Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the success was such that the local domestic markets , including the UK , were invited to become cardmembers , and the American Express card was introduced in this country 30 years ago this year . |
| 2 | As Butler and Stokes pointed out , the replacement of the electorate was working against this kind of ‘ cross-voting ’ as more cohorts from ‘ working class'/Labour homes entered the electorate , but evidently the Tories managed to counter this trend . |
| 3 | Financial assistance to the multinational force was seen in this light . |
| 4 | Dr Anne Kussmaul has estimated that between the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries about 60 per cent of the population aged between 15 and 24 were farm servants and that between a third and a half of the country 's hired labour force was supplied in this way . |
| 5 | Here , the symbolic value of the wedding ring was used by this teacher to communicate the values associated with marriage and the family that had been discussed by the deputy head in the previous interview . |
| 6 | Its one recommendation was confined to this area : |
| 7 | He would not rest until every last parasite was cleared from this ball of rock , and , ’ his voice began to rise , ‘ neither will we . |
| 8 | John 's obsession for uniformity was thwarted at this point as the experience of the older Girls always showed in their eye make-up . |
| 9 | In the September issue , mention was made in this column of the Spitfire Fund at the Cufton Cinema at Coseley . |
| 10 | Her love of coaching was developing at this stage too . |
| 11 | Its opposition was overruled at this stage however by a majority of the Member States , who agreed to start work on EMU and Political Union in two parallel inter-governmental conferences , which opened at Rome in December 1990 . |
| 12 | Creggan was fascinated by this thought and wanted Kraal to tell him more about this place . |
| 13 | Much of the buy-out boom was based on this kind of bet . |
| 14 | Goldschmidt was transferred to this group . |
| 15 | In Evans v Lufthansa Airlines ( 1981 ) NLJ 1166 the Shaw v Vauxhall Motors guidance was applied to this type of application . |
| 16 | Do you know whose car was stolen from this road last week ? |
| 17 | ‘ The fact that my boat was used in this smuggling attempt is going to take some living down . ’ |
| 18 | The repulsive term was increased during this phase to 4.0kcal mol -1 A -4 and was maintained at that value during the penultimate energy minimization . |
| 19 | The term was used in this sense by Lord Cairns in Rylands v. Fletcher . |
| 20 | The acquisition of independence from the carer in various activities of daily living was achieved in this study at relatively modest cost — £3300 ( Somerset Social Services Department , personal communication ) . |
| 21 | And the Bush administration was confirmed in this judgment when , after it had refused to recognize his military government , Aoun turned to Iraq for help against the Syrians and the ultra-right Christian militias . |
| 22 | An hour later , an ambulance was called to this house on Oxford 's Barton estate . |
| 23 | At 2pm that day , in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham , the scene was set for this drama . |
| 24 | Some case law was required in this area to supplement the bare provisions of the UCTA . |
| 25 | Officially the Left Book Club did not favour any specific proposals for a Liberal-Labour alliance , but in effect its influence was directed towards this end . |
| 26 | Apart from the comparative investigation of women 's political behaviour carried out under the direction of Maurice Duverger ( 1955 ) very little systematic work was done in this area . |
| 27 | The comment should therefore provide helpful information about why the work was abandoned in this instance . |
| 28 | Once this had been established , the aim of Marx 's work was to break through this veil of ideology . |
| 29 | The weightlifter was banned from this summer 's Barcelona Olympics for failing a random drugs test , carried out by the Sports Council . |
| 30 | Supplementary benefit was run by this Government and their predecessor . |