Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun] of [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | About this time of year she 'd have expected business to be picking up , but instead it remains ominously quiet . |
2 | Cos er you feel as you ju people moan about this sort of area they just do n't realize how . |
3 | During this period of transition it is inevitable that we will be teaching the old with the new . |
4 | During this period of time he made the mistake of threatening the archdeacon , Cautinus , who fled to the court of king Theudebald , announced the death of Gallus , and was himself consecrated bishop on the king 's orders . |
5 | I think it was his fourth , but as I had been a child during this proliferation of fiancées I was n't certain . |
6 | For this type of block you slide diagonally forwards so that the angle of your advance takes you clear of the opponent 's front kick . |
7 | So erm I mean the justification for this kind of course I would claim is ultimately to try and make people more realistic about what is possible and er the , because th th the advantage of knowing what 's possible is you can avoid impossible experiments that ultimately result in disaster for everyone . |
8 | Have I lost whatever talent for this kind of thing I might once have had ? |
9 | I certainly Mr Chairman welcome this paper erm and I know today that I think possibly the main reason being erm , I could be deemed also been through and through today responding to our local issue and that maybe due to May fever , I do n't know , erm , in really accepting acknowledging as I have done in the past your efforts , erm the county surveyor 's efforts for this part of Suffolk I do again bring to your attention and I do n't think is being critical in that the Barnet by bypass is part of a far bigger jigsaw and that jigsaw I say not |
10 | Were it not for this fact of nature we would n't have our time-of-day language . |
11 | Through this type of analysis we may discover that there is a relationship between certain socioeconomic inputs and political outputs , but we would not know how or why this relationship exists . |
12 | Because of this lack of contact it is hardly surprising that systems and policies do not immediately have the intended effect when related , often through an education officer , to the schools . |
13 | However , in order to show the ‘ historical ’ nature of this state of affairs they had to stress the existence of previous stages when private property was absent . |
14 | Because of this narrowness of interest they could not ( and did not seek to ) form a government but exerted pressure on the government of the day in order , indirectly , to shape the particular direction of a facet of public policy to their own advantage . |
15 | It belongs to the family Cyprinidae and like all species of this type of fish it is equipped with pharyngeal or throat teeth , and has no adipose fin . |
16 | To avoid this , research work is done and the hotel decides how many of this type of booking they can accept . |
17 | it 's all because of this change of money you see and then when we get on to the new |
18 | In view of this change of plan I should be grateful if you would confirm that we can go ahead with your rewrite — a copy of which I attach . |
19 | In the light of this kind of development it is high time to drop the distinction between ‘ education ’ and ‘ training ’ and to refuse to use these words as part of our educational vocabulary . |
20 | No no no he says , we get a lot of this kind of thing you know . |
21 | For the analysis of this sort of example we need to turn to the more poetic dimensions of style . |
22 | Because of the nature of this sort of book you can afford to let the identity of the murderer become more obvious much earlier than if you were writing the classical blueprint . |
23 | In view of this dichotomy of opinion it is surprising that there is little , if any , objective evidence to support or refute the rather paternalistic British view that allowing patients to make a fully informed decision about their treatment would generate an unnecessary and harmful degree of anxiety . |
24 | The only disadvantage of this method of study he found was that he was never able to master the Biblical languages of Greek and Hebrew . |
25 | In the light of this catalogue of achievements it was almost inevitable that Geoff should gain his second Player of the Year award from out discerning supporters , while the fact that he earned it in Palace 's most successful season of all time is a clear demonstration of both his immense value and huge contribution to our club . |
26 | And , perhaps , with this act of treachery I can finally buy my freedom from the burden of buried horror that bound me to Andy twenty years ago , so that — dispossessed of that trespass — I 'm left free to betray him again , now . |
27 | With this kind of budget you do n't have to ask whether the Catering Branch are doing a good , professional job — if it was n't they would be having to organise domestic famine relief drops ! |
28 | When I was younger I was often upset by criticism and innuendo but I learnt that if you become involved with this kind of thing it will end up by gnawing you away . |
29 | With this type of patient it is often necessary to take considered risks rather than treatment being entirely determined by suicide threats . |
30 | Confronted with this sort of attitude it is easy to see why even such a reformer as Butler , who was usually extremely sensitive to the issue of the personal rights of individuals , responded with outrage to attempts to block age-of-consent legislation . |