penny Journal , and this volume was the first book she ever possessed . |
| 27 | In the course of two years North developed his own slide show , part accurate , part exaggeration , part emotion , and this representation was the bedrock of the domestic campaign for the contras : the world in 57 pictures of blurry military bases and Communist commandantes , utterly simple in its division between good and bad , and curiously believable . |
| 28 | But this sector was the first to feel the heat of intense competition and spiralling development costs . |
| 29 | In the 1860s there was open conflict between the Governor and the non-official members over the size of the colony 's military contribution to the imperial budget and other financial matters , but this fracas was the exception rather than the rule . |
| 30 | Previously they had the conviction and the confidence but this tape was the final proof , the confirmation of the possibilities . |