Example sentences of "this [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lanfranc could only hope that the papal Curia would come to recognize the substantial strength of this papally inspired practice of primacy going back to the seventh century . |
| 2 | At my urging , he asked for some more photographs as I was keen on the idea of this spotlessly clean , ruthlessly attractive family in their Nordic pine kitchen . |
| 3 | Alone among French sailors the Bailli de Suffren showed himself willing , in his campaigns of 1781–83 in the Indian Ocean , to challenge this fundamentally defensive attitude and the emphasis it laid on minor tactical and territorial advantages . |
| 4 | I wonder if this fundamentally unimportant fact will linger as long in any mention of her as did the pillorying of Anthony Burgess as ‘ The Man Who Reviewed His Own Book ’ some 30 years ago . |
| 5 | When Ramond de Carbonnières came to Campan , in the later eighteenth century , he saw it as an Arcadia , both for the excellence of its pasture and for the independent spirit of its peasantry , whose self-sufficiency seemed a model to this fundamentally democratic man . |
| 6 | Clearly , the Hitler image , in this fundamentally important area , was again largely detached from reality . |
| 7 | As long as he lived Nizan clung to this fundamentally manichean view of existence . |
| 8 | This fundamentally optimistic interpretation of the world and its mysterious working was contested by the heirs of the Enlightenment of the previous century , who were looking for rational explanations and practical methods of applying them . |
| 9 | The government is plainly trying to generate a sense of nationalism , previously absent in this tribally divided country . |
| 10 | After listening to Tindle talking excitedly about The Raft , Minton began work on The Survivors ( National Gallery of Canada , Ottawa ) , in which he wisely makes no direct allusion to Géricault 's masterpiece , the experience of which had caused Delacroix to run through the streets like a madman , as any attempt to retranslate this powerfully emotive image would have resulted in failure . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes ? ’ she murmured , fascinated by the blend of gentleness and passion in this powerfully masculine man . |
| 12 | Catherine Merriman has rightly won laurels for this bitterly perceptive first novel of sex , friendship and power games . |
| 13 | The significance of this strikingly worded note is that it was written in full knowledge of the methods already being used by " local commanders " to " persuade Jugoslavs that they should return to Jugoslavia " — ie the " deception " whereby they were allowed to believe that they were being taken to Italy . |
| 14 | This strikingly different budget was clearly intended to spearhead a monetarist assault on cost inflation . |
| 15 | Little is known of this strikingly beautiful femme-fatale , except that her contribution to early aviation reporting was considerable . |
| 16 | Take life at your own pace , stop when and where you want to , and discover as much of this strikingly beautiful country as you like . |
| 17 | Prayer to the Father of Heaven ( a setting of a John Skelton poem ) was written in memory of the composer 's erstwhile teacher Hubert Parry , and forms an enticingly sensual opening to this altogether outstanding recital . |
| 18 | ‘ It is this type of censorship that has brought a dehumanising character to the proceedings , and communication has made this blatantly obvious . |
| 19 | Reverence for the countryside and Buddha , dignity and pride run deep in this intensely respectful country . |
| 20 | Lying , both with Annie and to the world at large , is one of the underlying themes of this intensely touching and often searing account of the shameful treatment by a prince of the Church of a woman whose only sin was to fall hopelessly in love with him . |
| 21 | Well , my mum put this on last night for me . |
| 22 | The effective veto that the nobility exercised over this most central issue of social life was guaranteed by the whole structure of the State . |
| 23 | That we are again debating environmental policy reflects the priority that we as a Government , this House and the nation as a whole attach to this most central of issues . |
| 24 | Small- space performance by this most trendy of dancers . |
| 25 | They were two of only a handful of his employees allowed to enter this most private of havens . |
| 26 | It would not be too far from the truth , as one author put it , to christen this most successful of all cats as ‘ ’ The British Imperial Cat ’ . |
| 27 | Cricket in the 20th century has pulled in large crowds only in the aftermath of the two world wars ; after such horrors , people needed the spiritual balm of this most philosophic of games . |
| 28 | Assuming that Same can cure these quality-control ills , then there 's not much else left to be negative about on this most modern of 1990s tractors . |
| 29 | ‘ This most modern building will be superbly equipped and will be a great asset to the whole of Fife . |
| 30 | It was this realization , along with the fact that he was in M. Dupont 's room , presumably addressing this most crucial personage , that caused me to stop my hand from knocking , and continue to listen instead . |