Example sentences of "this [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This became the first in a long line of medieval whodunnits featuring an unusual detective , a 12th-century Benedictine monk named Brother Cadfael : when he is n't tending his herb garden , Cadfael is using his knowledge to solve a seemingly endless series of murders and mysterious disappearances . |
| 2 | Then , when the first priest arrived , he wanted to live in Tala-Tala near the kirk , so this became the first hospital , and this , ’ he almost kicked the battered old trunk , ‘ became the first filing cabinet . |
| 3 | The Labour Party claims that this represents the first stage in a policy of full market rents . |
| 4 | This represents the last entry to be proofed with all entries lying between the two headwords also being proofed |
| 5 | This represents the last entry to be proofed , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being proofed . |
| 6 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced with all entries lying between the two headwords also being cross-referenced . |
| 7 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being cross-referenced . |
| 8 | This provided a third source of information for BRAC on the effectiveness of its programme . |
| 9 | This causes a second type of problem — an almost impossible demand for nipples and milk supply . |
| 10 | This highlights the second major difficulty with the theories , the general assumption that there is a unitary dimension of arousal . |
| 11 | This highlights the third qualification : the liberal-democratic type of government is one in which it is denied that there is any objective science of sociely or of morals . |
| 12 | The discoverer — reputedly Ingolfur Arnarson after whom a fine peak near Þingvellir and Ingólfshöfdi is named — called the country ‘ Iceland ’ because of the ice he found there ; this created the first half-truth about the islands of the north . |
| 13 | Bernard advanced $30,000 ‘ to do or die with ’ and , early in 1976 , Peter bravely used half of this to open a second shop on Union Street , a prime commercial location in the centre of San Francisco . |
| 14 | This establishes the first part of the theorem . |
| 15 | This establishes the second part of Sylvester 's theorem . |
| 16 | This raises a fourth question . |
| 17 | This happened the next day , and the next until , fed up at seeing my lettuces out again , I decided to investigate . |
| 18 | However , it is believed that due to remarks made about ‘ A ’ Flight 's flying capabilities in the Officers ' Mess on the night before the Air Officer Commanding 's ( AOC 'd ) Annual Inspection , this happened the next day . |
| 19 | This renewed the nineteenth century tradition of favouring selected producers in the interests of national strength and independence but with one important difference . |
| 20 | In order to assess the redistributive impact of a particular policy , a comparison has to be made between the situation with the tax or expenditure in existence and that without , and this introduces a second major class of issues . |
| 21 | This reflects the second five year rent review for Head Office which took place in 1989 and became effective from August 1989 . |
| 22 | This finds the next instance of the search text . |
| 23 | This removes the last shred of justification for the World Bank 's very existence . " |
| 24 | This included a third patient who bled after randomisation and before surgery and who subsequently rebled four months after the operation . |
| 25 | for direct processing the track index does not make it clear which records are in overflow and which in the prime data area ; this prevents the first overflow record being retrieved as quickly as is achieved in the two-entry index system — at least while it is the only overflow record . |
| 26 | This meant the first change of name for the young Michael Smith ; he became known as Ingram , and there was no love lost between him and his stepfather . |
| 27 | This brought the first laughs in court and it ended the day 's proceedings . |
| 28 | 18–7 James McDonald , a servant at Islay House , asked for baptism for his child and this brought the first case of antenuptial fornication . |
| 29 | This represented the first time that all five states had agreed on all aspects of ending the Cambodian conflict . |
| 30 | In effect this represented the first retreat from Marxism 's prohibition on private ownership of the means of production since the abandonment in 1928 of Lenin 's New Economic Policy ( NEP ) . |