Example sentences of "and [adv] this [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In terms of Marxist theory , a thesis ( feudalism ) had been fundamentally questioned by its antithesis ( capitalism ) , and eventually this mode of production would replace it with its own social and political system .
2 The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now , and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty .
3 And once this kind of polarization is set in motion , it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy in which everyone who is not with us is against us .
4 They smile and nod like flowers in the sun , But come a nasty squall or shower from the West , And they will squeal and shout , and say of you , We never liked young Kenneth much before And now this change of climate proves us right .
5 Only one so far — or this was the first he had heard of , but the affair could snowball and sometimes this kind of thing took an unforeseen twist .
6 Interest centres on how long a subject stays in a particular state ( e.g. unemployed , married without children ) and how this length of time is affected by characteristics of the subject .
7 And yet this type of ambiguity bears a striking resemblance to the scope ambiguities described above .
8 The information so obtained may then have to be rearranged to show segment differences , and again this process of interpretation may be subjective or objective , depending on how statistically valid the end product must be ; * by using an analysis of attribute sets .
9 It should be noted in such circumstances there is no breakage of glass and therefore this type of occurrence does not constitute a valid claim .
10 This approach does not necessitate measuring the ‘ maturity ’ of the heated sample , and therefore this source of error is eliminated from the constructed cumulative yield .
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