Example sentences of "[subord] it [modal v] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claims to leadership of national antislavery opinion also involved hopes of influencing British government policy where it might make a difference — for example , in negotiations over the continuing problem of slave trade suppression and on particular issues such as American fugitive slaves in British territories or terms for British recognition of the independence of Texas . |
| 2 | And its ambitions spread much wider still — into realms where it could come a cropper |
| 3 | Again , it has been held that the Prison rules are merely ‘ regulatory ’ and that breach of them can not give rise to a cause of action for damages although it may found an application for judicial review . |
| 4 | These criticisms are , in many respects , justified although it would seem a bit far-fetched for historians to believe that the Labour Party , even in alliance with the Communist Party , could have forced a National government with an overwhelming parliamentary majority , to have capitulated to external pressure . |
| 5 | Although it can take a panoply of four-dimensional shapes , Dr Tipler prefers it to be a single point ; in the manner of the 20th-century Catholic evolutionist and mystic , Teilhard de Chardin , he calls it the omega point . |
| 6 | Communication in this sense is not a topic of discussion in this book , although it will form an element of your course in the Organisation in its Environment unit . |
| 7 | Even in these cases the court has a discretion to order jury trial , although it will apply a presumption in favour of trial by judge alone if satisfied that otherwise the trial would be so complicated , costly and lengthy that the administration of justice would be likely to suffer . |
| 8 | Although it will take a while to complete a fully working graphics adventure game , the creation is very enjoyable and , who knows , you may even end up with a game that can be sold through the shareware concept . |
| 9 | When a woman looks in the mirror , she sees the totality of her being : because of the social brainwashing to which she has been subjected , the mirror seems to tell her more than it can tell a man . |
| 10 | However , their initial charge is 6% , so it would take a while to get any return on your money ! |
| 11 | Complex component testing even with ATE available can take hours ( >4 hours ) and sometimes days , so it can take a lot of valuable testing time just to declare ‘ no fault found ’ . |
| 12 | We are addressing that end of criminality so it will have an impact locally . |
| 13 | The evidence was of the way in which the rocks of the oceanic crust are magnetized ; it 's not the kind of thing that one comes across every day , so it will take a bit of explaining . |
| 14 | A jagged piece of rock , which looks like it could shear a boat in two , looms out of the spray , and disappears . |
| 15 | But if it might stop a massacre … ’ |
| 16 | Milk Race organisers had asked Richmondshire District Council if it would support a sprint section through the town , but the recreation committee was told last night it would have to pay £1,000 £600 for prize money and £400 as a management fee . |
| 17 | It sounds as if it should have a K usually most words if you 're not sure and they start with a c sound put a C . |
| 18 | Yet Labour can not hope to control any debate at Westminster from which Scottish MPs are excluded , even if it should win a majority at a future election . |
| 19 | ‘ Be some tulips out by now if it 'd bin a bit warmer . |
| 20 | ‘ It looks as if it could take a week — or more , ’ he read her question . |
| 21 | For example , as it is very time-consuming to produce a teaching unit , one approach would be only to accept an idea if it could produce a unit that ; ( i ) can be used by a wide range of teachers whose style of teaching varies a great deal ( ii ) can be of use to a wide age-range of pupils ( iii ) can be of use to a wide ability-range of pupils ( iv ) can encourage work on concepts as well as on content ( v ) may be of use in more than one subject discipline ( vi ) is suitable for demonstration mode with a large class ( vii ) is suitable for small groups or individuals to use ( viii ) can be used to produce further teaching materials ( ix ) can be used in teacher-training . |
| 22 | I see that the title is down as Historical Memory , but I would prefer to call it , if it must have a title , Memory of History . |
| 23 | What they can not be sure of is how the atmosphere will react , and if it will reach a point of no return . |
| 24 | Cos it will cause a crisis |
| 25 | The company has a continuing obligation to pay the head-lessor for the rents due under the lease , but it may not be able to recover any of that cost in the future unless it can find a sub-lessee . |
| 26 | So construed , section 9(4) would have some effect , because it would prevent a court from ordering a Crown officer or servant to give evidence of the executive branch 's current attitudes or policies , but it would be of very limited scope . |
| 27 | About half the remainder had firm reasons for preferring cash to credit at least in this instance — because it was cheaper , or because it would avoid a chain of later bills , for example . |
| 28 | One can not have a single quark on its own because it would have a color ( red , green , or blue ) . |
| 29 | She chose a dry martini because it would have an olive she could eat . |
| 30 | Mr Charlesworth said it was important because it would provide an incentive for countries to bring their standards into line with international ones . |