Example sentences of "[noun] it [modal v] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alameda 's trump card is the job losses it could suffer and , beyond it , the cumulative loss of defence jobs in California . |
| 2 | In any case the overriding question for a constituency party is not how many candidates it might field but how few it must . |
| 3 | To European eyes it may seem that in summer their cities and beauty spots are overrun by Daughters of the Revolution in trainers and beige macks , but most Americans take their holidays in America . |
| 4 | To some temperaments it may seem that in crediting myself only with a capacity to choose between reactions which themselves are not chosen but caused , I would be representing myself as something less than human . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not sure what good it can do but I 've been thinking over what you said about Barney Willard . |
| 6 | Although Crawford was one of the few Test cricketers to play in spectacles it would seem that his eyesight was not so poor that he could not be used by the military . |
| 7 | They 're also looking at some of the data integrity erm issues one of which is potentially quite a major problem and the new system will for any qualifying plans , once the new system is in , if a policy 's in arrears it will try and collect the arrears and it will collect up to a maximum of two premiums each month until the policy 's in force and up to date . |
| 8 | In the future it may complement or even replace standard techniques such as phage typing . |
| 9 | The speaking clock is sponsored by a watchmaker , raising the awkward question of how much of a future it can have if everyone buys watches . |
| 10 | As most of the time taken is used up in searching through the various models the speed of the system will be a trade-off between the range of speakers it can understand and the number of words in the vocabulary . |
| 11 | In other words it would mean that battles could be won which people have previously thought could not even be fought . |
| 12 | For example , if a school has attempted to improve its image in the neighbourhood it may feel that it has been successful if the number selecting the school for the following academic year increases . |
| 13 | At first glance it may seem that the TPS in Mid Glamorgan has become diluted as more and more time is spent on other partnership activities . |
| 14 | When attempting to communicate in the absence of adequate structure , care should be taken to learn enough about any differentiation to be able to predict the effect it will have and make allowance for it . |
| 15 | It 's quite clear from papers issued by the EC that in the medium and long term shipbuilding is more than a viable industry it will grow and prosper . |
| 16 | If you thrash a horse it will hurt but if you touch it with a whip it 's a tactile thing which is far less than a horse nudging another one |
| 17 | ‘ What people do n't realise is how much distress it can cause when a horse is taken how much they become part of the family . ’ |
| 18 | On the wording of the statute it would seem that an effective entry into the building is sufficient without the accused 's going so far as to be in a position to effect his ulterior intent . |
| 19 | No one can tell what stimulus it may bring or the fruit it may bear in creative work by later generations . |
| 20 | Scotland has seventy-two MPs ; pro rata with England it should have but fifty-eight . |
| 21 | But Rowland 's offer has been dismissed out of hand by Brent Walker and unless the bond holders , owed £102m in all , agree to the restructuring plan involving BW 's 47 bankers it would appear that the directors will have no other alternative but to put the company into receivership . |
| 22 | So in so far as that affects the confession it may mean that it could be removed but that 's really completely irrelevant to you because erm that 's his confession , not evidence against him . |
| 23 | You 've got er , all the tones it should have but , the overall crispness , sharpness I 'm afraid , is lost . |
| 24 | If the National Health Service Management Executive was to tackle this issue it might find that it was pushing at an open door . |
| 25 | Mrs J. Ramsay MacDonald believed that while a prohibition on married women 's work would cause distress in the short term , in the long run it would ensure that men provided for their families . |
| 26 | from her body ; comments about the weather from Chollie Jenevein , the gasman ; chemical tips from pharmacist Ferd Sunderland , who knew the Latin name of every cactus , root and fungus in the sand , plus the effects it would produce if chewed , smoked or swallowed ; too many others to distinguish individually . |
| 27 | For the speaker can not settle what he means by settling on the effects it will produce as he can settle what he is setting out to mean in saying it . |
| 28 | At Helgö it would appear that each mould was used for one casting only . |
| 29 | Texas-based Enron said Teesside was among several sites it may consider if it goes ahead with plans to build a new petrochemical plant in Europe . |
| 30 | Apart from Ireland it would seem that the smaller European countries have contained the situation better than have the larger ones , but this is an artefact since other small countries such as Belgium , Netherlands and Denmark follow the same trend as the larger countries . |