Example sentences of "this [noun] they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this course they acquire some understanding of computing ‘ jargon ’ , and experience using packages such as wordprocessors , spreadsheets , databases and graphics . |
| 2 | In this guise they embody fundamental truths which are permanent throughout time and space . |
| 3 | During this period they receive varying quantities of nutrients and bacteria ( Ellis-Evans and Wynne-Williams , 1985 ) and yeasts ( Ellis Evans , 1985a and b ) , washed in from their catchments ( Table 4.2 ) . |
| 4 | They are all , however , designed to work by the same physiological principles , and on this basis they have common components . |
| 5 | To this day they have unresolved arguments about the repatriation of prisoners-of-war , about the ownership of the Iraqi fighters that flew to shelter in Iran after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait , and about the hostile groups each country harbours on its territory . |
| 6 | This morning they had twenty tonnes of a special limestone called Redgra delivered from a quarry in the Forest of Dean . |
| 7 | In this respect they show interesting similarities to developments in Britain . |
| 8 | Within this area they recommended fifty-two London boroughs with populations ranging from about 100,000 to 250,000 . |
| 9 | This year they had ninety-pound coats for thirty . |
| 10 | . Like David , David and his phone , he wo n't buy it , this year they give double loss on to . |
| 11 | This year they celebrate 20 years together during which time they have flowered as one of the top dozen or so string quartets world wide . |
| 12 | Earlier this year they broke new ground by ‘ rehearsing ’ improvised material in front of small audiences at intimate venues across the land . |
| 13 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 14 | By 0900hrs the Japanese were back to raid other specified targets , this time they met some opposition in the air , several American fighters were now airborne but the pilots had no combat experience so the Japanese had the advantage . |
| 15 | The civil servants ( not often wrong , but this time they gave bad advice ) wanted to remove this long example from the body of the Report , and relegate it to an appendix , or , better still , cut it out completely . |