Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editing facilities in viewdata or database programs should be available and it should be possible to change records , delete data , move up and down the screen and save data . |
| 2 | ‘ After all , cricket is meant to be above all that — playing sport should be fun and it certainly is n't when you are confined to your hotel all the time . ’ |
| 3 | I think that spaghetti should be thin and it may often be referred to as spaghettini — it 's much less like eating long worms ! |
| 4 | If either one of us wanted to sleep with other people then that should be OK and it was a question of something we could work out and that would not necessarily break the relationship even if in fact it actually did . |
| 5 | Teaching must be alive and it can only be alive in the present moment — it is time-consuming to try to make stale bread palatable , and why bother when fresh bread is available ? |
| 6 | It must be personal and it must be specific . |
| 7 | It must be national and it must not be the plaything of any political party . |
| 8 | As you know , I must be quick or it will go hard . ’ |
| 9 | It must be symmetrical and it must hang free . |
| 10 | To be protected , the semiconductor topography must be original and it is not original if it is commonplace in the design field in question at the time of its creation ( section 213 of the 1988 Act ) . |
| 11 | According to this doctrine , all law must be old and it must be good ; if it conforms to both these rules , it can not be overthrown . |
| 12 | The tone of these programmes tends to be relentlessly promotional , but the occasional clip might be useable and it 's a source worth investigating if you are short of materials . |
| 13 | It might be necessary but it was not fun , and nothing would ever be fun again . |
| 14 | Unanimity was less marked in the scramble for office after Asquith 's departure ; " the three Cs " , Curzon , Chamberlain and Cecil , managed to keep official party interests to the fore by ensuring that Curzon rather than Carson should join the war cabinet — disloyalty might be useful but it should not be seen to pay . |
| 15 | The Acousticube might be small but it sports a heck of a lot of knobs and sockets . |
| 16 | It 's not it might be obvious but it 's not true . |
| 17 | Well okay it might be obvious but it does n't give you the right answer . |
| 18 | it might be obvious but it 's not a good idea |
| 19 | In hospital they told me they were going to do a routine examination and that it was going to be a twist in the scrotum or it was going to be a tumour ; and it might be benign or it might be malignant . |
| 20 | The nicotine craving might be intense but it is short-lived . |
| 21 | ‘ I know it 'll be hard but it 'll be better for Maureen in the long run . |
| 22 | It could be coincidental or it could have a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 23 | I told her I 'd be late but it 's already seven . ’ |
| 24 | She 'd have a fag with her coffee , and I 'd sit and watch the smoke making patterns in the air , and it 'd be quiet and it 'd be just her and me . |
| 25 | It 'd be wonderful but it wo n't happen . |
| 26 | For example , an interest group may be rich but it may be ill-organised , just as a poor group may enjoy power because it is active and well-organised . |
| 27 | Ellison 's role with swing and seam may be crucial and it must be earnestly hoped that his back , the source of trouble in the past , holds up to increased demands . |
| 28 | Although these feelings may originally be focused , whether appropriately or not , on colleagues or superiors within education , the targets may be inaccessible or it may be , or seem to be , too dangerous to tackle them directly . |
| 29 | For instance , what the Harlequins are doing with Troy Coker at the moment may be legal but it bears no relation to what the law should be or to what it should be seen to be . |
| 30 | " It may be dangerous and it may not , but I 'm taking no chances with it . |