Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dowd 's head thrashed to and fro as this indignity was visited upon him , only once raising his gaze to stare accusingly at Godolphin , who was too busy about this undoing to return the look . |
| 2 | On being told about this Guntram followed the dragon 's route and discovered some treasure , which he originally determined to send to Jerusalem , but then decided to use for a ciborium for the church of St Marcel at Chalon . |
| 3 | Enough statistics have been circulating about this venture to sink the Titanic . |
| 4 | ‘ Now what 's this I hear about this madman driving an Irish Ford ? ’ |
| 5 | This period can be seen as almost a power struggle between the K M T and the C C P competing for peasant support , and the policy changes during this period reflect a change from mass mobilization and smashing local maximizing agricultural production . |
| 6 | Europe , however , during this period had an annual rate of only 0.4 . |
| 7 | During this period following the collapse of Roman rule in the West , sometimes still called the ‘ dark ages ’ , Western Christians rethought the culture they had inherited from the ancient world . |
| 8 | The European Commission continued during this period to pursue a resolution of the conflict over technical standards for high definition television ( HDTV ) broadcasting in the single market after 1993 . |
| 9 | The prevalence of conflict in Gascony during this period reflects the vulnerability of minors to the political ends of their elders . |
| 10 | During the next twelve years he rose to the position of general manager , in charge of finance and personnel , and during this time established a reputation in the business community for ability and honest dealing . |
| 11 | Parallels for this treatment include the tilted squares in the geometric designs of the Great Witcombe and St. Nicholas Street mosaics : the main tilted squares in the former are decorated with guilloche mat . |
| 12 | The neural mechanisms for this reflex include a small number of sensory neurons ( some 50 in all ) which respond to touch sensations on the skin in the region of siphon and gill ; these sensory neurons connect to some 20 different motor neurons , both directly and by way of intermediate neurons ( interneurons ) . |
| 13 | The use of the Moscato grape variety in the blend for this drink gives a scented bouquet and a soft palate . |
| 14 | In 1914 Gilman exhibited with Ginner at the Goupil Gallery and for this Ginner wrote a catalogue introduction on Neo-Realism , which was in the nature of a manifesto . |
| 15 | For this recession to equal the previous record of 16 months it would have to drag on for another six months . |
| 16 | When in the same issue the journal reviewed Why Men Forget we are reminded of just how many social melodramas there were for this film showed a Socialist spokesman being discharged from a factory and ‘ denouncing wealth in no uncertain terms ’ before inheriting wealth and marrying a society girl and finally deciding to return to the poor folk from whence he came . |
| 17 | The curriculum for this degree includes a mixture of courses in economics , accounting , and law . |
| 18 | I was a little surprised to hear yesterday the views of Mr about the need for this plan to identify the location or the general location of the new settlement . |
| 19 | Ironically , the cost of maintaining the manpower and machinery necessary for this performance killed the Evening News . |
| 20 | Other outside commitments include the Chair of Sheffield NATE , whose programme for this session provides a session of linked evening and weekend sessions on multi-ethnic issues in teaching the mother-tongue . |
| 21 | This , I think is what makes it possible for this story to have a positive if not a ‘ sunset ’ ending . |
| 22 | The climax of the fortnight was the Grand Edwardian-Ball , which was the most important occasion of the whole winter , and thinking up suitable costumes for this event kept the ladies occupied for weeks beforehand . |
| 23 | Conservative in aim , it was natural for this legislation to emphasise an obsolescent , legalistic definition , and evade contemporary reality . |
| 24 | This conclusion was based on the premises that ( 1 ) it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of a provision of Community law ; ( 2 ) article 30 was such a provision ; ( 3 ) if Wickes is right that section 47 of the Act of 1950 is incompatible with article 30 , it has a current right to open its stores for Sunday trading , and it is the duty of the national court to protect that right ; ( 4 ) in the absence of an undertaking in damages , Wickes will have been restrained from opening on Sundays , without any right to compensation ; ( 5 ) there is no need for this purpose to assess the strength of Wickes ' challenge to section 47 on the basis of article 30 , it being enough that the challenge is not without foundation : see [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 985 , 993 , per Dillon L.J. , and pp. 999–1000 , per Mann L.J . |
| 25 | But it must not be forgotten that ‘ person ’ for this purpose includes an artificial person : that is to say , it includes both ‘ a body of persons , ’ and a firm … |
| 26 | However , a breach for this purpose means a subsisting breach , not a " spent " breach in respect of which the landlord no longer has a cause of action ( Bass Holdings Ltd v Morton Music Ltd [ 1987 ] 2 All ER 1001 ) . |
| 27 | The ‘ rich ’ — which for this purpose means the top two-thirds of the population — pay in full for GP consultations and prescriptions ; they also pay £10 a day for hospital stays . |
| 28 | The use of jadeite amulets for renal complaints in seventeenth-century England stemmed ultimately from the Aztecs , whose use of the material for this purpose aroused the interest of their Spanish conquerors and , as we have seen , gave rise to the word jade . |
| 29 | For this purpose consult the Air Pilot , or the Flight Guides . |
| 30 | Instinctive acceptance of a corporate identity for this constituency forced the party into an integrative role on two distinct but related fronts . |