Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | It was because this undertaking was the equivalent of a court order and was fully enforceable by the court that he was convicted of the offence . |
| 3 | Indeed , since this trauma was the origin of all later stages of cultural evolution for the race as a whole and is now the culminating phase of childhood development , it is clear that on this phase more than any other the whole mental health and normality not only of the individual , but of the society , depends . |
| 4 | The robbers had certainly had a boy with them , they said , but whether this boy was the same boy … well , it seemed very doubtful . |
| 5 | Though this salary was the same as that of a third-class constable , the lowest police rank , village sergeants were much better off because they served in their own localities , were not subject to discipline , and had other income . |
| 6 | For this room was the real thing : so much was unmistakable . |