Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [modal v] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role of the state was to be changed so that it would offer help in the last rather than in the first resort . |
| 2 | Given that change in circumstances , we , it was felt that it would be prudent to propose to members a change to the actual statement which was in place , so that it would permit consideration of longer term borrowing , in particular circumstances and where it 's in the interest of the authority , and have the flexibility to do so , in relating to the prudent managements of its affairs , Chairman . |
| 3 | One approach was to attempt to revise the idea of a liberal education so that it might provide guidance as to the proper application of science within society . |
| 4 | Sweden used to be part of the ‘ snake ’ ( predecessor of the European exchange-rate mechanism ) , but quit in 1977 , so that it could keep control of its own economic policy . |
| 5 | He concluded : ‘ It seems to me that the only purpose the FBI has in proposing such a law would be so that it can make telephone taps without the cooperation of the telephone company … in other words , what they are asking for is the ability to make warrant-less taps . ’ |
| 6 | The right-hand chambers of the heart pump ‘ used ’ blood to the lungs so that it can absorb oxygen . |
| 7 | If the bill and the reminder notice have been issued in accordance with the regulations and the charge is still outstanding , the magistrate must issue a liability order to the council so that it can take action against the defaulter . |
| 8 | It requires acting out the change in one 's own being and conduct so that it can take effect in the appropriate sphere . |
| 9 | Flexible so that it can take account of changing family circumstances over time . |
| 10 | I had no idea what having a baby would mean , only that it would make escape from Roundhay impossible . |
| 11 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 12 | It was just that it would make life a little easier . |
| 13 | With this scenario , assume next that the company decides to set its price initially at 56,700 and lets it be known generally that it will hold price at that level until the average cost per unit of cumulative output falls below that figure , whereupon the company will set its price at 20 per cent above the falling average cost per cumulative unit . |
| 14 | Although this event would signify the end not merely of another king in the nation , but of a dynasty which had so far extended unbroken into prehistory , no one had any idea just when it would take place . |
| 15 | In the early days of November the members of the Cabinet fell to arguing not whether there should be an election at all upon the issue , but exactly when it should take place . |
| 16 | THE United Nations relief agency UNHCR said yesterday that it would send aid convoys to challenge a Serb blockade of thousands of starving Muslims trapped in eastern Bosnia . |
| 17 | Glaxo 's scientists say omeprazole should be used sparingly because it might cause cancer ; Astra believes its drug is no more dangerous than ranitidine and has worked hard to prove it . |
| 18 | Article 86 prohibits the abuse of dominant market positions within the Common Market in so far as it may affect trade between member states : the fact that a business has a dominant or monopoly position is not in itself prohibited . |
| 19 | THE unholy tangle that is the Second Division promotion and relegation saga will be resolved today and it could mean heartbreak for three of football 's biggest names . |
| 20 | We will assume that the evaluation of every occam expression yields a value ( even though it may contain division by zero or an uninitialised identifier ) . |
| 21 | ‘ But it needs to be done , even though it may give offence to the French . ’ |
| 22 | So in point of fact idioms is you 'll find that they always fit in either this slot or in this slot , but you wo n't find an idiom which has to form such that if you remove the subject and verb from a sentence you can stick the idiom in there and it will make sense . |
| 23 | Beyond that it will have authority regarding other issues which is based on other considerations , such as superior expertise , economy of effort , immunity from temptations and blackmail . |