Example sentences of "[conj] this [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately there are many secondary schools , especially in the denominational sector , where this strictly educational approach is not followed . |
| 2 | But how could she ever predict anything where this totally unpredictable man was concerned ? |
| 3 | That is why the amendment is a far , far better thing than this rather grubby amendment we have before us . |
| 4 | But clearly designing involves more than this rather technical definition : we are talking about the ability to shape and unite , to bring together complexes of factors . |
| 5 | In practice , any single investigation will have much stricter data requirements than this rather general list . |
| 6 | Unwisely , as it turns out , the credits display the real thing , which is at least a dozen times better than this carelessly silly concoction . |
| 7 | That would be a much better way forward than this very disappointing statement . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly , realization of ( o ) is much more variable than this very idealized representation implies , although ( as even the small amount of data in table 6.4 suggests ) it is certainly constrained by the factors specified . |
| 9 | The Architect and Building News of 10 January 1936 reported : Mr Oliver Hill 's romantic modernism has rarely found a happier destination than this charmingly picturesque house in the woods near Virginia Water . |
| 10 | However , an approach in line with the European authorities requires more than this essentially negative provision . |
| 11 | He could n't believe that this normally timid creature could be capable of such aggression . |
| 12 | Second , her refusal of the counterposition of text and reality and determination to see the work of art as a ‘ sensory thing ’ , was simultaneously an insistence that this already overloaded signifier was in fact not very different from a referent . |
| 13 | It should be emphasized that this rather high-flown detour from our primary thrust in this book has not been made in order to identify the nature of philosophy . |
| 14 | So one can only surmise that this rather authoritarian sign is aimed at people whose knuckles scrape the tarmac . |
| 15 | What is remarkable is that this heavily interventionist stance was developed by a government committed ‘ to rolling back the frontiers of the state ’ and to the values of consumerism — ‘ parents know best ’ . |
| 16 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 17 | The IDA responded to the charges by pointing out that it had brought Dr McDonald in to allay local fears after a residents ' spokesperson had said that an independent medical opinion could satisfy the residents and noted that this internationally renowned expert had pronounced the factory to be entirely safe . |
| 18 | Gradually it dawned on Peter that Molland wanted more than confirmation of his decisions and to demonstrate his own honesty : he honestly believed that this numbingly tedious attention to detail was doing Peter a favour by distracting him from his grief . |
| 19 | Sensational media and police reports in 1989 seemed to suggest an increased use of ‘ crack ’ among young people in parts of south London , Liverpool , and Birmingham — with attendant fears that this particularly dangerous substance might become widespread , as it was reported to be in parts of the United States . |
| 20 | It began to spread to other areas after 1770 but it was not until about 1830 , when roads were improving , that this relatively isolated breed was gradually developed for dray-pulling as well . |
| 21 | Around the titles is built a mystique that implies that this quite ordinary product is somehow different and better than anything else on the market . |
| 22 | Dr Johnny Birks has been studying mink for many years and he admits with some reluctance that this extremely successful marten may have contributed to the vole 's decline . |
| 23 | But the connection between moral choice and the ‘ law of the land ’ is far more intimate that this apparently casual connection suggest ? . |
| 24 | This is not the case and anyone who receives such a call from this man , Roy O'Day , is asked to pass the information to the Membership Secretary at Easton House so that this apparently unethical practice may be stopped . |
| 25 | It remains a subject of some curiosity that this apparently exceptional event occurred just at the time that the Greenpeace boat was moored offshore . |
| 26 | It does seem odd that this fairly sophisticated sander should be under the d-i-y Black & Decker brand , and not the company 's professional Proline flag . |
| 27 | There also was resentment in the way that this recently qualified teacher talked of the rich . |
| 28 | That this almost rudimentary form of melodic construction can give supremely expressive results is shown in the theme of Elgar 's Enigma Variations , formed from the cell and its reversal ( Example 12 ) : Notice the emotive contour : an expressive rise and fall , with the highest note and largest leaps at the most emotive point . |
| 29 | If the recognition of spoken words is affected by preceding context then we would expect that this highly familiar context should be sufficient to rule out trestle and tress as possible candidates , despite their consistency with the partial word tres … . |
| 30 | It is possible that this very effective method of dissemination of larvae may be further enhanced given a moderate wind . |