Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just as Harry was preparing to aim a kick at this driver where it might hurt , the man offered him more milk , saying that he was a Frenchman doing forced labour and had recognised Harry 's RAF uniform — by now extremely unsuitable for pay parade ! |
| 32 | The only site conserved between rat and human CD2 ( Asn 112 ) places the oligosaccharide at the bottom of domain 2 , where it might interact with the cell surface , opposite the highly basic surface of the GFCC' sheet . |
| 33 | It has even refused to injunct a magazine which had published an allegation it could not justify , where it might succeed at trial for other reasons : Soraya Kashoggi sought an injunction to withdraw " Woman 's Own " from circulation when it published a statement that she was having an extra-marital affair with a Head of State . |
| 34 | It could be a hazard only where it might build up in poorly ventilated buildings . |
| 35 | Claims to leadership of national antislavery opinion also involved hopes of influencing British government policy where it might make a difference — for example , in negotiations over the continuing problem of slave trade suppression and on particular issues such as American fugitive slaves in British territories or terms for British recognition of the independence of Texas . |
| 36 | So my reading of the evidence so far is that they did n't want a body lying around on the river bed , where it might come up sometime , or perhaps even be found by divers , but they wanted him carried under water well out to sea . " |
| 37 | There was still a dark blob , where it might have hit the wall . |
| 38 | Apart from these texts there are a few which are revealing for the opposite reason : they deny the existence of a trust where it might have been expected . |
| 39 | The reconceptualisation which feminism is attempting has a direct and vital bearing on central philosophical issues , not only in political philosophy where it might have been expected , but also in epistemology , ontology , philosophy of mind , and ethics . |
| 40 | To Cnut and some of his contemporaries this world still mattered , and evidence of this has been found where it might have been least expected . |
| 41 | Altogether , Scorpius has much to offer , though it is of course best seen from southern latitudes , where it can pass over the zenith . |
| 42 | The safest way to introduce it is in the skimmer , where it can sterilize the water as it passes through . |
| 43 | Some of the greatest sufferers in this respect are such prized works as Jane Austen 's , where it can make a surprising difference to the price . |
| 44 | These rate CCG 's level of service , allowing the company to identify areas where it can make improvements . |
| 45 | From the group 's perspective , it desires to be involved where it can influence the final shape of a policy so that it maximizes the benefits and minimizes the losses to its members . |
| 46 | Potentially damaging conflict between these subgroups is avoided by channelling mutual competition into an avenue where it can benefit the group as a whole . |
| 47 | Capital , very often originating from abroad , is being concentrated more in the industrial centres , not just towns but big cities where it can prosper . |
| 48 | Keep your front guard hand close to your face where it can give protection . |
| 49 | Normally groundwater supplies are of high quality and need little treatment , but the source of groundwater is rainfall that percolates through the soil , where it can dissolve substances , man-made or natural , beneficial or deleterious , present in the soil . |
| 50 | It reaches 12″ long and has been bred in captivity — but in outdoor ponds where it can burrow its distinctive hiding place in the bank . |
| 51 | Where it can pick up everybody 's conversation . |
| 52 | Among other things , Christopher said Western assistance must be better co-ordinated and targeted where it can have the greatest impact . |
| 53 | Where a government is very keen to press on with its programme , and where it can foresee that it would otherwise be frustrated by pressure of time , it can move that a timetable be adopted for a particular measure and , if the House so resolves , the Business Committee of the House will arrange a programme for a particular Bill , setting aside a specific number of days for each stage . |
| 54 | The ostrich , on the other hand , will eventually be able to return to the spot it knows so well , where it can resume its parental duties . |
| 55 | Research in HCI has now reached a stage where it can begin to tackle these problems effectively . |
| 56 | A teaching carrel may also be found in some well-equipped reference libraries , where it can take the form of an enclosed cubicle large enough for one person , with a door and a high window . |
| 57 | Does the Minister support British Rail 's policy of siting freight depots only where it can find developers to put money into facilities around the depot ? |
| 58 | Thus , the first ischaemic episode primarily translocates PKC into the membranes , where it will stay for about an hour . |
| 59 | From there , it will be transported 1,000 miles overland to Chengdu , at the foot of the Tibetan Mountains , where it will reassembled at the site of a tube-making company . |
| 60 | I can see just where it will go , she said . |