Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] that this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't need to plead for long ; soon the authorities realised that this determined woman could look after students better than anyone . |
| 2 | The researchers found that this geographical pattern is best matched by that of sugar consumption , in which the leading countries are , in descending order , the UK , the Netherlands , Ireland , Canada and Denmark , and the countries with the lowest consumption are Italy , Yugoslavia , Spain , Portugal and Japan . |
| 3 | the authors speculated that this partisan dealignment reflected a continuing erosion of the class-party tie . |
| 4 | Overall 16 per cent of carers felt that this reduced contact with their friends and 11 per cent reported reduced family contact . |
| 5 | Nell 's fears grew that this living creature that was neither one thing or truly the other , would never understand her . |