Example sentences of "this [noun] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In this case it appears that the bolts have been placed , not for the purpose of protection , but to create an artificial gangway .
2 In this case it looks as though in fact there were " captains of thousands " and " captains of hundreds " , and that my metonymy or by abbreviation " thousand " has been used for " captains of thousands " ad " hundreds " .
3 In this case it seems that the structure of the drama has made it too easy for the children — perhaps because of the non-confrontational role adopted by the teacher as messenger early on , when he was excited and enthusiastic about the railway and its effect on another town .
4 In this instance it seems that the client needed not so much advice on a course of action as legitimation from its lawyer .
5 For this writer it began when , shortly after stepping off the plane in Johannesburg , it became apparent that a few stitches sustained by the All Black winger Terry Wright in a training accident was deemed as worthy a front page news story as the continuous blood-letting in the Natal townships between rival ANC and Inkatha factions .
6 In this study it seems that the higher fibre diet expanded the proliferative compartment in both the proximal and distal colon and would thus appear to increase the risk of colonic mucosal cell instability .
7 But from the two paper on pages 539 and 541 of this issue it seems that , in at least one important respect , the mammalian visual cortex and the insect optic lobe operate upon visual patterns in a similar way .
8 Jesus had come to Jerusalem , the capital of Judaism to take on the religious authorities and at this point in time in this Gospel it looks like he 's lost , gon na be dead in a couple of days .
9 His subsequent letters to her reveal a side of his personality that Victorian biographers preferred to suppress At this point it seems that Wolfgang was interested in matters more scatological than sexual ; his humour is of the smutty adolescent variety that was evidently taken for granted in Salzburg middle class society .
10 On this point it seems that the Literary Digest Poll and others committed two errors .
11 On the news this morning it said that over eight hundred kids turned up ! ’
12 His behaviour has n't been odd and speaking to his cell mate this morning it seems that he did n't speak to very many people either .
13 In this society it follows that real talent goes unrewarded and unflinching purity of soul is automatically derided — on both these counts I am to be numbered among the punished , especially in regard to material goods and services , financial security , the trust and love of friendship , and the divinely counselled companionship of wife and family .
14 To this end it announced that the electoral commission was to be reconstituted in order to free it from political influence and manipulation .
15 From this analysis it appears that the term ‘ accountability ’ is only strictly correct when reference is made to contractual relations with employers .
16 The term ‘ an efficient farm ’ has defied description from many authorities but from this survey it appeared that it was not a farm or a system or an enterprise that was efficient but rather the man who ran it .
17 In this way it appears as though new species arrive continuously .
18 And if you do it this way it ensures that you start seeing results straight away — the harder stuff will come anyway .
19 Mr Ramsay added ‘ This year it looks as though cereal prices will be much on a par with last year and on top of that farmers will receive the area compensatory payments .
20 From the letters we have been receiving this year it appears that the Jehovah 's Witness from Greece Andreas Christodoulou has been passing some of the cards on to his colleagues who are also imprisoned Jehovah 's witnesses , who want to correspond with people in the U.K. Fortunately we have someone in the office who has been able to translate their letters .
21 In January this year it emerged that the sometime property dealer and owner of the Mountain Tortoise Gallery in Tokyo was running late on payment to Sotheby 's for a Picasso and a de Kooning , both of which he had bought at auctions in New York the previous November .
22 When records are filed under this system it means that all documents relating to the subject are brought together under one heading , for example :
23 In this perspective it seems that Callinicos can only mean relatively little with his disclaimers about good art .
24 But this time it seemed that the dream would never end .
25 In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two .
26 In this regard it provides that Heads of Department shall review such supplementary policy statements in the light of the Regional Council 's policy with particular regard to arrangements for :
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