Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had already heard about this plan because the doctor had discussed it with my father ; but it was apparent that Eric himself was not at all enthusiastic about it . |
| 2 | Joel Weiner , marketing executive of Kraft General Foods It is precisely because we are not complacent about this issue that the Government have been preparing a major Food Bill since October 1987 . |
| 3 | It was also at about this time that a friend of Charlotte ( whom I met at a party ) commented on how much better Charlotte was looking — considering the circumstances . |
| 4 | It was at about this time that the Duke of Devonshire created the splendid avenue of lime trees which started beside some large houses — Afton House ; Bolton House and Linden House — on the south side of Chiswick High Road , and extending down to the northern boundary of Chiswick House grounds , sweeping on through the magnificent wrought-iron gates , at the end of Hogarth Lane , and continuing through the gardens to the house . |
| 5 | It was about this time that the meal ended . |
| 6 | It became apparent about this time that the economy was also slowing down . ’ |
| 7 | It was about this time that the power struggle between King Charles I and parliament began to escalate . |
| 8 | It was at about this time that the epergne , a standing centre-piece with branched supports for the dessert was coming into fashion . |
| 9 | Gradually , almost stealthily , all the brothers had crept out of their stalls , and gathered in a circle about this altar and the group debating at its foot . |
| 10 | The most essential thing , in a sense , is to give teachers enough information about this condition and the kind of difficulties it creates so that they can recognise it . |
| 11 | All this has been , so to speak , a mere preliminary to the central act of a murder story , the murder , and there are a number of things we should consider about this murder and the murderer . |
| 12 | I honestly think that it 's time the English got off this notion , which after all has nothing to do with the original meaning of the word ‘ amateur ’ , which means having a passion for something , erm got off this notion that the amateur , the gentleman , as Geoffrey said , is necessarily more truly engaged with the activity than somebody else . |
| 13 | Nothing nakedly visible , indeed not even a faltering step could be discerned during this event but the imprint was there , the unsettling moment had begun . |
| 14 | It was during this decade that the erection of the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh was commenced . |
| 15 | The churn rate is now down to eleven percent , the result of positive action that we 've taken there and we expect to add a million homes during this year and the cable audience I am pleased to say is growing still very very slowly er but that should help as well . |
| 16 | It was during this trip that the idea of a ‘ Lincoln Tower ’ arose . |
| 17 | It was during this Test that the word ‘ bodyline ’ was coined by an Australian journalist . |
| 18 | Yet it is a testimony to the strength of party during this period that the Court , despite the resources of patronage at its disposal , largely failed to establish itself as an independent interest . |
| 19 | The customer discovered during this period that the car had a leaking roof and it was argued that , as a result of the customer 's examination of the car before the contract was made , he had knowledge of the defect so as to exclude liability under s14(2) ( b ) . |
| 20 | It was during this period that the wheel and most of the machinery was stripped out . |
| 21 | It was during this process that a spark from the machinery set alight to a mass of fibre being blown through large pipes into storage bins . |
| 22 | It was during this time that the Sword Masters of Hoeth gathered to study the art of swordsmanship and protect the tower . |
| 23 | As I have already indicated , I am not sure whether there may perhaps be some mockery of the over-solicitousness of the Poet 's desire for this marriage and the begetting of a ( boy- ) child , as indeed of the appeal to the egoist 's desire to perpetuate himself . |
| 24 | They are better for this purpose than the Home and End keys because they work even when the typing line containing the cursor is very short . |
| 25 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 26 | Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) . |
| 27 | They will be wholly ineffective for this purpose if the patient is incapable of understanding them , they are not explained to him and there is no good evidence ( apart from the patient 's signature ) that he had that understanding and fully appreciated the significance of signing it . |
| 28 | The fast-growing , drought-resistant eucalyptus was imported for this purpose and the appearance of an entire region was transformed by the importation of an alien tree . |
| 29 | The party 's finally over for this man and the street can now try and get some sleep . |
| 30 | N.B. A notice of intended prosecution is required for this offence if no accident occurs . |