Example sentences of "this [noun] [unc] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes well I I , I mean you erm you posed the question whether it was a good or bad thing , this change erm I can only the results of the change and what would have happened if the change had not taken place or try to er see what the change , it would seem to me that the alternative er would have been a continuance of er possibly erm a kind of Kuomintang erm type of policy which encouraged erm other nationalities to develop China as beginning to happen now . |
2 | We know from the housing benefit system that there is a backlog of cases , I think hundred and a , quite a considerable number of people of where people are having problems producing wage receipts and evidence of income now and one dreads to think of the burden that will be putting on the letting section by erm inventing yet another system o of this kind erm I think people we know that people are wary already of applying for benefits because of means testing and I think that there 's that it would simply discourage people who really are in need from coming forward . |
3 | if you if you go and see this afternoon erm he would like to speak to you and I was like he should come and speak to me |
4 | And er I I was pulled in to take a little part in this play er I remember that . |
5 | about a month ago , and there 's words in this dictionary er I said to myself oh fancy letting them , that 's slang you know ? |
6 | Now I do ask myself this this question erm I can recognise the argument that if you if you 're not actually going to achieve your objectives you have to change your mind . |
7 | We had a hedgehog last year , I have n't seen them this winter er you know since |
8 | So I came on the Monday night to the Guild and it , it was n't long after , only a matter of weeks , before this lady erm she er came back home from Canada seeing to some other woman and er she just sat down and died . |
9 | We 're always anxious to push out more forecasts if we can on these erm services but erm the Government are also leaning on us and saying , ‘ Yes , but you 're spending lots of money on satellites , computers and all this sort erm You must get some of that money back . ’ |
10 | Now at that stage my Lord Mr er telephoned Mr on the afternoon of the twenty second of October and it 's his case that he explained what had happened at the meeting of the bank to him and er asked him again , in view of the fact that was having to sell him home , if it was possible to withdraw from the contract and it is the plaintiff 's case that he pointed out to Mr er quite definitely and quite clearly on the telephone , on this day , er that without er the funding that he had required to run this business er he could only see that this was going to be potentially disastrous for him er and once again , my Lord as he said this was a fairly heated conversation and er the plaintiff was told by Mr once again that there was no way out for him and he should now concentrate all his efforts on achieving completion , er and once again we were . |
11 | That 's interesting , there 's a little there 's a little thing in either end of this microphone er I wonder which erm perhaps it 's supposed to be on the directional ? |
12 | There was quite a lot of discussion in the Mid-Wales District Council about this nomination erm it was n't , that reminds me yes it was |
13 | So we 've now obviously got the political will to take action against erm Iraq , do you see them being enough political will following on from this conflict erm I mean we obviously do n't know how the course of this conflict is going to go . |
14 | The one thing that seems to be identified by members of the public er when they come here and address present erm petitions to us as they did this morning er they want in most parts , in Hertfordshire . |
15 | I should perhaps apologize on behalf of the hotel for the temperature in the room this morning er I stayed here last night and woke up to find that not only was there no heat in the radiators , but there was no heat in the hot water . |
16 | Erm we are not going any further than that erm we the debate this morning erm we were looking at the differences between ourselves and then for example Selby District of what what they would like to see which was er certainly more than growth oriented the County Council 's proposals are . |
17 | I mean I I went in there yesterday , I think it was , or this morning erm he put wet shirts into the wardrobe admittedly with the doors open but that bedroom is not a bedroom that I like to get any dampness in at all , Brenda . |
18 | It 's like this people th they 're deep sea divers and they discover , they 're stuck in the crevice , a big erm nuclear submarine and what it 's for is an experiment that 's gone wrong and it it 's to make and instead they make an abomination you know , incredibly powerful and intelligent but really nasty you know , murderous and killer and so they take they take him to these people . |
19 | And they er er they said people getting on this train er it was on the eleven , platform eleven near to where we were make sure , they kept giving it out giving it out , you must get out at Leamington Spa if you want Banbury . |
20 | Well looking ahead to the events er a month hence , but of course this week er , on the thirtieth of this month er we will be celebrating Saint Andrews day , or will we ? |
21 | They say that a release is on the cards this week er they make no mention of any ransom and they say Terry Waite is a priority for release ; he is at the top of a list of Western hostages about to be set free . |
22 | Can I also say that the erm the fear expressed about Woolwich , I believe to be fairly well founded Woolwich building , a Woolwich er , Building Society had been on erm , entered into a long time ago on this erm and the letter that was read out at Potter Street area committee from Woolwich indicated that they had n't yet decided whether they would proceed and er I think is I 've talked to the publican since they have promised us an answer this week er we are intending , we have spoken , Dermot 's also spoken to our managing director we are confident we will have an answer from this week and I have to tell you that I think the answer will either no , or it will be so hazy that we 'll need to take some action and make a decision . |
23 | Well we were going to buy er a caravan when my wa er just , just before my husband died we were sort of looking for a caravan , we had gone and paid a deposit , we should have picked it up on a Saturday and he go , he died on a Friday , so I had to cancel and er only this week er I told you did n't I , that they paid my deposit back because it was genuine tragedy , I , I did n't sort of er made it up that I , you know , sometimes you 've paid a deposit and then you 've changed your mind |
24 | The last ten days gradually it has been coming back since the really trough period in late January with the war and the snow , etc. , and in fact this week erm we 're expecting this week to probably do double the level of bookings that we did last week , and that 's on overseas holidays for summer and winter . |
25 | What we are doing is what is being done er in the market generally there is nothing unique about British Airways position in this regard , in the event the European commission er should find against er our interest in this respect er they are in effect going to find against the interest er of the er European airlines as a whole , and that would be very detrimental to the interest of European business and travellers . |
26 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
27 | And on , on this banner i it had what the country produced . |
28 | in in coming to grips with this issue we have realised how particular they are met er and a number of members will prevent from getting to that meeting to put their views on the table and for this reason er they decided to defer that . |
29 | I would just like to say a few , a few things to er especially to Rupert and Mr David er without their help and cooperation we would never have had such er , er nev would never have started this project erm we thank you very much . |
30 | And er can can we scrape away to say Chairman that er , you know this , this , this situation er it is not to do with government policies , we are paying a very heavy price to this country for world recession as we have paid this very high price , very very large amounts of money that had to be used for people who are unfortunate enough to fall out of employment . |