Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM is usually pretty forthcoming about the markets that it foresees for its products , but in this case limits itself to saying that it will appeal to professionals who would prefer ‘ easy-to-remember voice commands ’ to complicated keystrokes or mouse movements . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that . |
| 3 | If one doctor treats condition ‘ y ’ with therapy ‘ x ’ , he may observe clinical improvement in the absence of any real treatment effect ; if this experience repeats itself , he is destined to become an enthusiast for therapy ‘ x ’ . |
| 4 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
| 5 | The remainder of this chapter concerns itself with these two outer layers . |
| 6 | This tie-breaker lends itself even more than the general format of the competition to focusing attention on the product in hand . |
| 7 | From his discussion of how such isolated clans as the Macraes , in such hollows of the world as Auchnasheal , repel all boarders , Johnson opens up a discussion of how mankind in this condition regulates itself . |
| 8 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 9 | This influence manifests itself in melodic shapes ( largely pentatonic falling patterns , but , unlike , say , Chicago blues , also lyrical , sustained , long-breathed ) ; vocal timbre ( rich , open-throated , sensuous ) ; and the use of melisma . |
| 10 | Although this work concerns itself primarily with the organization of knowledge and the production of indexes , catalogues and databases , it is imperative that the indexer should have an appreciation of how the index is to be used . |
| 11 | One way in which this elegance manifests itself is in the large number of algebraic laws which exist between occam programs . |
| 12 | The two rocks are different in chemical composition , and this difference manifests itself in a number of intriguing ways ; ways which a fair part of this book will be devoted to exploring . |
| 13 | This distinction manifests itself in the fact that the " see that " paraphrase fits the second sentence very well but is very awkward for the first . |
| 14 | What irritates me about Vienna is a certain not-quite-definable smugness , a feeling that somehow this place feels itself to be the centre . |
| 15 | ‘ The value of this relationship shows itself when users need support in emergencies , or when large new projects have to be undertaken . |
| 16 | The assessment of this module lends itself readily to an integrated assignment where evidence may be generated which is appropriate for more than one outcome . |
| 17 | More perplexing is the fact that although she gets all her work from one firm and has no control over the quantity , this woman describes herself as ‘ self-employed ’ . |
| 18 | This volume concerns itself mainly with effects . |
| 19 | This pattern manifests itself even more clearly in the detail of courses . |
| 20 | Chapter 7.3 examines the colonial impact upon agriculture , and this example confines itself to a very brief exploration of the colonial experience . |
| 21 | This belief shows itself in action : e.g. in the cure of the paralysed man ( Mark 2:1–12 ) . |
| 22 | This clown reinvents himself every 20 minutes , ’ says Don Imus , the city 's most popular radio host . |
| 23 | It is not difficult to see how this approach lays itself open to abuse and drastic criticism . |
| 24 | This cycle repeats itself approximately every 90 minutes . |
| 25 | This interviewer sees himself or herself as the natural successor to Sir Robin Day . |
| 26 | And yet this film etches itself upon one 's consciousness . |
| 27 | Even as this problem forms itself in my head it is superseded by its very simple and obvious solution . |
| 28 | On the microscopic level , this problem manifests itself in abstractionism . |
| 29 | ‘ This company prides itself in the quality of its totally unsubsidized products , ’ wrote Lord Swaythling . |
| 30 | This dominance exhibits itself in the ability of corporations to choose effectively which topics of policy they will shepherd into the arena of public debate , and which they will keep within the confines of private discussions . |