Example sentences of "this [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Brown , secretary of Edinburgh 's Princes Street Traders Association , reported that sales were better this January compared with last year . |
| 2 | This dream had at last come true , for Lennie anyway , perhaps not in the way he had expected though . |
| 3 | LIFESPAN allows this process to begin by first ensuring that no further modifications can be entered into LIFESPAN during the assessment process . |
| 4 | And some of the worst excesses during this period came from Third World governments , such as Sanjay Ghandi 's notorious sterilisation campaign in India in 1976 . |
| 5 | This behaviour seems at first sight to be the opposite of that seen during wound closure . |
| 6 | Yes we have , er I mean , the er there are wasps years recorded way back from Gilbert White 's time ; there have been certain , wasp years , but in terms of people wanting action against wasps nests , er our own pest control branches throughout the country , er did a telephone survey ten days ago , and er in many parts , they range from er forty percent increase to eighty percent increase to one hundred percent increase in some parts of the country ; this season compared with last season . |
| 7 | This competition ends on 28th February 1993 . |
| 8 | This competition closes on 30th September 1992 . |
| 9 | This competition closes on 31st October 1992 , when the winners will be drawn at random . |
| 10 | Sources close to the talks said this idea had at first been opposed by Iran and Nigeria . |
| 11 | this year compared with last year . |
| 12 | Significantly , instances of people committing the criminal offence of being ‘ drunk and incapable ’ in Glasgow 's streets have fallen slightly so far this year compared to last . |
| 13 | I mean holiday prices were , were sort of scheduled to go up this year compared to last year 's , probably sort of eight , nine , ten per cent . |
| 14 | I think there 's been a bit of improvement this year compared to last . |
| 15 | Charles , a solid top 10 performer for years , this time lies in sixth position and another name with royal links , William , comes third . |
| 16 | Accordingly , the rest of this section concentrates on first , studies of social change in rural communities , and then , the changing political structure of these communities , before considering one model for the future , California . |