Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] it [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or rather it would be a bit dishonest if I did n't . |
| 2 | Or rather it will be if the health-care proposals come with a price tag that requires the taxpayer to finance an extra $100 billion or so of government spending a year . |
| 3 | Sculpture parks are an enjoyable innovation of the late twentieth century , or perhaps it would be better to say a welcome adaptation of an existing practice . |
| 4 | One of the most popular demands of ‘ boy labour ’ and other sympathetic reformers , or perhaps it should be described as an aspiration , for that is what it was , referred to the creation of ‘ a satisfactory race of citizens ’ . |
| 5 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 6 | If a BCRS member has a copy , then I would very much like to borrow it , or perhaps it could be published in the Journal . |
| 7 | For that all-important post-race feast ( or perhaps it will be just a meagre affair ) be aware of where the carbohydrates are coming from and maybe increase the volume . |
| 8 | Three or more it will be all play and if we win it we 've won the game . |
| 9 | Yet there are optimists too in Beijing who point to internal conflicts of the post-massacre leadership , its empty rhetoric and lack of moral authority as grounds for confidence that sooner or later it will be consumed like a stack of dry firewood . |
| 10 | Selkirk , Ruthven , Irvine … sooner or later it will be our turn . |
| 11 | She may start to release her emotions fully during or after the service , or she may go through all the ritual connected with it in a daze , but sooner or later it can be expected that the flood-gates of her grief will open and she will then begin to work her way through the multiplicity of problems that lie ahead of her . |
| 12 | As Max Friedlander wrote , " Still life can be a symbol of life in flower , or equally it can be the symbol of ruin and death " . |
| 13 | The form may be a simple balance sheet or alternatively it may be necessary to prepare something equivalent to annual statutory accounts including details such as a cash flow statement complying with Financial Reporting Standard No 1 which replaces statements of source and application of funds provided under SSAP No 10 . |
| 14 | An incorrect method of doing so could be held procedural only , or alternatively it could be held to negate consent . |
| 15 | It 's , it 's stronger weight for weight , you see , or well it can be in certain circumstances . |
| 16 | Also , if the market is not defined early the wrong ‘ working application ’ may be used or indeed it may be found , too late , that there is no commercial application at all . |
| 17 | so erm er or indeed it may be if , if you ask him or if you ask in the general office it may of erm tt it may have it may have been marked by now and so er |
| 18 | So , it 's not chickenfeed when you start to er , or maybe it would be chickenfeed |
| 19 | ‘ Or maybe it will be a little sister . ’ |
| 20 | There are two extremes : either it can be decided that the creditors are free to distrain on trust property as on any other ; or else it may be decided that the trust property is exempt from such execution . |
| 21 | In literature either a device is presented exclusively for its defamiliarizing effect , or else it may be motivated — that is to say its presence as a device is disguised by a veneer of realism . |
| 22 | Or else it might be that Hilbert had left Adam some small memento or keepsake … |
| 23 | ‘ It is imperative that the government responds positively to the report or else it will be psychologically damaging to research , ’ said Dr Jim Howe of Edinburgh University 's Artificial Intelligence Department . |
| 24 | A ‘ liveable ’ street must not have fast or heavy traffic , or else it will be abandoned to transport , even though its design may not be appropriate for this use . |
| 25 | And here cos you ca n't say anything and eventually it 'll be . |
| 26 | The answer seems to lie in facing up to the fact that one particular cycle or era has finally come to a close and therefore both personally and professionally it would be wiser to channel your energies into something new . |
| 27 | And suddenly it could be a story , a funny story that was making Hermione laugh . |
| 28 | And so it 'll be a gentle , I hope and er , reflective type of weekend and er using some of the tools of Ignatius and other tools , cos Ignatius was very er , adaptable er , you know in in methods of prayer and reflection and contemplation . |
| 29 | And it 'll be really good sort of like funk go with , you know , sort of soully music and so it 'll be really nice I think . |
| 30 | Furthermore , apart from the fact that it is often unclear , as a matter of law , whether a decision is illegal or not ( and so it would be unsafe just to ignore it ) , it is not the case that a void decision is for ever void . |