Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] it [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 Or rather it would give a possible base for the possible erection of two or three possible motives .
2 Shamir told the Cabinet that the time had not yet arrived for Israel to provide an answer as to whether or not it would attend a peace conference , as the US position on the composition of a Palestinian delegation was not yet clear .
3 They were trying to isolate the gene that produces insulin and insert it into the nucleus of a bacterium , so that you could get a self-replicating life-form which could then be used in the treatment of diabetes , or else it could provide a source of insulin that was n't animal-derived and did n't give you rejection problems .
4 Sun Microsystems Inc says that henceforward it will ship a microphone with every Sparcstation desktop workstation : the machine already includes built-in speaker and bundled software for easily playing , recording and receiving audio ; existing users can have it for $30 .
5 Mostly our air arrives from the west which is why we sit up and take notice of the weather in America , although actually it can change a great deal on the way over here .
6 The Government argues that its bill enshrines Channel 4 as part of the system of public service broadcasting and that therefore it should have a final say in the appointment of who runs it .
7 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG indicates that it is to follow Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA in offering Eo Corp 's Eo 440 and Eo 880 personal digital assistants — and presumably it will buy a stake in Eo too .
8 I 'd asked my mum and dad if I could go to a boarding school — the one in Edinburgh Andy was at , for example — but they 'd said I would n't like it and besides it would cost a lot of money .
9 It will be a tight , hard game and perhaps it may take a replay before a decision is arrived at .
10 There was little doubt that she would marry again and hopefully it would prove a more comfortable arrangement .
11 If searching was done with just the basic actions , then R1.1 would only gain its first bit of credit after the fifth search , and then it would gain a mere 1/64th. of a point of credit .
12 Weeks would go by and he would leave me alone and then it would happen a lot .
13 and then it might flow a bit more evenly , might it then , right Michael bring yours out now please .
14 In working on these activities the class had worked systematically and persistently ; they had collaborated in pairs and groups ; they had identified patterns and structures in the sequences ; they had made predictions and tested them ; they had explained and justified their reasoning to me and to each other ; they had worked practically to understand the sequence and how it could model a real life situation .
15 My right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General has made it clear that the law is not suspended and therefore it would remain a matter for local authorities if they wished to bring actions .
16 She supposed it was all right when one was all dressed up , but perhaps it could become a nightmare if one totally lost one 's privacy to move around anonymously .
17 But also it might have a greater effect on leukaemic cells , which divide more frequently , probably use more folic acid , and are thus more vulnerable to a competitive antagonist .
18 Erm sometimes er I have n't mentioned much about the gender of the therapist but sometimes it can help a great deal if the therapist 's the same gender as the same person who 's undergoing therapy and it also helps if it 's er sometimes you ca n't very easily with some therapists , y'know it sometimes erm helps if it 's somebody you can trust and confide in and stuff like that and obviously , having met various psychiatrists and clinical psychologists , er quite a number of them are not people I 'd particularly like to talk about about being abused as a child .
19 Never allow a young dog in particular to have free access in a car , because inevitably it will prove a distraction and may even cause an accident .
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