Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the interpretation of democracy argued for in this book is correct , or at least is found persuasive by its readers , then it should be clear that its principal practical implication is that democracy is still " unfinished business " on the agenda of modern politics . |
| 2 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 3 | Of the other offences adverted to in this chapter , the crime of threatening to kill is extended to threats to cause serious personal harm ( cl. 65 ) ; administering a substance without consent ( cl. 73 ) and assault to resist arrest ( cl. 77 ) are redrafted . |
| 4 | Her working-class male counterpart is not usually ridiculed or disapproved of in this way , as someone whose language is inappropriate . |
| 5 | You can indicate which SPRs are to be Closed or Replied to at this page , in preparation for making these relationships fixed once the SSR is submitted . |
| 6 | In three cases of clear-cut discrepancy between the social class classification arrived at in this way and the wife 's previous occupation , education or general life-style , social class was upgraded or downgraded to take account of the contradiction . |
| 7 | The tales of Mountain Biker Attacks Rambler are certainly a far cry from the friendliness we met with in this area . |
| 8 | And that was all d'Alembord prayed for at this moment , that Ford would learn success fast and thus calm his worried fears . |
| 9 | The interesting question is whether the reform to regulations regarding fee structures in 1982 and , to a lesser extent , the greater freedom architects enjoyed from about this time to practice in a less restrictive manner have influenced the pattern of events . |
| 10 | Somebody had been reading a paper there , which apparently happened quite often , Penelope learned , and they usually finished at about this time . |
| 11 | Science was being taught in public schools and in grammar schools , and there were courses in universities , which in Britain began at about this time to catch on — this was the era when the great municipal universities started to flourish , though it was to be some time before they received government grants . |
| 12 | Chief among them , and born of the group 's increasing feeling that they stood far something , embattled against a hostile world , was their tendency not only to see merit where none existed ( in the poetry of Fox , for example ) , but actually to think that belonging to the group — which began at around this period to be known as the Inklings — was in itself a sort of merit . |
| 13 | Having said all they needed to on this subject , they left it , and Alice said after a pause , " I went round this afternoon . |
| 14 | In his article 169 letter , the European Commissioner stated that it was important that the rail link and the station should be considered together in terms of the environmental impact assessment if the European Community directive , signed by the Government and agreed to by this country , were to be met . |
| 15 | To say prayers in the Catholic way of worship , and feed one 's soul on frequent sacraments , and practise a little fasting , and use the sacrament of confession , and study Marcion and the early Church and the Bible , and to have time for quietness and silence and meditation — that was what he looked for at this moment of his life . |
| 16 | ‘ But none of the hospitals we went to in this country did a single thing to help us . |
| 17 | and er , they were coming up and went across to get a drink of lemonade and it was a bloody hot day , really , you know a midsummer day and erm , we went across to this kind of cafe place that 's opposite the station and I saw two men with rubber boots on |
| 18 | The maid of all work also died at about this time and was not replaced . |
| 19 | Plowman J stated at p596 : The arrangement in my view must be looked at as a whole , and looked at in this way , I find it impossible to say that the Respondent did not provide the trustee with an income … in the sense in which the word " provided " is used in [ what is now TA 1988 , s663 ] ; that is to say , as importing an element of bounty . |
| 20 | Virtually none of the people looked at in this demonstration have gone into an informal care setting where they are relying to a large degree on informal caring . |
| 21 | These matters confirm me in the view already expressed that the disturbance complained of in this case is not actionable . |
| 22 | I also take some comfort from the fact that I have enormous pleasure in remembering all those who I dealt with in this capacity returned to the Pathfinder Force before the end and wished sincerely to finish their Pathfinder tour . |
| 23 | When his father died in April 1617 he was living in Braintree , Essex , probably working in the shop of John Lawrence , grocer and apothecary , and one of the leading townsmen , whose daughter Mary he married at about this time . |
| 24 | Set in the first instance at 17.5 million b/d , the ceiling remained at about this level , subject to variations ( sometimes just for a specific quarter ) , for most of the decade . |