Example sentences of "this [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this broad extent a number of influences are apparent from the domed churches of Périgord with their Byzantine inspiration to the richly coloured buildings in volcanic materials in the Auvergne . |
| 2 | Anything that is a cause , then , is in this clear sense a power , a power to produce an effect . |
| 3 | The exchange may take this multilateral system a step further and contract with individual traders , as well as the member firms that employ them . |
| 4 | The details of this are complex and will not be discussed here ; it is enough to give an account of this so-called fideicommissum a debitore relictum in the context of indirect words . |
| 5 | Chestvale was a subsidiary of UPH and by this simple device a tax saving of almost £300,000 was made . |
| 6 | To this annual cost a multiplier appropriate to other forms of continuing future expense should be applied . |
| 7 | It was not so much the kite design , rather , the principle of moving the centre of lift as the lines were pulled that made this early application a forecast of today 's steering methods . |
| 8 | To eliminate rec A-dependent recombination as one cause of this genetic instability a rec A derivative of E.coli C ( E.coli C3-6 ) was used as a host for both recombinant plasmids . |
| 9 | But if you set out on that rather tricky path , you will find before you finish that you have subtly to make this unheroic figure a hero after all . |
| 10 | When he came into office George Bush set out to make this national characteristic a centrepiece of his domestic policy , referring to ‘ a thousand points of light ’ . |
| 11 | James Prior went to the Department of Employment ; in the words of one critic , Jock Bruce-Gardyne , he was to make this key department a citadel of ‘ unrepentant corporatism ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ But why have the Time Lords kept this Great War a secret ? ’ the Doctor asked . |
| 13 | Despite this increased concern a combination of intractable conceptual problems , inadequate statistical coverage and fragmented empirical work have limited the understanding of the location of services . |
| 14 | But words ca n't do justice to Jan Ormerod 's wonderful animal pictures , which make each spread in this large-format picture a joy to look at . |
| 15 | Even in this excruciating extremity a part of Lexandro acknowledged that the former would be folly , the latter would be futile . |
| 16 | Again on this very course a while back it was only three people in the group in the week that I was watching and the guy who was running the session had , had worked the equation wrongly on the rating or whatever and the other two , never seen him before in their lives were saying that 's wrong and he started getting really annoyed . |
| 17 | The two species live as adults for only 12–16 days ; in this short time a mate must be found . |
| 18 | And of the three of us who knew there was to be a young man on his way down to us by that path during the evening , how many have already made the leap forward to give this nameless victim a name , and begin to see certain reasons why it might be expedient for some if he never reached us ? |
| 19 | For this one day a year , the usually gridlocked streets of New York were closed to traffic and lined with nearly three million people who proved that when the craziness and complexity is forgotten for 24 hours , they can be among the most decent and welcoming supporters of the human spirit they were witnessing and cheering in the runners thronging their streets . |
| 20 | This one period a week course brings in guest speakers , involves group discussion and co-operation , and encourages sensitivity to adult values . |
| 21 | ‘ WONDERS : The Memphis International Cultural Series ’ has already raised this Southern town a rung or two on the nation 's cultural ladder . |
| 22 | Miriam , unable to endure this harrowing sight a moment longer , had fled from the tiger house . |
| 23 | CPRW has no doubt that in this particular instance a decision to provide planning consent would be quite disastrous , whereas a rejection would strengthen the value of National Park designation at a time when development pressures of the kind being considered are on the increase . |
| 24 | Furthermore , where an Act of parliament imposes a statutory duty on the defendant(s) to perform some necessary function , such as the provision of electricity or gas and public sewers , if in carrying out this statutory duty a nuisance arises by way of odours , for example , then in the absence of negligence the nuisance must be borne by the neighbours , however injurious to them or their property . |
| 25 | At the same time Gascoyne took the opportunity of surveying the whole of Cornwall ; as a result of this new field-work a map , dedicated to Charles Bodville Robartes , second Earl of Radnor and lord lieutenant of Cornwall , was published on 27 March 1699 ; it is on what was for the period the large scale of almost one inch to the mile . |
| 26 | Give this new group a name , I have used ‘ Graphics Programs ’ in this example . |
| 27 | The rapid growth of ACET since its inception in 1988 has made the creation of this new post a priority . |
| 28 | When the Arts Council awarded this young Canadian a grant of £2200 for a six month photographic mission to the Andes , she was delighted . |
| 29 | When the Arts Council awarded this young Canadian a grant of £2200 for a six month photographic mission to the Andes , she was delighted . |
| 30 | He 'd put his mind to it that he would n't , you know this he had it in mind that we were going to work for this thirty pound a week less , take it or leave it . |