Example sentences of "this [noun] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This finding that increased intestinal release of IL-8 was accompanied by increased release of myeloperoxidase , however , makes IL-8 a possible factor for local activation of polymorphonuclear granulocytes in this disease . |
| 2 | It was an awareness of this contrast that led to the Cubists ' interest in the violin and the guitar as plastic forms around 1910 . |
| 3 | It turns out that the component in the venom of this snake that has such an effect binds to the muscle receptor on human muscle and other animals ' muscles , and it binds there much more tightly than the natural chemical transmitter , which is called estialcodine , thereby preventing the transmission of the nerve impulse to the muscle and gives the victim instant miocenia and presumably a nice meal for the snake in due time . |
| 4 | In the Mesozoic there was another great radiation of the crinoids , the typical forms having flexible arms , and it is crinoids of this kind that survive today . |
| 5 | It is arms races of this kind that have been mainly responsible for the apparently progressive quality of evolution , for the evolution of ever-improved running speed , flying skill , acuity of eyesight , keenness of hearing , and so on . |
| 6 | Nevertheless this is the most prescriptive statement of the professional roles in this field that has yet been made . |
| 7 | I have to face the Matter as well , you know , and in this case that means that fucking doll or manikin or whatever we call it . |
| 8 | Each time there was a pause in his routine and he had time to think , the Captain was reminded that there were a good many things about this case that did n't ring true . |
| 9 | W what I go for are two major points I think which actually demonstrate the fallaciousness of this budget that has been proposed to us as an amendment . |
| 10 | It was this Hope that interfered with it all . |
| 11 | Well I do n't know whether I want let's see what this is in this parcel that came this morning . |
| 12 | This afternoon that put them on environment minister Michael Howard 's hit list . |
| 13 | Have not we heard planted questions this afternoon that have contained carefully worked-out statistic after statistic ? |
| 14 | This is perhaps inevitable since deconstruction resists teleology , and it is this resistance that has enabled its enemies to call it nihilist . |
| 15 | In this instance that meant three emergency pumps . |
| 16 | And it is this struggle that showed us a way . |
| 17 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 18 | It was this provision that gave rise to the loophole sought to be exploited by B.C.C.I. depositors . |
| 19 | The chief function of the Apolline elements is to shield the spectator against the full impact of the music ; and it is actually the presence of this shield that permits the highest potential of music to be realized . |
| 20 | It is just this protection that has been the justification for farrowing pens . |
| 21 | This study that shows a positive correlation between chemiluminescence and disease activity ( sigmoidoscopy , symptoms ) suggests that reactive oxygen species play a part in the severity of the inflammation and tissue injury in ulcerative colitis . |
| 22 | ‘ It is this partnership that has reversed closure plans … even Shropshire county council and the Shrewsbury district council contributed finance , since the line serves shoppers and commuters into its one English station at Shrewsbury . ’ |
| 23 | What is this grief that visits the Earth so regularly ? |
| 24 | It was the prevalence of this illusion that held the key to the overwhelming popularity of the League and of collective security in Britain in the mid-1930s . |
| 25 | It is this action that levels the board out in flight and makes a small hop into a controlled jump . |
| 26 | The emotion that goes into art is subtle and it is the faculty of being able to feel this emotion that constitutes our appreciation of art . |
| 27 | It is this force that translates electricity into rotation in an electric motor . |
| 28 | It is also this force that converts the motion of a turbine into the electrical output of a generator . |
| 29 | It was this condition that brought him close to his parishioners . |
| 30 | This speed that talking about but I think it corresponds to the movement of the fox . |