Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An adjustment of this kind would serve to promote recovery , and it should also go some way to reassure international opinion . |
| 2 | It is an aspect of self-determination : the point is conceded in the fact that suicide is no longer an offence , and it should therefore follow that consent to injury should negative any offence . |
| 3 | Radio must serve the interests of everyone , not of particular religions , regions or social and economic groups , and it could best do this if not subject to the direct control of a ministry . |
| 4 | Arguments in favour are that the video recording gives a more complete record because it shows what the lecturer writes on the board or displays on the Overhead Projector and it can also cover any demonstrations that are part of the lecture . |
| 5 | It can confer certain powers and responsibilities upon regional and local authorities , and it can also remove those powers . |
| 6 | They do , however , run a yearly course in sexually transmitted diseases in Santiago , but it may well take more than that to make any impression at all on disease levels . |
| 7 | It may , but it may also break some of the bricks . |
| 8 | This might mean that the parish boundary was defined by later prehistory at least , but it might also indicate that definition occurred later using a well-defined pre-existing feature . |
| 9 | But it might occasionally happen that , rather than give way , the Government might prefer to reconstruct itself as a Coalition Government with the support of some middle-of-the-road members of the Opposition . |
| 10 | Such a state of affairs would , of course , protect serious public discussion of matters of social importance but it would also debase much of the discussion of public affairs . |
| 11 | I might well never find out where it was , but it would certainly contain some pupils whom the teacher had chosen because she thought they were bright and co-operative and others would almost certainly have been excluded because of their uncooperativeness or lower intelligence . |
| 12 | Its action should be stiff enough to cast accurately and not to ‘ give ’ too much when striking , but it should still retain enough of its shock-absorber effect to cushion the resistance of a slab-sided bream when first struck into . |
| 13 | But it could also signify that writing from the heart is different from poetry , the muse 's injunction being meant as a dismissal , exiling Astrophil from poetry 's realm . |
| 14 | Not only can it serve as an indicator of status , but it can also throw some light on changing settlement developments , which will be examined in the following chapters . |
| 15 | Under duress it may flee and hide , but it can only do this occasionally . |
| 16 | Er , but it can certainly indicate that er , more things are required . |
| 17 | Personally I do n't think this is as ethical as removing the bolts prior to a repeat ascent , but it will undoubtedly please many people . |
| 18 | If the wishes of the dead person are known , namely if he has made a will , the process will be easier , but it will still take some ti me to go through all the necessary procedures . |