Example sentences of "this [noun] [adv] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But this enthusiasm swiftly evaporated and soon it became difficult to find anyone who was satisfied with it , let alone enthusiastic .
2 This study also suggested that the maximum number of shares suggested by Evans and Archer should in fact be regarded as the minimum .
3 This fear largely evaporated when it was proved that the fragile genetically-engineered microbes could not live outside their special environment inside the fermenter .
4 Nowhere is this tension better demonstrated than in the provision of the British system of social services .
5 An interview with this adviser subsequently confirmed that the self-appraisal was not accorded great importance : ‘ On the role of the self-appraisal , it seems to me that the whole thing has been made into a very big deal and ought not to be .
6 This Act generally strengthened and added to the welfare powers of the local authorities .
7 The purchase of this equipment also ensured that we did not need to convert a room to provide a separate Archive Library in future building development .
8 Human diversity is the product of this process endlessly repeated and re-sorted over tens of thousands of years .
9 It was , therefore , not surprising that the great economists of this period either ignored or made only brief and passing references to the quality or quantity of labour as an important factor in economic growth .
10 Individuals in this group typically stated that they had become ‘ sick of the life ’ or they had come to ‘ hate smack ’ .
11 1771 This meeting also agreed That the sum of one shilling & sixpence Sterling be levied on each Quarter Land towards payment of Expences of a Dyke arround the Burial place in Kilchoman .
12 1771 This meeting also agreed That the sum of one shilling & sixpence Sterling be levied on each Quarter Land towards payment of Expences of a Dyke arround the Burial place in Kilchoman .
13 Whilst Brennan accepted that " desecration of the flag is deeply offensive to many " , he emphasized that punishing such behaviour " dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered and so worth revering " .
14 This knowledge once obtained and understood cancels out the need for re-birth or re-incarnation into the school of life .
15 This occasion certainly proved that ‘ the gift of the gab ’ was not only an asset , it was an essential for an up-and-coming professional broadcaster .
16 But from this , and from table 4.8 , it is reasonable to conclude that the situation is in this respect less focused than in the inner city .
17 However , this arrangement too collapsed when the assassination of Buckingham in August 1628 led Charles I to call a Parliament .
18 This survey also indicated that in those libraries with audio-visual presentations , more than half also supplemented them with other forms of orientation or instruction notably tours , printed guides , supplementary printed handouts and exercises or other practical work .
19 However , this survey also found that women spent less time out of the labour market rearing children than is often believed .
20 This company subsequently made and sold pultruding machines to many other plastics specialists , both in the UK and overseas .
21 I had all this time neither seen nor heard anything ; nevertheless , I was convinced that the tigress was watching me .
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