Example sentences of "this [prep] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ploughing through this for almost an hour brought us well into the hillside and at length to where the rail bed rose out of the water and into the old engine room . |
| 2 | ‘ This is the first time we 've had ones like this for quite a while . ’ |
| 3 | We remained like this for about a quarter of a minute . |
| 4 | Indeed , they are treated more as grown-up students than as children to be spoon-fed , and this in almost every case has a good effect both on the work produced and on their motivation . |
| 5 | Togetherness , along with youthfulness , are the ideal , and because we are reminded of this in almost every book , newspaper article , film and play , a feeling of loneliness can affect women on their own . |
| 6 | ’ Sheila said this in much the tone of incredulity as she might have said , ‘ If I ever die . ’ |
| 7 | It has proposed a community-based programme of punishment but in order to sell this to both the judiciary and its supporters it has constructed around it a rhetoric of toughness . |
| 8 | Land reform had profound impact on the distribution of rural wealth and income and through this on both the motivation and complicity of the rural population to invest , improve farming techniques and to increase production . |