Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Well again it could be sinister if things get out of hand , but er , er , and I think the speaker 's warning in that respect is fully justified .
32 Well okay it might be obvious but it does n't give you the right answer .
33 I mean if the government is er taxing and pr channelled that money properly then it should be able to do the job of private investors
34 The first irradiated fuel will be dismantled in the new cell in January 1995 and from then on it will be available for alternative use with IFD 2 .
35 Well he would would he he would design everything and then obviously it would be important for him to get it sent out .
36 If every company conducted the same business , were of the same size , even had the same plans for expansion — then perhaps it would be safe to assume that their asset financing requirements , too , would be the same .
37 If we must have argument then perhaps it could be constructive .
38 Throughout the 1980s the expanding prison population caused Home Office administrators to question how long it would be possible to go on supplying an unlimited number of places , at enormous cost , for however many convicted or remand prisoners were sent to them by the courts .
39 to see how long it will be safe to skate .
40 Also , given the meetings of the Trevi group of Ministers and the development of Europol , perhaps the Minister can say how soon it will be possible for other EC police forces to gain access to Britain 's police national computer and what restrictions will apply .
41 If the discount applied to the lire were only 1 per cent as suggested above , then clearly it would be possible to gain over all by earning an extra 2 per cent on the lire deposit and accept that this would be reduced by 1 per cent as the cost of forward cover , making a 1 per cent gain overall in comparison with staying in sterling and importantly be fully hedged .
42 How far it would be appropriate to the Hong Kong context I do not know .
43 The remedy could have been more appropriately applied if those prescribing it had offered us a clearer understanding of what a clause is and how far it may be similar to various other structures .
44 But if I can get it to Andernesse somehow , she thought , then surely it 'll be safe and everything will stop … ’
45 But if there were a sea change , and they became the majority that meat eaters are at present , and if this were fuelled by the arguments of Regan or Singer , then surely it would be reasonable to expect a knock-on effect in the other contentious areas .
46 And , if one accepts the concept that the spirit is journeying through many lifetimes in order to achieve that degree of evolution which makes it unnecessary to spend further time on this earth , then surely it must be essential to experience life both as a man and as a woman .
47 But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction .
48 If perfume was accepted by Jesus then surely it must be acceptable to everyone .
49 But if they were to meet away from school , out of uniform , no longer under the watchful eye of the masters and mistresses in their chalk-marked black gowns , then maybe it would be different .
50 If just one of them had sent one of their grandmothers , and I could come out of the sun , and if I could have a silenced chain-saw , then maybe it would be fair .
51 In Leetham ( Henry ) & Sons Ltd v Johnstone-White [ 1907 ] 1 Ch 322 Farwell LJ commented : … a man whose business is a corn miller 's business , and who requires to protect that , can not , if he has also a furniture business , require the covenantee who enter into his service as an employee in the corn business to enter into covenants restricting him from entering into competition with him in the furniture business also , because it is not required for the protection of the corn business in which the man is employed , however much it may be beneficial to the individual person , the owner both of the corn business and of the furniture business .
52 Okay so it would be illegal for you to erm
53 Because this is not used very often it may be stuck in the closed position over an empty cistern if the contents have evaporated .
54 Very often it will be possible to put forward an alternative or modified route , and sometimes , for an inquiry , the Department may undertake to draw this up in detail .
55 Okay well it will be interesting to see what er what other people have , have said about it because I was sort of fishing around a bit in the dark and looking at the stats manual
56 Very occasionally it may be necessary , due to unforeseen circumstances , to change a hotel of some other part of your holiday arrangement after the holiday has commenced , in which event we will do our best to maintain the overall standard of the holiday arrangements .
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