Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] to it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It the statement is taken in this way , a hearer should assent to it only if he believes that I have the belief . |
| 2 | As the surplus value or , as we should refer to it today , profit is reaped by the capitalist the system is unjust in that it enables the owners to exploit the workers . |
| 3 | The next Opposition party should agree more timetabling of Bills early in the new Parliament , and we should keep to it . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps you should see to it before it blows us all up , Nurse . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Grave men should resort to it frequently . |
| 6 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 7 | You must see to it … that the Doctor … dies … ’ |
| 8 | We can better keep care of Denbigh and Mold and Flint from there , and I must see to it that Ruthyn is properly garrisoned , now that Grey 's gone . |
| 9 | I must see to it . |
| 10 | The authorities must see to it that there is a tried and tested method of reading the danger signals and offering counselling to those with access to firearms . |
| 11 | Now they should stick to it . |
| 12 | In Committee , the Minister invariably points out that Parliament has a simple way of dealing with orders and that we should stick to it . |
| 13 | Another view of some civil law courts is that neither set of conditions can apply to the contract ( since the parties manifestly wanted the contract to exist , acted as if it did , but could not agree as to which of their sets of standard conditions should apply to it ) . |
| 14 | Like the immortal ‘ Old Bill ’ in Bruce Bairns father 's First World War cartoon of the trenches , the patient British urged their neighbours that if they knew of ‘ a better'ole ’ they should go to it . |
| 15 | If an employer is committed to an agreed procedure or customary arrangement regarding redundancies , he should adhere to it . |
| 16 | For if there really is only one version of good primary practice then it becomes obvious that everyone should subscribe to it . |
| 17 | So one has acquired scientific knowledge when one has a series of syllogisms which , on the basis of ‘ formal ’ definitions and other first principles , demonstrates that certain properties of a species must belong to it . |
| 18 | BELVILLE : Aye , Lady Davers , and there we must all end , you with your pride and I with my plentiful fortune must come to it , and then where will be your distinction ? |
| 19 | ‘ We must wave to it ! ’ he shouted . |
| 20 | That is the authentic voice of industry and commerce in Northern Ireland , and surely Opposition Members should listen to it . |
| 21 | We need the horse to listen to us , but we must listen to it , be receptive to it , so that we can anticipate and offset the real possibility of a horse 's emotions becoming too extreme and consequently it being most uncooperative . |
| 22 | If you work for an organisation which dictates a house-style , then you must conform to it in your correspondence , but you should remember that there are a number of equally valid alternatives . |
| 23 | It is a ‘ right ’ to the extent that , at the trial , the prosecution may not comment at all on the accused 's failure to answer questions and the judge may refer to it , but not adversely : the point is that in no circumstances should silence be used against an accused person . |
| 24 | to advise the Secretary of State on such matters concerned with the curriculum for maintained schools as he may refer to it or as it may see fit |
| 25 | to advise the Secretary of State on such matters concerned with examinations and assessment as he may refer to it or as it may see fit |
| 26 | They may refer to it or harbour it secretly and allow it to sour their trust and love . |
| 27 | That person may bring to it their own considerable skills and preferences but may have become inflexible and may have defined the job by their own way of doing it . |
| 28 | On the contrary , a variety of interpersonal , social , and psychological factors may contribute to it . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll tell you what to do , and you 'll jump to it ; or else ! ’ |
| 30 | His characteristic method is to make a statement so large or vague as to be practically meaningless , then to qualify that statement by explaining what he does not mean by it , and finally to outline the reasons why he does not propose to discuss matters arising from it ; he apologizes , at this point , for wandering off course but , instead of clarifying or refining his original proposition , he classifies the arguments of those who might object to it and proceeds to deal with their objections . |