Example sentences of "in this [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this Crosland was typical . |
| 2 | It was almost as if a necessary condition of being in this paradise was the commission of some frightful sin or crime that must result in expulsion from it . |
| 3 | The most interesting feature in this patient was the inverse relationship between TNF and the number of bone marrow blast cells . |
| 4 | She did not know what the message was : Lee in this state was no longer a lovelorn friend but a trauma . |
| 5 | The leading element in this upheaval was the student movement , and although students became independently active in political life all over the world — in Eastern Europe and in the Third World just as much as in the West — the principal expression of a distinctive radical doctrine and mode of political action , which became to a large extent a model for the whole international movement , was to be found in the US , in the Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS ) . |
| 6 | The suicide rate in this quarter was unnaturally high , and the insurance companies had established a definite connection between owing large sums of money to George Macready and accidental death . |
| 7 | An added problem in this case was that she was too old to give unsworn testimony . |
| 8 | The Metropolitan 's first move in this case was to invoke the statute of limitations to block Turkey 's demand for the return of antiquities acquired by the museum through gifts and purchases about 20 years ago . |
| 9 | History in this case was the product of a specialized group ; and the arguments about the quality of the product were about its beauty , metre , wit , rather than about its truth , typicality and meaning . |
| 10 | The preacher in this case was the Rev. William Cuff , a Spurgeon man . |
| 11 | The parents ' attitude in this case was understandable . |
| 12 | The issue in this case was whether or not listed building consent should have been obtained before the neoclassical statue was removed from the Temple of Graces , a listed building specifically designed to house it |
| 13 | He continued by saying that ‘ the decision of the chief constable not to intervene in this case was a policy decision with which … the courts should not interfere ’ . |
| 14 | The important thing in this case was to reward him for being good rather than punish him for being naughty — if you scold or hit a young horse for not standing still you will only make matters worse . |
| 15 | What was unusual in this case was that even in his great excitement he still carried the photographs of Koko and pointed to them repeatedly as he looked toward the teacher , who nodded and said ‘ Yes ’ to Sherman . |
| 16 | But Jamie 's attitude in this case was right . |
| 17 | Unfortunately for them , the assumption in this case was false . |
| 18 | Our approach in this case was to select specific events concerning the elderly , for example , the implementation of the new post-war pensions , the publication of official reports and of widely noticed social surveys , across the twenty-year time-span , and to review their presentation by newspapers and more specialized publications . |
| 19 | Thus the various analysis procedures were in good agreement , and the enhancement in this case was predominantly presynaptic . |
| 20 | The target the researchers were working towards in this case was the ability for its systems to recover from transient errors and other faults in the software . |
| 21 | One of the issues in this case was whether so-called ‘ prerogative powers ’ of the Crown ( which is another name for central government ) are subject to judicial review . |
| 22 | Well , the spark in this case was the Spring issue 's piece ‘ Moving with the Times . ’ |
| 23 | The casualty in this case was Richard Grey , the queen 's youngest son by her first marriage . |
| 24 | ‘ A pre-trial inquiry , such as the appellant contends the judge in this case was under a duty to embark upon , would itself be open to abuse by unscrupulous and dishonest accused persons . |
| 25 | The exaction in this case was accordingly unlawful not because of what the corporation did but because of what the plaintiff did not do . |
| 26 | ‘ ( a ) Allegations . ( i ) The allegation in this case was that the respondent had obtained a 70 per cent . |
| 27 | In my opinion the approach adopted by the coroner to the question whether an inquest should be held in this case was not correct . |
| 28 | We can leave the Housing Act 1988 and proceed to the Rent Act 1977 , bearing in mind that the issue in this case was whether there was a person , namely , the landlord , who was restricted in his right to recover possession of the premises by virtue of an enactment or rule of law . |
| 29 | Although the assessment of damages often has to be based on scanty evidence , in the opinion of the Board the evidence adduced by the plaintiff as to damage in this case was inadequate to prove any damage beyond the purely nominal . |
| 30 | Some argued that ‘ equal opportunity ’ in this case was simply another illustration of Richard 's entrepreneurial canniness . |