Example sentences of "it [verb] this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes it associates this biological femininity with sexuality . |
2 | Pound peg The second option was obviously the more attractive , for it pegged this latest rise to 15 per cent base rates firmly on the exchange rate . |
3 | It tackles this small set of problems and issues by addressing them in two localities — the old port of North Shields and the new town of Cramlington . |
4 | So it seems to me first of all that we should maintain a state of military preparedness , not because the Soviet Union is likely to attack us , but , simply because it represents this huge area of instability on our Eastern Frontiers , but I think also we should be more positive , I do n't think we want to do secret deals in C I A style , er , in fact I think we want the maximum of open diplomacy . |
5 | If the absolutely pure , uncalculating , impractical spirit of adventure had ever ruled a human being , it ruled this bespectacled youth . |
6 | It specifies this biological normality further , by linking it explicitly with marriage , lack of employment outside the home , and being in your twenties or thirties ; and implicitly with being heterosexual , middle class , and white . |
7 | It needs this cooling device because it is more exposed to the direct heat of the sun . |
8 | If you wait long enough then when it finishes this large task everything will work as normal . |
9 | Then I have a '60 Strat , one of the first with the rosewood necks , and it has this amazing sound . |
10 | And it has this lovely articulation on the top … ’ |
11 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
12 | And the optical type it contains this photoelectric cell which triggers alarm when the beam is disturbed by smoke particles . |
13 | Since it holds this important role in the written form , it is also used to communicate across local areas and between regions in a spoken form . |
14 | Like other conversational programs , it uses this big database to fit some sort of ‘ logical tree ’ to the growing narrative , and respond to it from a programmed strategy . |
15 | Then it passes this living tube of glue back and forth across the junction of the two leaves until a white silken sheet has been created , linking them . |
16 | It says this limited functionality option could be used ‘ by very few , if any , users developing production applications . |
17 | It says this limited functionality option could be used ‘ by very few , if any , users developing production applications . |
18 | Such a heroic venture requires heroic singing , and that is where it seemed this enthralling evening would fall short of its target . |
19 | But it achieves this solid reliability at the expense of productivity . |
20 | And how can it sustain this common cause and sense of direction through the many changes which take place from one generation to anther ? … |
21 | It based this false judgement on the need for conciliation and for restoring the fabric of industrial relations . |
22 | It stores this additional information in its own on-board RAM chips , waiting for you to ask for it . |
23 | It 's less usual to enjambe stanzas than it is to enjambe lines and it creates this continuous flow . |
24 | ‘ It seems this negative approach has more to do with people 's perception of George Michael than anything else . ’ |
25 | But it seems this other relation has inherited his whole fortune . |
26 | More Danish women than men practise receptive anal intercourse , and it seems this sexual practice has become more prevalent during the past decades . |
27 | I 've heard from Tim and Mark , as well as others ( Kevin and Arif and Phil and Neil ) , and it seems this change-of-address thing is happening to loads of you . |
28 | It regards this latter approach as misleading , sometimes dangerous , basis for policy advice . |
29 | Yesterday , it pulled this higher rate tier . |
30 | Carnelian must know special runes to inscribe around the eye-screen and arcane litanies to incant , to make it serve this two-way purpose , which perhaps had been the true purpose of the device in the first place … |