Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This finding naturally gave the RTO some confidence in dealing with the arguments of the Claybury and Friern districts that they needed very large increases in revenue to fund community replacement services . |
| 2 | Suppose , for example , that there was some fundamental change in the circumstances that had been the basis for the grant of the right to the third party , and that this change radically transformed the extent of the obligations of the parties . |
| 3 | In fact this correspondent initially wrote to the children soon after they were taken to mainland Scotland . |
| 4 | This vista painfully reminded Ruth of the lakeside restaurants at the Seville Expo … |
| 5 | Paul 's penchant for ‘ diplomatic ’ solutions of this kind also meant that many Council texts remained ambivalent . |
| 6 | Arguments of this kind normally started from the assumption that the powers of Europe were still in a ‘ state of nature ’ with respect to each other and that each of them was engaged , consciously or not , in a ceaseless struggle to increase its influence at the expense of its neighbours . |
| 7 | Continental involvement of this kind immediately brought the Plantagenet king-dukes of Aquitaine into contact with the Capetian monarchy of France . |
| 8 | Within the BEA , the need for collusion with Whitehall on matters of this kind immeasurably strengthened the instincts of centralisation and secrecy with which the top management were imbued . |
| 9 | Mercifully , ideas of this kind never met with much support , and finally , in 1932 , the controlling body of world astronomy , the International Astronomical Union , lost patience . |
| 10 | With this story too came the added responsibility of co-directorship , Christopher Barry sharing his task with ex-Theatre Director Richard Martin who was scheduled to shoot three of the seven episodes . |
| 11 | Although a large proportion of Karavas were poor , some members of this caste successfully took advantage of entrepreneurial opportunities within the expanding market economy . |
| 12 | This park probably belonged to the Palace or Halling House . |
| 13 | It is fair to say that this case probably resulted in one of the most important landmark decisions in the history of relations between the Association and the Banks . |
| 14 | this case also dealt with the fact that the deceased mother had worked full time and this aunt had given up her job to look after the children . |
| 15 | This case also established the important principle that issues |
| 16 | This case clearly had a traumatic effect on the victim but , just as importantly , the message from the widespread media coverage conveyed to all potential victims was essentially not a pleasant one . |
| 17 | It is a striking fact that although the court in this case clearly adopted its paternalistic role in deciding how the child 's welfare would best be promoted , the chief emphasis was on the competing rights and responsibilities of parent and local authority rather than those of the child . |
| 18 | The artist as critic in this case deliberately avoided the historical context of the pictures she was discussing . |
| 19 | Although this case obviously did not concern accountants directly , it proved crucial to subsequent claims against them . |
| 20 | That 's before this budget actually started . |
| 21 | Lou Macari signed a three year contract with Celtic this afternoon then told Scotland Today he would walk away if he could n't bring success to the club in that time . |
| 22 | This part closely resembled Brodrick 's best-known building , Leeds Town Hall , which was the result of a competition that he had won in 1853 and was being built at the time of the Government Offices competition . |
| 23 | The turquoise dress she wore was of the kind of stretch cotton which showed up any figure fault and which in this instance merely demonstrated the perfection of her body . |
| 24 | That it was going in this direction anyway had already been signalled by the resignations — often amid recrimination — of every one of Mr Gorbachev 's top economic advisers : notably Stanislav Shatalin ( who gave his name to the rejected ‘ 500-day ’ plan to convert the Soviet economy to capitalism ) and Nikolai Petrakov ( who was the president 's personal economic guru ) . |
| 25 | Rather than ending the discussion this decision merely began a period of three years during which the issue of " Unity " was rarely off the agendas of local Labour parties , trade unions and other sections of the labour movement . |
| 26 | If this ostrich only knew , he would gain more marks by posing the legal difficulty , even though he suggested no solution , than he ever could by blinking it completely . |
| 27 | This division eventually led to the departure of some of the laboratory 's senior staff , a loss that became the universities ' gain . |
| 28 | Now , Amy said something about paying this money in did you ? |
| 29 | So with this experience well absorbed he came back to Elstree and his ‘ Fury . |
| 30 | This cottage gradually grew into a station , and this station brought prosperity to the land around it . |