Example sentences of "the [adj] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By the 1820s this concern for public behaviour had become less an attempt to refine the sensibilities of a ‘ swinish multitude ’ than an increasingly desperate fear of social upheaval produced by major threats to local economic life .
2 The table of tank sizes and volumes supplied is not terribly clear , however a 3′ tank seems to be the largest this filter is recommended for .
3 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 .
4 IN THE beginning there was John Mortimer QC , waxing lyrical about the great ideals of the 1945 Labour government and judging that its commitment to the welfare state and social equality made it the greatest this century .
5 Until the nineteen-fifties this stream continued alongside Harcourt Bridge Road to join the River Nadder at Long Bridge , but has now been diverted , looking more like a canal as it dissects Elizabeth Gardens .
6 W was there a feeling when the this this saw table was acquired , d did you have any feeling that it was a way of controlling the wages ?
7 Erm I I said some the this this morning that in fact I think there would be serious affordable hou affordable housing problems er associated with that figure .
8 The greater the magnitude of this ‘ non-economic ’ force which in fact is an ‘ oekonomische Potenz ’ , the smaller the ‘ costs ’ of the transition period will be ( other things being equal , of course ) , the shorter this transition period will be , the more quickly social equilibrium will be established on a new basis and the more rapidly the curve of the productive forces will begin to rise .
9 For the 1840's-50's this figure usually fell between £1,000 and £2,000 per month .
10 British scientists have revealed that the hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic this year is the largest yet measured .
11 Finally , twenty three tonnes of baked beans brought traffic to a halt on the M-Five this afternoon .
12 CERN , Europe 's centre for research into the fundamental nature of matter , may have pulled off another important discovery — the second this year .
13 This acquisition , part of an aggression expansion plan in Europe , gives Sybase its sixth European subsidiary , the second this year .
14 The second this year from the author of warm-hearted Cockney tales .
15 Here 's a nice letter at last about the second this year I think which is n't bad going !
16 Dave Cooke , OCC founder , said he was sickened by the break-in at the depot , the second this year .
17 You know this is very much against this is something typical of the seventies this kind of thing
18 During the seventies this form of finance became comparatively more attractive as it offered variable rates of interest ( which are tax deductible ) and the short nature of these loans was mitigated by the banks ' willingness to roll-over these loans on request .
19 The larger this magnitude , the more risk-averse the person .
20 ABERDEEN District Council is to host to a bizarre open day for the curious this weekend — by throwing open the doors to the city 's crematorium .
21 All the all this food started turning off .
22 erm The reason why we moved the amendment on this is er Jim been and that has , we started to query the figures I did n't get involved in the all this week and th people like Jim , David loads of my attention and the whole er exercise was a fraud they 're all bum figures and when I checked , the figures I have checked here are done by a senior officer when I showed 'im what stuff was being wrong .
23 Subsequently , in the 1970s this approach was also addressed by M.A. Carson in The Mechanics of Erosion ( Carson , 1971 ) in a book which provided a unified introduction to the mechanics of erosional processes and which was aimed at undergraduates in earth science .
24 However , during the 1970s this pattern was transformed .
25 17 year old Marita Brown was 5 months pregnant , when in the early hours of January the 24th this year , her former boyfriend , Thomas Rennie came to her home after she 'd ended their relationship .
26 Sort of Oh we used to risk our necks walking across the ruddy this mill was a bit of a wreck actually and we used to go playing in places where we should n't have really .
27 By the 430s this assimilation had come about .
28 The face of Gavin Lees just after a horrific attack on May the fifteenth this year .
29 Consumer public relations depends on using to the full this part of the media and it is generally accepted that any consultant working in this field will have contacts within the appropriate media .
30 I thought they were lucky in their officials — executive leader Ali Bacher , ANC official Steve Tshwete , manager Alan Jordaan , and coach Mike Procter — and hoped they would enjoy to the full this honeymoon period of World Cup cricket in which their national fans were firmly behind them .
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