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

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1 THE current drought , now in its fourth year in some parts of the country , is the worst this century .
2 The process of soil loss through wind erosion accelerates during droughts , and Southern Africa is currently experiencing the worst this century .
3 ‘ Nonsense , it wo n't be the worst this week , ’ said Gregory .
4 The so this alleyway has been here since at least sixteen ninety , probably rather earlier when the house began to go down the drain as it were , down the plughole .
5 The only this group could admit were reforms that benefited its members : the sale of the common lands and the entailed estates of the Church , an operation that they could dominate and from which they could draw profit .
6 The sooner this masquerade was over , the better she 'd like it .
7 Edward said angrily : ‘ The sooner this divorce is over and done with , the better . ’
8 The sooner this bastard 's caught the better . ’
9 The sooner this business is done , Master Clerk , the sooner you are gone and that will make me very happy ! ’
10 Byrne 's letter was very nearly counterproductive , as it convinced Smith 's trade union backers that the sooner this contest was over the better .
11 The previous-highest this century was 502 for 6 , by Middlesex against Notts at Trent Bridge in 1925 .
12 They ran out on Saturday to a cautious welcome from a crowd of 1,823 ( the best this season and lowest of the day ) a week after losing to Doncaster : it was not so much that Doncaster had scored their first away goals of the season , rather that they got six without reply .
13 We have also arranged optional excursions to help you enjoy the best this region can offer .
14 The longer this salad chills the better the flavour .
15 And the bigger and sharper the spines , the longer this effect lasts .
16 The longer this situation goes on the worse things are going to get .
17 The further this empowerment goes , the harder it is to reverse , and the more the role of the communist party fades .
18 The more inadequate that overall funding of services becomes , the more this problem will become a reality .
19 Lord Lane personally rejected the second appeal of the Birmingham Six in January 1988 saying , in words which returned to haunt him : ‘ As with many cases referred by the Home Secretary to the Court of Appeal , the longer the case has gone on , the more this court has been convinced that the jury was correct . ’
20 The more this principle is understood and the more firmly it is adhered to , whether in practical or in theoretical subjects , the more difficult it will be for a school to organize its teaching .
21 The younger the tutor , the more this manner will be felt necessary as a defence .
22 Business investment rose 11% , while world trade expanded by 9.3 the fastest this decade .
23 Std Error ; this is the standard error of the beta estimate and the lower this figure is the better the estimate of beta .
24 ‘ Hopefully we can stay in the there this time , ’ added Wood , mindful that Britain were forced into qualifying after defeat by unsung Finland meant they were relegated last year from the elite nations .
25 The higher this figure is , the more light it lets into the binoculars , brighter the image it gives .
26 The more that generalities across the curricula are emphasized , the closer this alternative comes to being a generic curriculum .
27 And the more bizarre the alleged abduction , the closer this figure tended towards 1.0 , or total subjectivity .
28 Indeed , the more you possess , the faster this wealth begets more .
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