Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] it [modal v] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coalition has rightly been ready to run these risks to get Iraq out of Kuwait ; but so long as it could achieve that central aim , how much better to do so without further fear of all the weapons in a tyrant 's armoury . |
| 2 | Mankind will lose out in the long run if wild varieties of crop plant species are allowed to die out as it will mean that |
| 3 | We show that provided the B's believe that A follows a linear strategy , then , it is best for A to behave in this way even if it can choose any strategy . |
| 4 | It is important to remember that illness does not strike ‘ out of the blue ’ even though it may seem that way at times . |
| 5 | But there 's no way I intentionally tried to hurt him , even though it might look that way . |
| 6 | As the project team commented : ‘ The public are naturally unwilling to accept change , particularly when it may involve some travelling disadvantage , unless they can recognise clear compensating benefits … . |
| 7 | But why do n't you allow them to run a similar course there because it would mean more student members |
| 8 | He was talking faster and faster , pulling an accordion pleat of plastic cards from his pocket , folding and unfolding it , slipping each card past the robot 's swivelling eye and puffing them all back again before it could read any of them . |