Example sentences of "of the [adj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain of the 1960s this challenge of the Welfare State is not isolated : it is but one aspect of the challenge which confronts us throughout the whole political field . |
| 2 | Intel Corp says it will ship 60 versions of the 80486 this year , with clock speeds ranging from 25MHz to 100MHz , senior vice-president Paul Otellini told the Hambrecht & Quist conference in San Francisco : ‘ We now have the capacity to build some 30m 80486s in 1993 , ’ Otellini said , and he expects Intel to sell some 100m 80486 chips after 1993 ; Intel expects to spend some $900m on research and development this year , up from $780m in 1992 , he declared , and would do 1m Pentiums in 1994 . |
| 3 | After a surfeit of the extraordinary this was just what he needed : a dose of the solidly ordinary . |
| 4 | Nearing the end of the 70s this became the plumb to pick . |
| 5 | Since he survived the last great property collapse of the Seventies this should provide some comfort to holders of shares in property companies . |
| 6 | You know this is very much against this is something typical of the seventies this kind of thing |
| 7 | His office at the Caterham factory is covered with pictures of Seven racing cars — and one of Patrick McGoohan , whom he persuaded to endorse a special 35th anniversary Prisoner edition of the Seven this year ; his most animated conversation is reserved for descriptions of the car and its abilities , and one could almost believe that finances and company administration took a firm back seat to the development and fine tuning of the car 's design . |
| 8 | As with large tracts of The Possessed this is in effect third-person narrative , recalling the notebook assurance that whether ‘ my ’ story is based on hard facts or has simply been made up , it is all ‘ true ’ . |
| 9 | For most of the eighties this post was held by Robin Catford — of whom more later — who had the privilege of having the tenancy of the best room in Number 10 . |