Example sentences of "this [noun sg] of [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As so often in this story of my own anorexia nervosa , I find myself arriving at the same conclusion , the same central statement : it could have worked for some people , but it did n't work for me . |
2 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
3 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
4 | This part of his intellectual legacy has not yet been fully invested . |
5 | Jon Stokes is confident that he will be able to make management recommendations , and we hope this part of our natural heritage will continue to flower in the Forest . |
6 | Yet Arsenal , accused of being responsible for this perversion of their own style , kept their place among the goal-scoring vanguard despite the tightening of defences everywhere . |
7 | Did this fragmentation of your original family leave a longing which you then tried to appease in any way through literature ? |
8 | ALISON LIMERICK : ‘ Where Love Lives ’ ( Arista ) cutting her cake both ways with this re-release of her massive club hit , remixed so she can have her doughnut and eat it — out on Monday |
9 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
10 | His memorial is the only one this lover of his fellow men would have felt acceptable ; a school , in a poor London district , was named after him . |
11 | Richard Pryor ( who was never given another chance to explore this side of his acting ability ) , Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel star as the workers who attempt to break the chains that bind with a break-in at their corrupt union 's headquarters . |
12 | The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands . |
13 | This discovery of our true selves is most strongly expressed in the sayings of Jesus known as ‘ the beatitudes ’ . |
14 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ Merrill breathed , furious at this reminder of his low opinion of her morals , ‘ you 're special , all right . |
15 | This record of his playing career and long association with our club is another appreciation of him . |
16 | Mike Mulligan from Mega Designs sent us this picture of his cast pewter replacement guitar hardware . |
17 | It 's this fall , this unseating of our lofty conception of ourselves ( as conscious , self-determining spirits ) that Butthole Surfers love to induce : hence the fascination with surgery ( exposing the meat and muck out of which we 're made ) , with lapses into the unreason of psychosis or perversion . |
18 | Solo lute-music at this period of its highest popularity was quite international ; among the most important of the numerous published lute-books — the manuscript collections are innumerable — are Sebastian Ochsenkun 's Tabulaturbuch ( Heidelberg , 1558 ) , the four books of Giacomo Gorzanis ( Venice , 1561–4 ) , Galilei 's ( Rome , 1563 ) , the four published by Matthäus Waisselius ( Frankfurt-on-Oder , 1573–92 ) , William Barley 's A new Booke of Tabliture , an instruction book for orpharion and bandora besides the lute ( London , 1596 ) , and Robert Dowland 's Varietie of Lutelessons ( London , 1610 ) containing 42 pieces by composers ‘ as well beyond the Seas as of our own country ’ . |
19 | [ BELVILLE is enraged at this revelation of his past amours . ] |
20 | I could imagine her discomfiture as a natural approval of this evidence of my religious feeling vied with her conviction that normal people did not go to church unless compelled by the Sabbath . |
21 | Probably Edward , like Parrish in the fiction , had done extremely well in the Civil Service examination and this evidence of his academic ability , together with the favourable critical reception of The Woodland Life , convinced his father that Edward was now worthy of financial support . |
22 | She objected to this invasion of her personal space . |
23 | Cray Research Inc is to begin shipments this month of its new Sparc Vector II processor for its Cray S-MP superserver system . |
24 | Oldham 's task at Gateshead may have been eased by the Tynesiders ' dismissal earlier this week of their American guard , Darryl Thomas . |
25 | The only water course in this area of which this department has carried out a flood study is the Gogar Burn , which discharges to the River Almond at Edinburgh Airport . |
26 | I 'm , in my own mind , I 'm sure this is due to a proliferation of working parties , extra committee meetings a , a , and seminars , and I personally think it 's typical of when your party get anywhere near control that there is always more talking and less action , but I do believe that we , we , we 're , we are not looking good in the eyes of the public in this overspending of our own allowances . |
27 | I suspect that the answer is ‘ not many ’ for I would guess that this phase of his distinguished career lasted for just one year . |
28 | I can only tell you my philosophy towards this aspect of our off-screen work . |
29 | Dynastic publishers mirror this aspect of our public affairs more obliquely , and Richard Davenport-Hines 's study of the Macmillans down the centuries , from the crofts of Arran to the corridors of Downing Street , offers a fascinating examination of the genre . |
30 | The Disarmers ' efforts were the only serious attempt made by ordinary citizens to influence policy on this matter of their own life and death . |