Example sentences of "this [noun] [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By taking the ‘ contextual ’ norm as one of his defining factors , he avoids this difficulty and locates his framework of analysis firmly within the text itself ( see Riffaterre 1959 and 1960 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Did it take you all that time to invent this story and to select your wardrobe from the charity shops ? ’ he asked with sinister softness . |
| 3 | Middlesbrough will fly to London this afternoon and complete their journey to the South coast by coach . |
| 4 | Vatican II endorsed this terminology as does our present Holy Father . |
| 5 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |
| 6 | In any case , in the liberal view , the significance of class struggle must be weighed against other divisions which cut across this struggle and limit its importance . |
| 7 | Doug Cantwell , chairman of West Wiltshire Conservatives , said yesterday : ‘ We have to do our best to pull ourselves out of this recession and tighten our belts . |
| 8 | Oh well as I er , as I was saying about th this aunt that stayed with me , er she once er saw a , well I do n't know whether she actually seen it or not , but she 'd seen the results of it , of a tinker 's divorce , and this man killed this horse and threw his wife on top of it and that was him divorced . |
| 9 | The President announced this action and explained its background to a startled nation over nationwide television on 22 October . |
| 10 | The emotion that goes into art is subtle and it is the faculty of being able to feel this emotion that constitutes our appreciation of art . |
| 11 | Gavin undertook this research whilst completing his B.Sc . |
| 12 | Our results and a review of published works cast doubts on the value of annual colonoscopic surveillance in this condition when considering its cost effectiveness and the definition of a workable programme . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm certain when he is fully fit he will prove his worth to this club and force his way back onto the international scene with England . ’ |
| 14 | Some moisturisers claim to be especially helpful at repairing this loss and strengthening your skin . |
| 15 | You see when committees are meeting at two o'clock usually have a much shorter agenda than this committee discussion but to enable to this committee and to do its job properly , I would think we 'd be looking where possible to be able to discuss items properly and to get start at a reasonable time like we do . |
| 16 | In certain cases they never received this modification and found their way almost unaltered into school programmes , as in Lagos State , Nigeria . |
| 17 | You will find that there are a number of other problems in this question that test your knowledge and understanding of standard accounting practice in a group context . |
| 18 | A lengthy discussion of this issue is beyond the scope of this work but given its importance in relation to the socialist project I shall make some comments . |
| 19 | She soon realised that there was a lack of pattern designs for this machine and used her artistic talents to create designs of her own . |
| 20 | The first , brief account of her long love for Kallikrates which Ayesha gives to Leo Vincey and his guardian in She is expanded in Wisdom 's Daughter to emphasise this spirituality and to excuse her sin as being due to the inexorable power of love . |
| 21 | The Russians are believed to have detected this deployment and fired their shells at a high angle over the heads of the Slavs to hit the Austrians ahead . |
| 22 | And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision . |
| 23 | In practice , however , in the principal local authorities the political party organisations will oversee this process and manage their candidates ' election campaigns . |
| 24 | This Burma and appraised her worth . |
| 25 | He filled this post and served his fellow deaf with such distinction that Archbishop Ramsay appointed him an Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in 1966 . |
| 26 | Many things had died in this room and left their stink behind . |
| 27 | If I never did anything but sit in this room and powder my face and tell you what a clever fool you are , i should still be heavens high above the millions of common women who do their domestic duty , and sacrifice themselves , and run Trade departments and all the rest of the vulgarities . |
| 28 | We are now looking for a manager to head this group and develop its work . |
| 29 | Silver , you 're under arrest too , for failing to report to Toadflax this evening and causing your duty to devolve on a comrade . |
| 30 | Clerks , public service workers and government officials relented from this strike and caused its downfall . |