Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] it [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kindly take yourself back upstairs and shoot yourself very very quietly , depositing your carcass somewhere where it will not annoy us ! ’ |
| 2 | It hurt Emmie less than it would once have done . |
| 3 | But the Protestant Elizabeth , the queen whom he thought he was flattering by likening her to Deborah ( the prophetess who , with the help of the Lord , saved Israel from the Canaanites ) , was never to forgive him , and this ensured that his role in the years of success for the Scottish Protestants after 1560 was less than it might otherwise have been . |
| 4 | So while it may not seem obvious that two magmas , differing only by 5 or 10 per cent in silica content , should behave quite differently on eruption , this chain of cause and effect operates to produce very substantial differences indeed . |
| 5 | Unless you change it So whilst it may well represent , you know , a fair percentage of the client 's salary today , ten years down the line , it 's perhaps not gon na represent anywhere near the same percentage . |
| 6 | Clarity , which anticipated becoming that magical $100m company , has been criticized for putting in a $100m company 's infrastructure complete with six vice presidents long before it could financially justify it . |
| 7 | I asked him whether he felt that this work fed off the troubled times in Belfast , and if so whether it could also have a more universal appeal . |
| 8 | The problem with pen computing , as Nick Eades , IBM 's brand manager for portables , is the first to point out , is that the handwriting recognition software needs to be a whole lot better before it can really appeal to the masses . |
| 9 | For instance , a very good way is to make everything you do take twice as long as it would normally take you . |
| 10 | So though it wo n't provide a killing in one year , it may cut risk , he concludes . |
| 11 | ‘ All the evidence points to the fact that if people get the right advice at the right time , creditors are more likely to get what is owed to them , even though it may take longer than it would originally have done . |
| 12 | Sun Microsystems Inc has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and Distributed Computing Environment boxes on the bids : the Common Open Systems Environment will at least get it back in the running for a $20m deal at Boeing Co that requires Motif and Sun insiders reckon that the company will now include Motif in its price list almost immediately — the best guess is that SunSoft will offer reasonably priced Motif upgrades for Solaris 1 . |
| 13 | Sun Microsystems has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and DCE boxes on the bids . |
| 14 | Would n't look too good , just as it would n't look too good to the Führer if the facts came to his attention . ’ |
| 15 | I would feel very happy that there was an under , under provision if I , if I refer to the agenda item twelve , where it says if I read it right that there is twenty three point six percent industrial floor space unoccupied at present and I would have thought it was crazy to start er erm coming up and building even more cos it will just put that figure up will it not ? |
| 16 | Some reports suggest that OSF members are reluctant to fund ANDF any further because it will inevitably dim their distinguishing marks . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I grabbed the knife and bent it double so it could n't do any more damage . ’ |
| 18 | The system was the last shadow of the original shield in space , pursued partly because it contained exciting high technology , partly because it might possibly offer some worthwhile advantages , and partly because it could be used to show that Mr Bush had not turned his back on Mr Reagan 's dream . |
| 19 | But I mean , he can , he 's at King 's anyway tomorrow so it wo n't take him long to get home . |
| 20 | A simple replicator , whether gene or meme , can not be expected to forgo short-term selfish advantage even if it would really pay it , in the long term , to do so . |
| 21 | Uk Brother owners please note — the next time you phone Manchester , be thankful that there is someone to answer your problem , even if it may occasionally take a couple of days when all the staff are at a show . |
| 22 | Your body — even if it ca n't do Mr Kent 's maths tests or win the high jump — remains something that modern science can not copy . |
| 23 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
| 24 | I do not agree that Hampshire presented the case fairly , and I keep trying to obtain undertakings from Hampshire county council that , even if it can not support Government policy , it might at least present a more detached account of the case to parents when grant-maintained options are on the table . |
| 25 | The spread of literacy and of universal education may be more crucial in precipitating fertility decline , even if it can not occur without the development of a more market oriented economy , less based upon family and subsistence production , and a perception of real income growth . |
| 26 | James Loch , Edinburgh lawyer and Commissioner for Stafford 's Sutherland estates , reassured his master that : ‘ The adoption of the new system , by which the mountainous districts are converted into sheep pastures , even if it should unfortunately occasion the emigration of some individuals , is , upon the whole , advantageous to the nation at large . ’ |
| 27 | He argues that job evaluation is not the dire threat some make it out to be — simply because it may not catch on . |
| 28 | OSF is doing the final integration and testing of DME reportedly because it could n't get any of its members to take the job after the tussle IBM had integrating DCE . |
| 29 | If you 've got a per perfectly good answer , do n't start writing a load of waffle as well because it 'll only detract from your mark . |
| 30 | Even though it may not qualify for listing , the building may have interesting features — architectural details , original doors or internal fittings . |