Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comprehensive quality-assurance procedures for the onsite measurements were developed for this project . |
| 2 | Some American officials at the banquet were dumbfounded by this testament . |
| 3 | By the kindest count , seven catches were grassed at Auckland , and six more chances were spilled on this opening day , with Gooch missed twice off Cairns before reaching double figures , after a 90-minute delay while the groundstaff mopped up the previous day 's heavy rain . |
| 4 | Parler brought with him the influence of the Cologne school and , though only the choir and chapels with part of the south façade were completed at this time , it is interesting to compare , both on exterior and interior , the work of Matthias on the lower part and Parler on the upper ( 532 and 533 ) . |
| 5 | Against this , the attendance of ‘ housewives ’ increased : by 1957–58 53% of women students and 31% of all students were placed in this category . |
| 6 | Three fans were placed in this category on the basis of lengthy observation and in accord with what were taken to be the appropriate criteria for judging such people . |
| 7 | Three reasons were given for this policy : to check further growth of large built-up areas ; to prevent neighbouring towns from physically coalescing , and to preserve the special character of some historic towns ( Elson 1981 ) . |
| 8 | Four reasons were given for this failure : |
| 9 | Moreover , if part of the equity were given in this way , it would immediately be subject to Schedule E income tax in the hands of the individuals — Sch30 , para 19 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 10 | After the initial four weeks , patients treated with prednisolone were withdrawn from this drug over a further period of 6.5 ( 2.4 ) weeks . |
| 11 | The Interior Minister , Mohammed Abdel-Halim Moussa was reported on March 13 to have told journalists that university professors , politicians and members of educational organizations who were influential in trade unions were implicated in this plot . |
| 12 | In this survey , replies were received to this effect from three such businesses . |
| 13 | To impose upon a man who , through natural causes , has been made ill to a certain extent , very grave injuries such as were sustained by this plaintiff and which reduces his capacity to bear natural ill health , is in my judgment more likely to increase than reduce damages . |
| 14 | Impractical , because if all areas of the curriculum were treated at this level of detail , hundreds or even thousands of criteria would be produced ; educationally unacceptable because of the curriculum fragmentation which would result since it would be difficult to link up such large numbers of criteria . |
| 15 | Almost all garden glasshouses were treated in this way . |
| 16 | They were treated in this way because birds might be able to acquire the skill simply by coming across an already opened milk bottle . |
| 17 | All requests for ‘ ordinary ’ books , where the time of submission had been recorded — a total of 3966 applications — were treated in this way . |
| 18 | In 1987 a report from Belgium stated that eight elderly patients were treated in this fashion with no complications arising in a mean follow up of 17 months with one biliary unrelated death . |
| 19 | Thirteen patients were referred for this treatment as they were considered unsuitable for conventional cholecystectomy either on account of age ( n=4 , range 79–86 years ) or serious medical problems ( n=9 , range 72–78 years ) including one patient ( X ) who was on the waiting list for a heart transplant . |
| 20 | The establishment of new missions also proceeded slowly , but eighteen new ones were formed during this period . |
| 21 | How did people think that prebiotic organic compounds were formed before this discovery in outer space ? |
| 22 | The rough positions of the animals were pencilled onto this framework . |
| 23 | On average , seven theses per year were assigned to this heading by Rolfe and Will . |
| 24 | Distracted relatives , not knowing whether their menfolk were interned in this country , interned in Canada or drowned , were directed by the Home Office to the War Office and from there to the Admiralty , who sent them back to the War Office . |
| 25 | But the fowl were irritated by this invasion of their hut and their clucking gave her away . |
| 26 | Headquarters personnel were pressed into this defence , in Peter Young 's words , ‘ to give it a bit of depth ’ . |
| 27 | Thus in religious and ethnic matters , Smolensk stood somewhere between safer Kursk and insecure Finland , but numerous other areas were scattered along this spectrum between Finland and Smolensk , and between Smolensk and Kursk . |
| 28 | It is worth reproducing the Manifesto in full at this point , for many of the major planks of future NVALA ‘ policy ’ were contained in this Manifesto in embryonic form . |
| 29 | Thursday morning 's newspapers were dominated by this news , accompanied by that of the victory of an independent ( i.e. anti-Coalition ) Conservative candidate in a by-election at Newport . |
| 30 | CD45RA-positive ( open squares ) and CD45R0-positive T cells ( filled squares ) were purified from this preparation using magnetic beads . |