Example sentences of "[num] [vb past] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 22 managed to meet this date , but by 1955 a good submission record meant that about half the country 's plans had been approved , and the bulk by the end of the decade . |
| 2 | The first phase of the battle was to coat the shellac on a cardboard base ; in fact , the Neophone Company of 1904 had tried this idea . |
| 3 | Edward IV had conceded this claim in 1470 , at a time when he was willing to limit Warwick 's northern influence , but the question was inevitably reopened once Gloucester had taken Warwick 's place . |
| 4 | Edward IV had conceded this claim in 1470 , at a time when he was willing to limit Warwick 's northern influence , but the question was inevitably reopened once Gloucester had taken Warwick 's place . |
| 5 | To begin with I decided to pursue this possibility in a straightforward sketch . |
| 6 | Political scientists in the 1950s and '60s managed to maintain this position through two major lines of argument and methodology . |
| 7 | Observations on TASK 3 appeared to support this hypothesis . |
| 8 | If he has n't the will or the stomach to do that , he had better make way for someone who has before millions intended to help this country are thrown away . |
| 9 | The Financial Services Act of 1986 aimed to fulfil this need , as well as to abolish some of the inconsistencies which had crept into the existing regulatory system for the financial services industry . |
| 10 | The appearance of MPG Note 3 in 1988 sought to strengthen this approach , pushing resolution of the inherent conflict between opencasting and the environment in favour of this most destructive form of development . |