Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] this [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our intention to ballot in this way was already known , but we hoped to get the assurances we wanted from British Rail . |
| 2 | The programme selected for this experiment was an episode of Pathfinders to Venus , a series already demonstrated as the main forerunner of Doctor Who . |
| 3 | The agent selected for this task was a Spaniard called Paulus , a trusted servant of the Emperor , described as a notarius . |
| 4 | Because so little material exists , the study presented in this book was conceived as an exploratory , pilot survey . |
| 5 | The total amount of protein extracted by this procedure was equivalent to that observed when the procedure of Dignam et al ( 24 ) was applied ( 4–12 µg/10 6 cells ) , but the amount of AP-1 activity measured by band-shift was 3–5 fold higher than in the standard procedure . |
| 6 | One department covered by this exercise was that of social services . |
| 7 | The purpose of the study described in this chapter was to use these tapes to explore drivers ’ memories for these situations when they were viewed under laboratory conditions . |
| 8 | Typically sparked off by what might have been seen as an unfair arrest or an arbitrary use of police power , resistance to arrest on this scale was such an entirely , common feature of working-class life before the Great War that it constitutes the most articulate demolition of the myths of deep-rooted popular respect for law and authority in England . |
| 9 | The work reported in this thesis was sponsored by General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation plc and carried out at the Medical Research Council 's Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge and I thank Alan Baddeley and all at the unit for making the work possible . |
| 10 | However , since the 1970s it has become clear that such frameworks are inadequate for dealing with natural spontaneous speech ; in Britain the most influential work leading to this recognition was Crystal ( 1969 ) ; another good example of the same attitude is Brown et al. |
| 11 | The work described in this thesis was developed in the context of an integrated handwriting recognition system that uses a number of sources of higher level knowledge . |
| 12 | The premium level needed for this purpose was not yet known . |
| 13 | Fortunately , the classroom located below this block was the smaller of the two , and because it adjoined the kitchen , it made a logical dining-room . |
| 14 | GRK is a kidney tumour derived cell line expressing human Thy-1 RNA ( 40 ) and RNA prepared from this line was used as a positive control for the human Thy 1 mRNA protected fragment . |
| 15 | The product adopted for this task was a laminated bitumen and polyethylene sheet material which demands very careful attention to the formation of joints between sheets if groundwater penetration is to be entirely excluded . |
| 16 | One other significant point to emerge from this prosecution was the reluctance of art historians to support Beck and to call into question the techniques used to restore some of the world 's most priceless art treasures . |
| 17 | A good recent example of business introduced in this way was through Kellogg 's of Trafford Park , where Renata Knopp ( Modern Languages graduate 1984 ) is now Staff Personnel Officer . |
| 18 | A useful initiative taken at this time was the establishment of the Great Britain-East Europe Centre , designed to take cultural relations out of the hands of the ‘ Friendship Societies ’ which had restricted visitors from the ‘ People 's Democracies ’ to contact with groups of fellow-travellers in this country . |
| 19 | The first study during the period covered by this study was conducted in 1952 by the Government Social Survey for the Royal Commission on Taxation . |
| 20 | In most countries north of the Alps wine was the luxury of the rich , even though most of the wine drunk at this time was what we should call ‘ vin ordinaire ’ ; and even communion wine ( which had done so much to foster the growth of the northern vineyards ) was drunk less and less by the laity in these centuries , until communion in one kind became the rule . |
| 21 | Wedged neatly between his route flying at this period was a rescue operation to collect Gen Sikorski 's staff who were making their way to the South of France , hotly pursued by the Germans . |
| 22 | The tensile stress developed in this test was about 25,000 p.s.i . |
| 23 | However , probably the most important organisation formed in this decade was the National Deaf Club , formed in the autumn of 1906 . |
| 24 | The well was obviously ancient , the bricks of a type used in the 17th — 18th century , and standing looking into this well was quite a frightening experience . |
| 25 | The best-known architect working in this manner was Edward Buckton Lamb who submitted designs for all parts of the competition . |
| 26 | I suppose yoga enthusiasts would find it painless , but for most of us an hour spent in this position was an ordeal . |
| 27 | Shortly after the Second World War the typical advice given concerning this condition was : " Acute coronary thrombosis must be regarded more seriously than most cardiac conditions , a rest in bed for weeks or months , with a minimum of 4 weeks , should be prescribed in order to assure as sound a healing of the myocardial infarct as possible . " |
| 28 | The secular and religious authority enjoyed by this clan was recognized over the years in an ever wider area of the country , and during the seventh century the head of the clan used the title of emperor or empress on the Chinese model . |
| 29 | They formed the great bulk of the riotous crowd in 1749 who , after three sailors had been robbed in a brothel , rioted and burned down bawdy houses in the Strand in a three-day riot , although the only unfortunate Tyburn example made on this occasion was the improbably named Bosavern Penlez , a wig maker . |
| 30 | I consider that nothing has been laid before your Lordships to justify the view that their advice based on this objection was incorrect . |