Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't intended to sound quite so vehement , but what she needed most right at this moment was to put as much distance as was humanly possible between herself and Adam . |
| 2 | If we aggregate together everyone in that ‘ dependent ’ age group , i.e. , those below the age of 16 and above pensionable ages remembering the heaviest demands on services are made at each end of the age range , the percentage of dependants to total UK population has indeed remained remarkably stable throughout this century — 30 per cent in 1901 , 36 per cent in 1951 , 41 per cent in 1977 — and it is likely to remain so for the remainder of the century ; it is projected to be 40 per cent in 2001 ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 21 ; table 5.4 ) . |
| 3 | Example 3:1 Limitation on liability of original tenant ( 1 ) in this clause " the original tenant " means the said … only and this clause applies to any period after the term hereby granted ceases to be vested in the original tenant ( 2 ) if and so often as the tenant fails to pay the rent or any other sum properly due under this lease or commits any breach of covenant known to the landlord then the landlord shall forthwith notify the original tenant of that fact ( 3 ) the landlord shall not be entitled to recover from the original tenant any arrears of rent or other sums payable under this lease where the rent or other sums claimed became due earlier than three months before the original tenant was notified under sub-clause ( 2 ) above ( 4 ) the original tenant shall not be liable for any arrears of rent or other sum falling due after the date upon which this lease is expressed to expire or any breach of covenant committed after that date Example 3:2 Limitation on liability of tenant ( 1 ) In this clause ( a ) " the original tenant " means only ( b ) " the original assignee " means a person to whom the original tenant lawfully assigns this lease ( 2 ) upon a lawful assignment of this lease by the original tenant the original tenant ( a ) shall be released from further personal liability for any breach of any of the tenant 's obligations under this lease occurring after the date of the assignment but ( b ) shall guarantee performance by the original assignee of those obligations until the expiry or other determination of the term or ( if sooner ) a lawful assignment of this lease by the original assignee Example 3:3 Restriction on landlord 's ability to sue original tenant at any time after the lawful assignment of this lease by [ name of original tenant ] the landlord shall not be entitled to enforce against him the tenant 's obligations under this lease unless the landlord shall have first ( 1 ) recovered judgment against all other persons against whom the landlord is or has become entitled to enforce those obligations either as principal or surety and ( 2 ) attempted to levy excution upon such judgment and upon payment by [ name of original tenant ] of any sum due under such judgment the landlord shall assign to him the benefit of it Example 3:4 Definition clause making tenant liable for rent during holding over period " the term " includes not only the term expressed to be granted by this lease but also any period after the date on which the term is expressed to expire during which the tenancy continues under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Example 3:5 Clause making the tenant liable to pay rent and interim rent promptly to pay the rent reserved by this lease without any deduction or set-off and any rent substituted for it either as a result of a rent review under this lease or the agreement or determination of a rent payable by virtue of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s24A |
| 4 | Children are remarkably resilient in this respect and there is little doubt that the fuss which is made about certain minor offences has more adverse effect on the child than the act itself . |
| 5 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is understood to be most advanced at this stage in development of working parts . |
| 6 | To Kings Lynn from Margaret Fife who , following an injury to her arm was helped with her shopping by two assistants : ‘ It was a great help to me and most refreshing in this day and age to be treated with such consideration . |
| 7 | Probably the most extensive in this country outside the British Library . |
| 8 | But I can assure you that people back in London were really most upset at this development … |
| 9 | It is the interactional structure that I am most interested in this chapter , but , as we shall see , the psychological and interactional structures are mutually dependent . |
| 10 | The matter is rather tangential to this Bill , but I am glad to clarify the position . |
| 11 | It is obviously fundamentally different in this respect , that , whereas before , he was entitled to the protection of the Act until successful proceedings were taken , he is now in the position that proceedings have been taken and that an order for possession has been made . |
| 12 | The small Year Niner , who did not even realise that there were taps in room 19 , never mind streams , is a little interested by this offer but explains that her Mum never lets her drink the water at school and always provides her with a carton of fruit juice which keeps her going through the day . |
| 13 | There are from 1 star , a budget-style simple property , to 5 star for the most luxurious in this brochure . |
| 14 | Another mother only feels like a brute for hours afterwards ; and another child is made furiously resentful by this indignity . |
| 15 | ‘ What is most exciting about this project is that the people in the communities will have the major say in what will be done , ’ said , NEAR Project Manager . |
| 16 | After all , the world , sadly , has grown rather inured to this kind of outrage . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm rather fond of this shirt , ’ Vitor said , smiling against her mouth as she tugged desperately at the buttons . |
| 19 | I 'm rather fond of this outfit and it did cost rather a lot of money . |
| 20 | Things were little different in this branch . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Shaw 's wit and good humour are at their most engaging in this play , his analysis of language and class characteristically acute , and there is little of the wilful perversity that so often mars his drama . |
| 23 | But I remember originally reading Kierkegaard and loving it and finding him tremendously exciting in this sense . |
| 24 | The next twenty-four hours were especially rich in this respect . |
| 25 | Kate tried to ignore his admiring glance , but she could n't help blushing a little , which showed how much off balance she was because normally she was so used to this sort of conversation that she could , as it were , verbally handle it with one hand tied behind her back . |
| 26 | Swod allowed himself a quarter smile at her recognition but his body was so unused to this display of emotion that he began to cough . |
| 27 | The argument that governments ( foolishly and shortsightedly ) attempt to win electoral support through the creation of mini-booms and full-employment at the cost of inflation just before an election approaches does accord with the common-sense of the fifties and sixties but the evidence is by no means entirely supportive of this perspective . |
| 28 | In my judgment the judge was entirely right on this point . |
| 29 | Engineers may be highly innovative in this work even though no new ( natural ) science is involved as the Japanese and others have shown in recent times . |
| 30 | Two problems arise here , however , for Oreopithecus shares some of the same characters , and the pongine Sivapithecus is less advanced in this respect . |