Example sentences of "[conj] this [vb -s] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where this occurs it is likely that there will be a lack of consensus among the implementers , too . |
| 2 | Where this arises it is not possible to transfer to another holiday or to cancel without incurring normal cancellation charges ( see page 88 ) . |
| 3 | I topped these materials off with Hortag granules , on top of which the Siporax was placed in slatted planting pots — for no other reason than this makes it instantly recoverable , should it need washing . |
| 4 | Many believed that this means it is the foundation stone of the earliest basilica . |
| 5 | IBM Corp 's Distributed Relational Database Architecture is starting to pick up acolytes , and Informix Software Inc , Menlo Park has announced Informix-Gateway with DRDA , claiming that this makes it the first major Unix database vendor fully to support the IBM architecture . |
| 6 | IBM Corp 's Distributed Relational Database Architecture is starting to pick up acolytes , and Informix Software Inc , Menlo Park has announced Informix-Gateway with DRDA , claiming that this makes it the first major Unix database vendor fully to support the IBM architecture . |
| 7 | ‘ We have tested the system with a 10-litre Dicurane container and found that this leaves it 99.99% clean . |
| 8 | ‘ I know , but I just do n't feel that this warrants it ! ’ |
| 9 | so , the station 's management structure is quite bare and this helps it to respond very quickly to current events . |
| 10 | Pressing F9 evaluates what is on the entry line and this changes it from a changing value to one that is fixed . |
| 11 | Note that there are no half-steps within this set of scale degrees and this gives it a very rounded and open flavour . |
| 12 | Most beginners apply the opposite rudder too harshly and this makes it difficult to hold the bank constant . |
| 13 | Neutron activation was not chosen because those elements which it can measure in flint ( as compared to pottery ) are more erratically distributed than those measured by atomic absorption ( the major elements in clay ) , and this makes it harder to distinguish the products of any two mines . |
| 14 | The incubation period may be up to one year , and this makes it difficult in many cases to decide from whom the warts have been caught ; not only that , but they often seem to have been seeded on the principle adhered to by market gardeners , to give successive crops over a long period . |
| 15 | Yet there is no cultural measure which allows one to distinguish between these types of programmes ; similar criticisms can be levelled against both Minder and Dallas and this makes it difficult to accept Kumar 's position in its entirety . |
| 16 | The life-history reminds us that we are always talking , in the end , about people , and this makes it a favoured research tool of the ethnographic researcher , though it may also be used as an initial guide for ‘ opening up ’ almost any area of research . |
| 17 | Thus it is not clear what it would be like to regard all actions as requiring non-intentional explanation , and this makes it much harder for the individualist to argue that , whatever it would be like , it is out of the question . |
| 18 | Tutors are appointed as and when required and this makes it possible to set up new classes without too much preamble . |
| 19 | The third stage is seeing our anxiety getting bigger and bigger and this makes it get worse . |
| 20 | The rate of accumulation of biomass or NPP is expressed as weight of living matter/unit area/ unit time and recent work by the International Biological Programme ( IBP ) has provided more accurate estimates of NPP on a world scale for both continents and oceans , and this makes it possible to rank biome types according to NPP or present processes . |
| 21 | Many of the general considerations which arise in connection with computerising recruitment administration are the same as those which arise whenever computerisation within the personnel department is discussed , and this makes it all the more surprising that it is so rarely considered . |
| 22 | There is , moreover , a move towards the paying party 's seeing your file and this makes it increasingly important for you to think carefully about the costs and uplift information contained in your first letter or standard terms of business appended to your first letter , and also the standard of time recording on which your bills are based . |
| 23 | Third , many political objectives may remain unquantified and even unacknowledged , and this makes it even harder to tell exogenous from endogenous reasons for failure to meet targets ( e.g. NEDO 1976 : 40 ) . |
| 24 | Sorry to butt in again , but I do n't think that 's quite right , because this Plan Two , five years and sixty thousand miles , refers to manufacturer 's warranty , which might still be valid , and this supplements it . |
| 25 | If this happens it seems the old male is doomed . |
| 26 | If this happens it will be a loss not just to the National Park , but more particularly to the local areas with which they are associated . |
| 27 | If this makes it seem inevitable that Labour 's electoral support should slump , it has to be pointed out that , according to the opinion polls , Labour might well have won had an election been called in 1978 . |
| 28 | There was no surplus solder to spoil the work , but this makes it very difficult to detect . |
| 29 | But this makes it all the more unreasonable to suppose that any a priori argument could show that one strategy will always be the right one . |
| 30 | But this means it may be moving out of our control . |