Example sentences of "this [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and he certainly had not much patience and we had never seen this afore . |
| 2 | As Gramsci points out , the religion of the clergy is not necessarily the religion of this or that social group of laity , whose religious interpretation is also related to their own concrete world of experience . |
| 3 | The choice is to ignore this or to draw attention to it . |
| 4 | Beneath this an equally twinkling canopy overhung a pavement inlaid with tiles of lilies and acanthus leaves leading through swing-doors to a foyer rich in crimson carpet , mahogany , plump banquettes , frames of photographs of the cast in this or other productions , a Box Office within whose highly carved confines the Box Office manager or his assistant lurked like priests in the confessional receiving through the pinched grill the whispered wishes of communicants . |
| 5 | The atmosphere was , however , cordial , if not convivial , and the talk was of what grandchildren were up to or what Dr So-and-so said about this or that particular problem . |
| 6 | ‘ Teenage music ’ had not yet arrived , and what there was was essentially for adults , in the form of country and western and rhythm and blues ; jazz was popular , of course , in some circles , but for the rest it was this or classical music , which Leonard also enjoyed , and waltzes . |
| 7 | Now I am twittering on about buying a new workshop , equipping it with this or that kind of planer/thicknesser , getting this or that panel saw . |
| 8 | Now I am twittering on about buying a new workshop , equipping it with this or that kind of planer/thicknesser , getting this or that panel saw . |
| 9 | As to state of mind , Raskolnikov lives with his own continuously but inspects it only intermittently , like the rest of us ; whereas the author surveys the whole truth the whole time , so that we never find him wondering whether perhaps Raskolnikov is thinking this or perhaps he is thinking that : a fact which isolates Crime and Punishment among the mature novels , because elsewhere Dostoevsky loves the unsettled and unsettling narrative posture of ‘ perhaps ’ , particularly with his contracting and dilating collective voice , the ‘ we ’ swept by rumour and speculation which arrives in The House of the Dead and reaches its full flowering in The Possessed . |
| 10 | In practice , whatever the solution adopted there is always an uncomfortable shifting of gears in the movement from one of these perspectives to the other : nor does the assertion of this or that ‘ homology ’ between style and narrative do much more than to pronounce resolved in advance the dilemma for which it was supposed to provide a working answer . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , Boyo , it 's either this or that , ’ said Taff , pointing to the alternative — a large piece of meat that had been roasted over a fire and looked most unappetising . |
| 12 | That a language , whatever it be , not repress another ; that the subject may know without remorse , without repression , the bliss of having at his disposal two kinds of language ; that he may speak this or that , according to his perversions , not according to the Law . |
| 13 | Whether she does this or not depends , in Britain , on her own personality and on the attitude of her parents-in-law . |
| 14 | Trade unionists can not condone the use of violence in this or any industrial dispute situation . |
| 15 | But it is not enough to single out this or that Minister , or even the officials responsible . |
| 16 | If the parents say your wife should do this or should not do that , the boy listens to his parents . |
| 17 | We accept what they say , but if we talk about our homes — my mum said this or I cooked this — they hardly understand what we are saying . |
| 18 | None of the surface panels is visible in either this or the photograph taken from the video screen . |
| 19 | If I do n't match up then they 'll say , oh , Dusty would have done this or that . ’ |
| 20 | There is absolutely no question of overturning the policy review in this or any other area . ’ |
| 21 | Reputations are not changed overnight , but one of the most audacious goals of this or any other season can hardly hinder the rehabilitation of the young Arsenal striker , who has had plenty of time to repent at leisure past off-field indiscretions . |
| 22 | Camp authorities are either unaware of this or turn a blind eye . |
| 23 | By identifying these two fundamental factors and offering a realistic proposition ( higher quality at lower prices ) , rather than a ‘ free ’ this or a ‘ free ’ that , Wilson & Glick have already gained the confidence of hundreds of satisfied customers for whom value for money and quality at an affordable price are the main criteria . |
| 24 | Although all epochs have helped themselves to this or that aspect of Mozart , all have over-emphasised the ‘ charm ’ . |
| 25 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 26 | As for these general ideas , ideas of particular things , they come to be general by our ‘ separating from them … [ any detail ] … that may determine them to this or that particular existence ’ . |
| 27 | You will be wondering , what is the message of Christmas for me this year in the face of this or that problem ? |
| 28 | The professors went on : ‘ We are speaking not as members of this or that nation , continent or creed but as human beings , members of the species Man whose continued existence is in doubt … a biological species which has had a remarkable history and whose disappearance none of us can desire . ’ |
| 29 | We are not rich people , I can not afford to buy the costliest brands of this or that . |
| 30 | The dealers and auctioneers are clearly dishonest men , for did not the newspapers contain , almost daily , stories of this or that forgotten family possession , found in an attic or lumber room or trunk , and fetching colossal sums ? |