Example sentences of "this [vb past] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For so many gifted writers of the Soviet period , this became both liberation and vocation — with all the narrowness the latter term implies . |
| 2 | This drew together evidence from sociological research and from official sources on inequalities in health in the 1980s , and on the progress ( or lack of it ) made on the policy recommendations of the Black Report . |
| 3 | For Janacek , this deserved only contempt : ‘ Today 's opera … |
| 4 | This needed more thought . |
| 5 | Even more widespread was extra spending by carers on items and services which were needed by the disabled or elderly person , but which were not covered by the financial contribution which the latter made to the household budget ( even when this included both retirement or invalidity pensions and disability benefits ) . |