Example sentences of "[adj] and it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this doctrine , all law must be old and it must be good ; if it conforms to both these rules , it can not be overthrown . |
| 2 | Often the outfall will be off-site and it may be necessary to provide a storm water sewer of over a mile to achieve an outfall acceptable to the water authority . |
| 3 | The impact of computers on almost every aspect of industrial life has been most marked and it would be strange if R&D and project management had escaped . |
| 4 | Mother replied , ‘ But it is nice to be different ; people are all different and it would be boring if we all looked the same . ’ |
| 5 | As a consequence , the boundaries will be more distinct and it may be possible to identify more sub-areas . |
| 6 | It must be personal and it must be specific . |
| 7 | confidentiality is crucial and it would be wrong to expect someone else to take over |
| 8 | The whole process will be easy and it will be fun . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought 14 years was a fair spell but I felt a bit sad and it will be hard to let go but I am preparing myself for that . |
| 10 | Set your opening move too low or unambitious and it will be difficult later to achieve a settlement well away from this starting point . |
| 11 | Giacobbi 's observations certainly apply to the bigger record companies where corporate paranoia is rife and it can be difficult to get something new or different through the system . |
| 12 | The players are very down and upset and it will be difficult to lift them for Tranmere . |
| 13 | Guinness II , the trial of Guinness 's merchant bankers Roger Seelig and Lord Spens on charges of fraud , collapsed when the judge ruled that Seelig was mentally ill and it would be unfair to proceed against Lord Spens alone . |
| 14 | However , you may not always be so lucky and it may be necessary to return to the site the next day . |
| 15 | The trail appears to have gone cold and it would be difficult now to resurrect it successfully , but the incomplete notes are available as received if anyone would like to look at them . |
| 16 | It is very difficult to see how Germany is less centralised and it should be clear that the ‘ subsidiarity ’ principle is merely an allocation of competence , as in the hierarchy of a company , rather than a distribution of power . |
| 17 | ‘ The town is buzzing and it will be great to be involved in first-team football again . |
| 18 | The administration costs would be endless and it would be difficult to prove exactly how many times a local pub rock group has played any one song . |
| 19 | First he sent him to the Jews to be tried as they said , then he sent him Herod then Pilate thought , if I scourge him that will satisfy them , let me just give him a beating and the folk will be happy and it 'll be alright . |
| 20 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 21 | Cos this is important and it can be confusing and , and there is t er there is a little of a paradox in here , which will come out even more clearly next week , oh no the week after . |
| 22 | Editing facilities in viewdata or database programs should be available and it should be possible to change records , delete data , move up and down the screen and save data . |
| 23 | The , the only thing that I would say Chairman is that erm planning and er er the role of planning is related amongst other things to development and every single solitary er element in development has an effect , maybe only small and it may be distant , but does have an effect on er water falling as rain and thereby on run-off . |
| 24 | Make it thick and it would be soft enough , and warm enough . |
| 25 | Careful , that 's it , right jump straight in the car then , cos it 's open and it 'll be warm |
| 26 | It 's melancholy and difficult and it can be stressful but that does n't stop the sub- text from sometimes being extremely funny . ’ |
| 27 | The number of top lady paddlers in sprint , shalom and coaching is legion and it would be invidious of me to select names although one has honoured canoeing by being awarded an MBE a few years ago and more recently one has completed almost the ultimate in canoe expeditions by paddling round the Horn . |
| 28 | Things were too uncertain and it would be wrong to raise false hopes . |
| 29 | In this case the waste disposal authority 's consent would be necessary and it may be subject to conditions . |
| 30 | ‘ The manager has not given me any indication whether I will play but I am ready and it would be nice if I could . |