Example sentences of "this [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extraordinarily high proportion of Milton scholars have chosen to disregard these truths about their subject , and have decided that because Milton was on the side of the regicides this made him a revolutionary and , because a revolutionary , therefore a man of the Left , perhaps even an agonized Maminst , or at least a sympathizer with the Diggers and Levellers of his own day . |
| 2 | This made him the intellectual heir of John Hunter , whose Essays and Observations he published with due filial piety in 1861 . |
| 3 | This made him the ideal choice to fly this naval fighter . |
| 4 | Some would say this made him the ideal publisher of a newspaper . |
| 5 | This made him an acceptable candidate as protector and , once he held that office , helped to ensure that he could call on the backing of the Yorkist establishment . |
| 6 | This made him an acceptable candidate as protector and , once he held that office , helped to ensure that he could call on the backing of the Yorkist establishment . |
| 7 | ‘ This made us the second most successful regional morning in the UK and one of only a handful of papers to increase annual sales . |
| 8 | This made it a no-go area for the Hong Kong police and it developed into a warren of opium dens and criminal hideouts . |
| 9 | This made it a greater challenge later on . |
| 10 | This made it an easy room to clean , no one would want to come in while she was working . |
| 11 | Peter Davis , Reed 's chief executive , said : ‘ This offers us a unique opportunity to expand our subscription-based information publishing for the legal market , which we know well and where we are under-represented in the US . ’ |
| 12 | Does n't this give you a little glow ? |
| 13 | This buys them an extra round while Thadeus hesitates , in which time they must come up with something more to prevent him from attacking after this initial hesitation . |
| 14 | Ever a man for taking the particular to exhibit the general , this allowed him a global crack at the Scots : he claimed that they were not interested in doing anything unless it had natural awkwardness in it : ‘ What can not be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient , will not often be done at all . |
| 15 | Anyway I explain all this to give you a basic idea of the principle . |
| 16 | We have advanced ‘ moral careers ’ as another useful concept , this giving us a special purchase on that elusive quality : human agency . |
| 17 | In his statement on public expenditure — in part , this refutes what the hon. Member for Fife , Central said — my right hon. Friend the Chancellor announced increased programmes in a number of Departments which will provide substantial work for the industry . |
| 18 | This gave her a certain mystique : everyone wants fame , fame , fame and more fame , do n't they ? |
| 19 | This gave me a great sense of freedom — and , just occasionally , I did hurtle down the street at night ! |
| 20 | I did , however , box for Oxford for four years , winning against Cambridge three times , and this gave me a certain standing in the College . |
| 21 | This gave me a neat opening . |
| 22 | This gave me a deeper basis for my own thinking , devotion and ministry . |
| 23 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 24 | Mr Wilson says this gave him a different approach as well as a wider experience of business . |
| 25 | This gave him a one-stroke advantage over two players -Bill Nicolson , of Coventry , who had 73 , 69 , and Richard Latham , a local player , who managed 70 , 72 . |
| 26 | Darling finished the tour with 1022 runs at 34.07 , but in that strong batting line-up this gave him no better than eighth place . |
| 27 | This gave him an endless shopping list of radical causes which had no apparent connection , but were bound together by the radical-chic lifestyle of their supporters . |
| 28 | This gave him an invaluable insight into the boardroom and helped to bridge the gap between financial controller and finance director . |
| 29 | This seemed a great victory for the undefeated Britons and since those living within the Province also now had cause to hate Rome , this gave them a real hope of a military success . |
| 30 | This gave them a new experience of evaporation , as well as time to draw on their prior experiences . |