Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When my hon. Friend is discussing rights , I ask him to accept that it should be emphasised that a guillotine gags Parliament and many others outside . |
| 2 | Obviously , not all elderly parents who live alone are in need of a great deal of assistance : they just like to know that it would be available if they wanted it . |
| 3 | They have to want to pass on information , have to trust that it will be taken seriously , and have to be given appropriate decision-making powers . |
| 4 | This is by no means the end of the matter , because the Council still intends to pursue its objectives by other means , but it certainly seems to indicate that it may be having second thoughts about the project 's viability and/or its acceptability . |
| 5 | This paragraph seems to indicate that it may be possible for a person who has received information in confidence which he could have obtained through other sources to relieve himself of the 'special disability " under which he is otherwise placed by going to those sources . |
| 6 | Lot seventy does not have a horn with it but Lot ninety two , the good news is it does have a reproducer er Lot one hundred and eleven should have a black dot against it to indicate that it will be removed from the premises if not cleared within the stated time Lot one seven four is withdrawn one nine one the estimate should read eight to twelve hundred and finally Lot one nine eight is withdrawn . |
| 7 | I have been given a large quantity of fabric and I would like to know if it would be suitable for painting in oils or acrylic . |
| 8 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 9 | And you want to know whether it would be more expensive . |
| 10 | Further work is needed to establish whether it should be included in an antibody panel . |
| 11 | Stylish yet comfortable maternity wear is n't always as easy to find as it should be . |
| 12 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 13 | There is a famous passage in which he invites us to acknowledge that it would be better that a world of which no one would ever be conscious should contain beautiful objects than that it should contain ugly objects . |
| 14 | But if someone were to claim that it would be a better world without birds and bears , trees and rivers , and the Dani people , then we would have to assume that they were either joking , lying , or crazy . |
| 15 | We have actually four questions and three subordinate questions which we were addressing and only one of them has been resolved so far and that is whether the Chairman of the Police Authority should be appointed by the Home Secretary or by the Authority and we are I think all have to agree that it should be by the latter . |
| 16 | Somehow they must be made to realize that it would be meeting a demand , a creditably innovative idea and not immoral , illegal or fattening , which really would make life , and death , a lot easier and cheaper for many . |
| 17 | It had n't taken Benedicta long to realize that it would be sheer cruelty to keep the marquis 's protégée penned within the confines of the convent . |
| 18 | And also you 've got to remember that it might be OK for Jamaican or West Indian or African women to be bigger when they 're older , but most of them were slim when they were young . |
| 19 | Definitions , of course , are only relevant to the interests they are constructed to serve and it would be fruitless to enter into a definitional argument as to what ‘ literacy ’ really is . |
| 20 | The baby monkeys can take up to 18 months to mature and it could be that long before Hickery Holler is reintroduced to the group . |
| 21 | I am beginning to wonder whether it will be necessary to get the chairman to come to St. Pancras before we can elicit the funds for the project . |
| 22 | The aim of this work was to see if it would be feasible to drill 6 kilometres down to reach rock strata containing water at 200 °C , hot enough to raise steam for power generation . |
| 23 | The PageMaker User Group ( now universally known as PMUG ) was established in the spring of 1989 as a result of a direct request from Aldus to a group of independent users to see if it would be possible to establish such an organisation . |
| 24 | The rear of the Toyota was only just clear of the water as I jumped out , checking to see if it would be possible using the low gear to push the rock over the edge . |
| 25 | Students should be encouraged to look at the other information in the financial accounting system to see if it would be helpful for managers in terms of monitoring , planning or control . |
| 26 | ‘ However , in deference to public opinion , the developers have decided to see if it would be at all possible to have the building renovated and brought back to its former glory . |
| 27 | It 's also worth looking at your present routine to see if it can be streamlined . |
| 28 | Crunching riffs , frantic sneer , a sound so chewy that Rowntrees are currently sticking it under the microscope to see if it can be put into a crisp candy coat , and a bloody horrible noise it all is . |
| 29 | But on Friday night news came through that VAT HQ had agreed to study the ER scheme ‘ to see if it can be classified as a training activity , which would be VAT exempt , rather than as a business activity , ’ Maxen reported . |
| 30 | Engineers from the DoT are to look at the southbound-only A1(M) and A66(M) interchange near the town to see if it can be adapted for northbound traffic . |