Example sentences of "this light [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seen in this light we can also discern distinct parallels between the thrust of Oakeshott 's work and the idea of the common law mind . |
| 2 | Viewed in this light we consider it important that the movement as a whole should adopt a balanced approach to the problems that have arisen . |
| 3 | By this light they had no colour , only an engraved darkness in his ivory face . |
| 4 | ‘ I canna see it in this light ya fule , ’ the top-hat swayed angrily as its owner knocked the hand away . |
| 5 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 6 | If one regards the benefit in this light I can not see that the cost incurred in , or in connection with , the provision of the benefit , can properly be held to include the cost incurred , in any event , in providing education to fee paying pupils at the school who were there as a right in return for the fees paid in respect of them . |
| 7 | When viewed in this light it should not be surprising that the loudest , most powerful voices being heard in the name of animal welfare — at least in the United States — are those who have a vested interest in the perpetuation of animal exploitation . |
| 8 | Looking at them in this light it is natural to turn to that Elizabethan model for letter-writing , Angel Day 's The English Secretorie ( 1586 ) . |
| 9 | In this light it looked black . |