Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not time that we took the Agenda for Peace seriously and gave the UN the resources it needs to save this and future generations from the scourge of war . |
| 2 | The CTP proclaims that the link between the perceived object and the perception is just an ordinary bit of the great causal nexus of nature ( it needs to believe this , as we shall see presently ) and yet it is prepared to accept that this segment of the chain has a rather privileged status ; at the very least , that it has a beginning and an end . |
| 3 | Sudjic 's point is that it exists , and any attempt to plan , ameliorate or build in it has to grasp this fact . |
| 4 | Japan , which would be the only remaining IWC member in favour of whaling if Norway left , says that it plans to use this year 's meeting , to be held in Kyoto , to " press for the resumption of commercial whaling around Japan and in the northern Atlantic " . |
| 5 | What harm could it do to play this little game another few minutes ? |
| 6 | It intends to do this by modifying the object interface definition language in its System Object Model ( SOM ) for OS/2 2.0 to support CORBA 's interface definition language . |
| 7 | Since the socialist government has said that it intends to pass this year 's defence bill anyway , it was the duty of the opposition to move a vote of no confidence . |
| 8 | " Yes , but is some of it going to come this way ? " |
| 9 | I do n't know if anybody wants to make any comments about any of the items on paper B Okay , is it agreed to receive this report ? |
| 10 | These include predictions that the no-arbitrage condition should generally apply ; when it ceases to apply this should promptly trigger index arbitrage transactions which should rapidly eliminate the deviation from the no-arbitrage condition . |
| 11 | The Shamir administration refrained , however , from challenging for the time being the apparent PLO involvement with the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation , nor did it decide to use this as grounds for withdrawing from the conference . |
| 12 | All it takes to give this work a decent hearing is five intelligent and compatible singers , a good deal of rehearsal time , sensitive discussion about the best way of tackling the considerable demands both of the words and the huge span of music , and some recording equipment . |
| 13 | I want to be a rich young man , if wealth is what it takes to buy this feeling ; a young lord leaving the city after a night of riot … |
| 14 | ‘ You may be prepared to do whatever it takes to get this house , but I 'm prepared to do whatever 's necessary to ensure that Thomas remains in my care . ’ |
| 15 | Thus , you drag the second line indent marker to the right , drop it , and the change happens — all much quicker than it takes to read this sentence . |
| 16 | It seems to speak this most loudly to those supporters of Protestant prophecy and millenarianism , those who were , like the Ranters , among the most radical supporters of the revolution . |
| 17 | It aims to do this particularly by cutting down administration costs and releasing management time for more valuable tasks than ploughing through mountains of paperwork . |
| 18 | The mission of Teesside TEC is to promote and contribute to the economic growth of Teesside and it aims to do this by fostering individual initiative , community teamwork , business development and quality training . |
| 19 | Section B is for those who already have a fair knowledge of the language ; it aims to consolidate this knowledge and to introduce students to major authors and the elements of literary criticism . |
| 20 | It decided to do this through the dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary which was incorporated on 24 March 1982 . |
| 21 | It helps to counteract this tendency if you have a clear list of criteria against which to view the person and/or the information the interview renders . |
| 22 | One glance was all it took to realise this was one hard nut to crack — his features still completely impassive . |
| 23 | But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference . |
| 24 | It wishes to exploit this situation in order to raise interest rates . |
| 25 | The circular acknowledged that the main burden of providing such care would fall on the local authorities and it aimed to ease this by extending provision for the transfer of NHS financial resources to those local authorities or voluntary bodies that offered to develop community care projects specifically for long-stay hospital patients . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Unix International is being very secretive about an announcement it expects to make this week that it hopes will propel the industry further along the path of unity . |
| 27 | It continues to do this until the predator is safely in pursuit and is moving farther and farther away from the nest . |
| 28 | It remains to exploit this . |
| 29 | Under a 1937 agreement , PAA was allowed to operate two flights a week to the UK : it continued to do this during the war years , unmatched by BOAC . |
| 30 | It proposes to do this by taking a random sample of 200 households , obtained from a listing of all households in the district and then selecting at random one adult from each such household . |