Example sentences of "[noun prp] that it [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 I wholly agree with the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook that it would be inappropriate to oppose the Bill on Second Reading , but , like the right hon. Gentleman , I intend to look closely at what happens to it during its passage through the House .
2 AT&T Co 's plans to buy a big stake in McCaw Cellular Communications Inc still worry Standard & Poor 's Corp despite the company 's news on Tuesday that it would restructure its debt to cut its interest bill ( CI No 2,134 ) : it says it may still cut AT&T 's ratings , because although it will benefit from the move , uncertainties over the planned investment in McCaw will dominate the credit outlook until terms of the transaction and its structure are known .
3 But he 'd plainly told her on Tuesday that it would take a week or more to get the necessary replacement part , so what was the point in ringing him ?
4 Tuzla , 50 miles north of the Bosnian capital , declared on Saturday that it would join Sarajevo 's fast for those in eastern Bosnia .
5 The independence referendum had provoked warnings from Gorbachev that it would lead to a breakup of the Union and hence disaster .
6 The Supreme Soviet on Feb. 14 nevertheless supported a compromise proposal by Gorbachev that it should return to the question , and on Feb. 27 it approved in principle ( by 347 votes to 24 , with 43 abstentions ) a draft bill on creating the new presidency , and agreed to convene an extraordinary Congress .
7 The city council , backed by the government , announced on Friday that it would stop distributing the food aid that has kept Sarajevans alive during a ten-month siege until convoys reached eastern Bosnia .
8 I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different .
9 I agree with Dr Gillon that it would be more helpful to use the terms ‘ ethically indicated ’ and ‘ ethically not indicated ’ rather than ‘ ordinary ’ and ‘ extraordinary ’ .
10 There are so many other examples of literature from the Tudor and Stuart period which influenced Agatha Christie that it would be invidious to mention any of them .
11 His advisers have told Christie that it would be foolish to confront Lewis in Zurich , because that race comes too soon .
12 The Ukranian Supreme Soviet announced in early March that it would phase out operation of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor over the next five years before closing it down completely .
13 Briefly it occurred to Kelly that it would be sensible to lie .
14 We played badminton and sang folk songs , but we knew as we wept and prayed with refugees from Czechoslovakia that it would not be long before we were asked to make even the supreme sacrifice to stop , if we could , the Nazi menace .
15 The European Commission has warned AEA that it must correct its accounting and measurement systems before the plant reopens .
16 Germany has told Benin that it will not help with pesticide disposal until it refuses unnecessary donations .
17 Shame to England that it should be thus ! ’
18 The Welsh Water Authority issued a Red 2 flood warning , and BR 's Swindon control centre telexed Swansea that it would be ‘ probably imprudent ’ to allow the train 's departure .
19 When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’
20 It is part of the fascination of LTP that it can be studied experimentally at many levels , from the molecular to the behavioural ; at the same time , knowledge about properties of LTP feeds directly into theoretical investigations of information storage in distributed neural networks .
21 However , public opposition from the Roman Catholic Church in particular and objections from Austrian Airlines to transporting the refugees led the government to announce in early December that it would attempt to find jobs for the Romanians rather than deport them .
22 The ANC said in a statement after a stormy two-day leadership meeting in Johannesburg that it would accept multi-party government for a maximum of five years from the first one-person , one-vote election .
23 Andy is really happy with the way the sport has developed , agreeing with Frank that it must not become stylized .
24 Somehow she must convince Jake that it would be wrong to judge her harshly .
25 Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) has launched a new campaign against pollution by warning the directors of 14 industrial companies in Yorkshire that it will seek to prosecute them personally unless they take action to prevent their companies breaching water pollution laws .
26 Olivier flew straight out while Asher discreetly told Finch that it would be a good idea if he moved out of Vivien 's room .
27 She suggested that the wedding reception should be held at the Redmond house , telling Julia that it would help her mother to get over the loss of her house if she could organise the wedding .
28 May I ask er , er Mr that it would , whether she would now er pass forward the petition .
29 Despite assurances from GM that it would maintain the British content of Land Rover vehicles at existing levels , considerable unease was felt by many politicians .
30 No I do n't think it really makes an difference on the detailed alignment of an inner relief road , I think it 's basically the perception of motorists using er the system in that part of Harrogate and Knaresborough that it would be quicker to use the existing A fifty nine through Knaresborough than you go along one of the radial routes onto er the inner relief road .
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