Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , has this bucket got a shadow ? |
| 2 | The period covered in this chapter marked a watershed in the development of the WEA at national and District levels . |
| 3 | You 've probably had this question asked a hundred times , but is Lemmings going to be converted to the C64 ? |
| 4 | five in the second half , bloody hell three goals in three minutes , fifty five , fifty seven , fifty eight Don Goodman this bloke got a hat-trick , he got it within fifteen minutes |
| 5 | Erm , I work for ? in Edinburgh and erm , er all too often er we see er female relations er of male offenders , er this lady struck a chord er especially when it comes to serious crime |
| 6 | I have this day received a letter from Dearest Mary about that which has so distressed me , your unbelievable decision to place Allegra in a convent — |
| 7 | So this gentleman designed a machine and I 've got a picture of the machine here , which you can see . |
| 8 | Will he now reassure the House that they have not been breached by article B of the agreement in what The Guardian this morning called a defence compromise ? |
| 9 | This leaflet incorporated a sponsorship form and hopefully provided you with some inspiration for individual projects . |
| 10 | After talking to various people it occurred to me that if everyone in this island planted a tree in their lifetime we would achieve something , not least by helping to absorb excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
| 11 | The company this month recruited a computer and voice-recognition chips to mobilise workers when an emergency occurs at night or during a holiday . |
| 12 | Life goes on however , and the band have this week announced a series of Scottish dates . |
| 13 | The Italian publishers ' association , the Associazione Italiana Editori , this week elected a new president , Tiziano Barbieri , chairman of Sperling & Kupfer and of Edizioni Frassinelli . |
| 14 | The federal army has this week strung a massive presence of men , artillery and tanks along the road from Serbia as it surges into Bosnia to help local Serb barons grab swathes of territory . |
| 15 | The Law Society , the professional body representing 60,000 solicitors in England and Wales , has this week opened a regional office in Wales . |
| 16 | Many guests told the board 's chairman , Sir Thomas Thomson , that the veg had been overboiled , while this reporter encountered a high proportion of fat in his pork stew — and jolly tasty it was , too . |
| 17 | Mm when he This man told a great load of stories and in fact it began it was really thought true . |
| 18 | Last year , this union held a ballot and a hundred and forty thousand members took part in that ballot for the leader of the Labour Party and they made it absolutely clear to the executive that as far as they were concerned they wanted a part and a say in who was the leader of the Labour Party , and they di decided dem democratically . |
| 19 | Although he made no specific commitment on its timing , this statement marked a significant change from the RPT 's firm rejection of multiparty politics in May 1990 [ see p. 37809 ] . |
| 20 | Children of 5 years upwards should do well with this program given a little supervision from an adult or older child . |
| 21 | This survey disclosed a considerable disparity in levels of unmet need in subjects whose sole regular contact was with health professionals ( subgroups A to D ) compared with those reassessed on a multidisciplinary basis by health and social services personnel . |
| 22 | FORTE , the Travelodge to airline catering group , has this weekend signed a deal to lease BAA 's Gatwick Sterling Hotel , with 474 bedrooms and conference facilities . |
| 23 | Pound and Rebka were able to scan across the very narrow line profile by varying the source velocity and in this way achieved a large gain in sensitivity for locating the line centre . |
| 24 | The traditional ESCA-organised Wrigley Softball Tournament has this year attracted a record 2,500 primary schools , each aiming to become one of the 16 teams to reach the National Finals . |