Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that happens , to continue using it can be as bad as using no map at all . |
| 2 | And of course when it got heated it used to blow and it used to blow all the burning debris all over . |
| 3 | In communications , too , the Soviet Union has realised it must modernise or die , whatever the risk . |
| 4 | Anyone who has heard it will declare that this is but of a piece with all the rest ! ’ |
| 5 | However , the USA has said it may back the lifting of the UN embargo if the Serbs do n't sign a peace agreement soon . |
| 6 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |
| 7 | The US trade representative has said it would be like writing a cheque for $17,000 payable over ten years for every family of four in the world . |
| 8 | Austria — which , though not yet an EC member , has applied ‘ emergency brakes ’ on imports of eastern cement , fertilisers and tractors — has said it would be wrong for Austrian firms , having invested in environmental safeguards , to go bust because of competition from East European rivals who have not . |
| 9 | Sour note economic recession has said it would produce only 4.2 million tonnes of sugar this year , one of the lowest harvests in recent history . |
| 10 | The Scottish Office has said it would not allow schools with low rolls to opt out , but the parents claim they have enough schools ready to join in a rolling campaign of ballots which would delay closures by two years . |
| 11 | Takare Plc , which owns two homes in Suffolk , has said it can no longer guarantee its ‘ bed for life ’ pledge to residents . |
| 12 | Labour has said it will scrap the system . |
| 13 | The alternatives would seem to be handing General Noriega to the US forces to face trial on drug-trafficking charges , which the Vatican has said it will not do , or giving him up to the new Panamanian Government , which has already declared it ‘ has enough on him to put Noriega away for life ’ . |
| 14 | The bureau has said it will consider doing so if its estimates are good enough . |
| 15 | Secondly , Sweden , once against joining the European Community , has said it will apply for membership in June . |
| 16 | The Government has said it will accept around 4,000 refugees for six months . |
| 17 | Taunton Cider has said it will have to run six lorries a day with a road haulage company in place of the once a week service to Scotland . |
| 18 | The Greek Telecommunications Organisation , OTE , is expected to show a record $700m pre-tax profit this year compared to $400m in 1992 , Reuter reports from Athens : ‘ It will be a record profit allowing us to invest heavily in the modernisation of Greek telecommunications , ’ a government official said , adding that things would improve even more with OTE 's partial privatisation — the government has said it will sell 49% of OTE this year with 35% going to a foreign phone company ; it plans to invest about $1,000m in 1993 which will include 350,000 new digital lines , the transfer of 220,000 existing lines , many new digital centres and digging up 2,800 miles of trenches for cables . |
| 19 | Cleveland SSD has said it will ‘ defend strongly ’ its arrangement for drawing up contracts . |
| 20 | ‘ The AS/400 team has said it will move to the RISC architecture , which will allow it to increase the performance of its current microprocessor technology for a lower cost , ’ he said . |
| 21 | To assuage the criticism , the Basque government has said it will spend the equivalent of £16.2 million ( $28.35 million ) on urban projects in the area where the museum is going to be built . |
| 22 | She said the SSI has said it will look into the matter . |
| 23 | Russia has welcomed the Korean contribution of experts , equipment and funds to finance the survey , expected to cost US$400,000 , but has said it will have to continue dumping because it lacks the facilities or funds to process the waste on shore . |
| 24 | The American Lung Association has said it will sue the EPA to get it to revise the standards on particle pollution but many scientists argue that more data is needed before the effects of the pollution is properly understood . |
| 25 | The United States has said it will guarantee ten billion dollars in loans to Israel only if it stops building settlements in the occupied territories . |
| 26 | And now Oftel , the watchdog of the phone industry , has said it will withdraw the companies ' code of practice next month . |
| 27 | Sainsbury 's has said it will pull out altogether if a forthcoming appeal by Safeway for an out-of-town development at Blands ' Corner is successful . |
| 28 | British Rail has said it will reinstate Newton as a double-track junction . |
| 29 | If a settlement is not reached this week , Virgin has said it will sue BA through courts in the United States where damages could run into tens of millions of dollars . |
| 30 | Thomas Cook , the travel agency chain which has said it will tender for 12.5 per cent of Owners stock at 150p if the bid fails , moved into the market to pick up what may prove to be a crucial 8.4 per cent stake in Owners . |