Example sentences of "[that] this [noun sg] was the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 It may well be that this building was the Quartermasters Stores originally .
5 He knew very well that this night was the one which would decide whether the old female eagle survived .
6 Some years later , Muriel admits that this conversation was the making of her .
7 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 .
8 ‘ 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 . ’
9 It was true that this woman was the exact opposite .
10 How simply we believed that this wasteland was the immediate effect of social antagonism , community tension , civil war .
11 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 ?
12 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 ’ .
13 On the basis of its much smaller jaws and teeth and enlarged cranial cavity , scientists have assumed that this being was the tool-maker .
14 Not that this miracle was the end of the tale .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 In fact , it seems that this chintz was the product of a relationship rather than a society .
18 Interim results for the first half to July 1991 revealed that this revamp was the only operation to increase sales and profits .
19 The AX 's reputation for economy is enough to convince her that this car was the right choice .
20 We all knew that this carnage was the work of Unionist Fascists bent on teaching the Republic a lesson — stay out of our affairs .
21 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 .
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