Example sentences of "this [noun] [pron] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter we show first how the age structure of Britain 's population has changed during the twentieth century , and how it is likely to change in the century 's final years and beyond . |
| 2 | In this chapter I turn first to patristic Christology . |
| 3 | ‘ This boy who lived next door to me taught me how to shoplift for him . |
| 4 | In this area he builds first a small depression by removing mouthfuls of sand and then produces a nest from weeds which are coated with a sticky substance so that they can be moulded with his snout . |
| 5 | Firstly , he needed to reform the army , and to this end he imported first Italian and later French experts . |
| 6 | ‘ This terrapin I bought last week has drowned ’ , she complained . |
| 7 | Earlier this year he took third prize for his leeks in the British Championship and scooped the top prize in the Welsh Onion Championship . |
| 8 | This time I finished third and this earned me my first indoor international , with a place in the 4 × 200 metres relay team , against West Germany . |