Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mid-way through May the main rebel group , the Khmers Rouges , made it clear that it would no longer observe the ceasefire if the Jakarta talks collapsed without an agreement on the UN plan . |
| 2 | Although there is much to be said for freedom of information , it is not clear that it would greatly help individual aggrieved citizens . |
| 3 | ‘ The Community as a whole should make it absolutely clear that it would warmly welcome East Germany joining West Germany on the basis that it was not admitting a new member state to the Community , but simply recognising the extension of the territory of an existing member ’ , he stated . |
| 4 | It was not the intention , of course , that all of this should come to pass at one stroke , nor is it clear that it can ever wholly come to pass . |
| 5 | Eric Hammond of the Electrical , Electronic , Telecommunication and Plumbing Union said in The Daily Telegraph : ’ It is so fundamentally wrong that it will increasingly threaten Labour 's prospects of a national victory . ’ |
| 6 | In fact , we believe the concept is so popular that it may soon become a national , or even international event ’ . |
| 7 | Notes retails at around £400 a user ( with discounts on multiple purchases ) , and is getting so popular that it may well emerge as the de facto standard for disseminating information . |
| 8 | He regarded it with suspicion , as if afraid that it might suddenly sprout legs and run off . |
| 9 | Eventually , the star would be so dim that it could no longer be seen from the spaceship : all that would be left would be a black hole in space . |
| 10 | A relatively clear-cut organisation of this kind , later to become the typical form of internal structure of all foreign offices , had already been introduced in 1661 in Sweden , where the small machine for the control of foreign policy was still part of the royal chancery and hardly an independent entity at all ; but it is interesting that it should also have evolved relatively early in a country still so isolated and underdeveloped as Russia . |
| 11 | Even the best laid plans sometimes go wrong and it may occasionally be necessary for you to overdraw your account . |
| 12 | The emphasis is on beef but its milk yield remains adequate and it can still be considered a dual-purpose type . |
| 13 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 14 | Some were doubtful whether it would actually work , but all shared a hope of something new , and all were to be given an equal chance . |
| 15 | You are more likely to have a rug accepted by an auctioneer if you are prepared to put it up without a reserve ( a figure agreed between you and the auctioneer below which they will not sell the rug ) , but this is extremely risky as it could then be sold for far less than it is worth . |
| 16 | As a result , although the coverage is not as lively or interesting as it would probably be if the editors had more freedom , it is not nearly as stilted as many people feared ; it is certainly much better than the terribly restricted and monotonous presentation of the Canadian House of Commons . |
| 17 | The restored importance of indirect taxes , whatever its source , must , in the context of our earlier analysis , have made the UK tax system less progressive than it would otherwise have been . |
| 18 | The movement towards indirect taxation has therefore made the UK tax system less progressive than it would otherwise have been . |
| 19 | Ross is probably right that his is the more common sense view , but it may still strike us as extremely odd that it could ever be one 's duty not to do what which would certainly have the best results . |
| 20 | It has only been met twice this year , the budget is quite small for the amount of work we can continue to do is quite small er it 's quite possible that it would only need to meet once a year in future so it would be sensible to combine it with other non-policy and traffic matters as a working party . |
| 21 | Thymectomy has previously been reported to be of benefit in ulcerative colitis , but it is possible that it may also have a beneficial effect in Crohn 's disease . |
| 22 | However , two tunes stand out : the single ‘ One Love In My Lifetime ’ , and the alluring , groovy ‘ Looking For Someone ’ , a song so lazy that it must still be living with mum in middle-age . |
| 23 | The Cross is descending in the south-west , followed by the Pointers ; Canopus is so low that it will probably not be seen , and from parts of Australia and South Africa it actually sets . |
| 24 | Moreover , the strength of the kink is so low that it will often fail when the glider is only just off the ground . |
| 25 | It seemed strange that it should still be there , in a trunk . |
| 26 | Climbing in the rain makes you feel a lot more clever than it should rationally justify . |
| 27 | The grass is so dry it seems impossible that it can ever come to life again : yet the huge acacia trees along the riverbed are putting out blossom , delicate sprigs of green in anticipation of the rains to come . |
| 28 | Whenever Preston said anything that sounded remotely like Famous Last Words , he always said something else quickly , something so trite and meaningless that it could never tempt Fate . |
| 29 | The PCA legal adviser , Bob Rice , said : ‘ Reichmarks are totally worthless so it will obviously not be considered as a valid bid . ’ |
| 30 | The setting might appear incongruous but it can also be seen as being particularly poignant . |