Example sentences of "it and [adj] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of the world as each saw it and neither would give way to the other , or defer in any way to the other 's claimed priority in attention , preference or responsibility . |
| 2 | There must be money in it and that may be the reason for an attempt to fool the laboratory in its work with thermoluminescence . |
| 3 | " You might damage it and that would n't do . |
| 4 | But in his absence no-one was capable of providing it and that must be hugely worrying for Wilkinson , who has taken the biggest gamble of his successful career by selling the striker . |
| 5 | So it 's important to notice that in many species and certainly in ours , although males need not as you say make any contribution apart from their genes in principle , in fact males are heavy investors in offspring , albeit indirectly , so that must be important must n't it and that must |
| 6 | Well it 's never been serviced since the day we bought it and that must be a good ten years ago . |
| 7 | At any rate , everybody would think she had condoned his writing it and that should raise a fine storm for her . |
| 8 | If you have no back-ups , then one day you will lose it and that could be the end of your business . |
| 9 | I just the slightest sort of movement has readjusted it and this would not move at all ! |
| 10 | She , however , will be acutely aware of it and this will be an obstacle to cleaving . |
| 11 | Ultimately the attempt to undermine the power of the Prime Minister can be portrayed as an attempt to undermine the whole system of parliamentary democracy as we know it and this will not even be considered . |
| 12 | although we did notice , I mean , it and this will be during the er sixties anyway that erm , er the various new types of fittings that came out on er several of the London manufacturers were erm stepped up really were n't they you know |
| 13 | The meaning of a statement seems to be roughly what the speaker should have meant by it and this must in most cases be what the speaker does mean by it . |
| 14 | Everyone can talk about food , everyone can read about it and thousands can write about it . |