Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb past] a " in BNC.

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1 Applied to the practices emerging in the period 1985–9 , this framework yielded a variety of ways in which TTT can help both children and teachers , and a diversity of forms that such collaborations can take .
2 And with this change came a transformation in the organisation 's approach to its markets .
3 The Labour government lost office in 1951 , however , to be replaced by a Conservative one , and with this change came a different approach to economic policy which included the revival of monetary methods of control — in particular the manipulation of bank rate and associated interest rates .
4 Behind this change lay a new and more business-like concentration on landed possession .
5 This change created a new structure , with the former local authority health services integrated with the rest of the service .
6 All in all , this camp had a peaceful atmosphere .
7 This literature had a reasonably wide circulation .
8 Seating arrangements at conferences , forms of address and other issues of this kind remained a continual source of potential difficulty .
9 Fears that this proposal would lead to Federal interference in this field brought a further defeat for the President .
10 and this chappie had a double hip replacement operation , it 's been on the television here and er , he said they started off dancing with Sammy Davis , you know , er what 's it called , Tip Tap Toe or something like that , they , they act Sammy Davis and his , and his parents and then these two chaps I , I mean they had n't made it big time
11 This opportunity provided a welcome break from the purely botanical work to which I was accustomed , as well a s a chance to make the most of my botany/zoology background .
12 This case concerned a man who set up in competition with the business that had previously employed him .
13 This case concerned a disposition by three adult children in favour of their father and his mortgagees .
14 eg. lifts , stairs , paths , rubbish chutes etc. this case concerned a path used by a plaintiff confined to a wheelchair who received injuries related to the poor state of the path .
15 This case followed a couple of weeks after the extensive coverage given to the case where a teacher was accused of raping a 15-year-old pupil but who was eventually jailed for unlawful sexual intercourse .
16 This case raised a number of important issues including the nature of the duty of a civil servant in relation to Parliament .
17 Counselling in this case helped a client to retain his sense of identity and purpose .
18 This technique produced a great deal of interesting material , but I still felt a need to achieve more insight into the language behaviour of my informants — especially outside school .
19 This discontent produced a Labour victory in the Mid-Staffordshire by-election on 22 March , the 21.4% swing to Labour representing the party 's best by-election result in half a century .
20 In this case , this stage had a mean number of er calves per year , about two , whereas this hind had a number just under one , which is about right .
21 While the Americans retained control of the warheads , the British in this instance enjoyed a definite power of veto over their use .
22 Had the train been on time , this contestant stood a good chance of winning .
23 With this body-blow came a plea for understanding .
24 This decision followed a conflict of authority between the Court of Appeal and the Court of Criminal Appeal .
25 He tells us in his autobiography that this decision produced a breakdown in his wife 's health , but it was all part of his efforts to become a pure Buddhist leader and hence bring benefit to burma .
26 This building contained a cellar , stacked up to the door and ceiling with all sorts of stuff , some of it junk and rubbish , but also including a number of deed boxes , some furniture and several very interesting old items , e.g. an Admiral Fitzroy barometer , letter scales etc . ’
27 This contract included a clause claiming to exclude the sellers ' ( J.C.L .
28 This Division had a more difficult year with a down-turn in drilling activity affecting all Aberdeen-based companies .
29 This division had a more difficult year with a downturn in activity in the drilling sector affecting all Aberdeen based companies .
30 This hypothesis prompted a series of experiments by Best ( 1975 ) in which a given flavour was established as a conditioned inhibitor ( or a signal for safety ) by an explicit discrimination training procedure in which this flavour was presented along with a previously established CS+ but in the absence of the US .
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