Example sentences of "the [noun sg] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If this were the case it would explain why they had not held meetings on this occasion . |
| 32 | If this were not the case it would be a dead subject , beautiful perhaps but boring . |
| 33 | Those cited by him included the following : it was a one-off opportunity ; there was a fear that despite the justice of the case it would not be sufficient to persuade the Government to recognise the principle by proposing legislation ; the practical impact would be limited as most cases would continue to be regulated by the various statutory regimes ; and it was consistent with Community law . |
| 34 | S.B. agreed that if that was indeed the case it would be his duty to take part in it . |
| 35 | This being the case it would have been good to have had some assessment of Kellner 's copy of the cello suites , recently issued in facsimile by Bärenreiter together with Anna Magdalena 's copy and two others . |
| 36 | If the Consortium eventually wins the case it would give other embattled communities and planning authorities fresh confidence to challenge outstanding IDO claims , rather than compromise . |
| 37 | If we printed details of the case it would make her identity too plain to the authorities but suffice it to say that she was detained with some others for celebrating a ‘ banned person ’ — Nelson Mandela . |
| 38 | She says if they had lost the case it would have opened the flood gates fort many more people to claim gypsy status and demand sites from the council . |
| 39 | Well if that 's the case it must be sorted out once and for all if the club is to go forward . |
| 40 | But it is one thing to say that once the House of Lords is seised of the case it must resolve all outstanding issues in the appeal itself . |
| 41 | If that were to be the case it could be a return to the profoundly damaging effects that the daily streaming , even in primary and elementary schools , produced in an earlier age . |
| 42 | Though intimidation was not discussed in the case it can not be that B could have avoided the binding nature of the contract by the simple device of counterclaiming for damages for intimidation and it seems therefore that for the purposes of intimidation the plaintiff should be required to show unlawful coercion at least of such a degree as would enable him to avoid a contract . |
| 43 | That being the case it will be necessary to tell her tomorrow . |
| 44 | ‘ Apart from the damage it would do to the ground I knew it would have to be ridden every day and then if it bolted or got stuck in the mud it would be my responsibility . ’ |
| 45 | It also explains why Mr Morita hastily withdrew his chapters of the book , for fear of the damage it might do to Sony 's sales . |
| 46 | This animal does not hibernate , but stores food for the winter , which means that the damage it can cause is out of proportion to its diminutive size . |
| 47 | But the damage it could do is spurring the Gulf states into unprecedented efforts to protect their shallow , near-landlocked waters . |
| 48 | He advised caution in the anti-bourgeois backlash , recognising the damage it could cause to the already frail economy . |
| 49 | The latter practice was discouraged because of the damage it could cause to the roof of the tunnel . |
| 50 | Though they ca n't be certain , Mrs Friel 's daughters believe that was the treatment their mother received , and they 're alarmed at the damage it could have caused her and many others like her . |
| 51 | and the advantage it would be , for the majority of endowments you 're gon na find out there for mortgage purposes , would not have living insurances attached to them . |
| 52 | Erm well we put two cats through as well so erm I think it all in all with the flights out and the flights back and the quarantine it must have been about three thousand pounds . |
| 53 | Really weird , honestly , when you , you really had the faith it would happen and it quite often |
| 54 | If Mendoros could land the contract it would eliminate the danger of under- utilised assets — and simultaneously confer a kind of official recognition . |
| 55 | Jimmy Knapp , general secretary of the biggest rail union , the Railway , Maritime and Transport Workers ' Union , said that if BR lost the contract it would be a ‘ devastating blow not only to the railways but also for the environment ’ . |
| 56 | However , where such a term is used simply to define the consequences of breach of an express term in the contract it can not be regarded as an exclusion clause . |
| 57 | ‘ All right , ’ he grudged , contemplating the hour it would take to drive it there . |
| 58 | She just wanted to go home and had started to worry about the hour it would take her to get there , the sorry state of her boots , the snow coming on . |
| 59 | If the People 's Party does badly in the election it may well reject the result . |
| 60 | At the election it will undoubtedly turn into a nightmare for them . |