Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or ought it rather to suggest that the texts do not record the words of the classical jurists very precisely ? |
| 2 | There are also purist considerations : should the integrity of the original object be maintained , or may it be tampered with to display it to its best advantage ? |
| 3 | Or may it stand as it is , and ought to be ? ’ |
| 4 | Can it be farmed intensively or should it only be reared extensively ? |
| 5 | Should we just enjoy the things that touch us in a painting or should it spur us on to learn more ? |
| 6 | ‘ There ; ll be nobody left behind to grieve , ’ carolled Lehrer , looking on the bright side , Kahn , on the other hand , advocated massive investment in deep shelters so that at least the lucky half — or should it be the unlucky half ? — would be left behind to grieve , and to prove that war need not yet be quite abandoned as mankind 's most addictive sport . |
| 7 | Will Titanic memorabilia stay the course , or should it be put into the same category as Michael Jackson 's rhinestone glove ( £16,000 last year ) , something that will flower today and be consigned to the dusty bunkers of oblivion tomorrow ? |
| 8 | Should change be homogeneous and centrally directed in both design and implementation or should it be heterogeneous and decentralised ? |
| 9 | The Act which he had just steered through Parliament faced Emanuel with difficult choices : should it remain fully independent and operate outside the State system , or should it be incorporated within the local provision of schooling and become a voluntary-aided school ? |
| 10 | Or should it ? |
| 11 | Does this difference constitute a part of the variable capital or should it be considered as being part of the social surplus-value ? |
| 12 | Should it produce the rounded man , versed in life 's rich mysteries , yet having an awareness of his responsibilities to his craft , or should it procreate the technical expert whose knowledge of all things professional is without equal ? |
| 13 | Or should it be the station first , see about that job ? |
| 14 | On the other hand ( or should it be ‘ in the other hand ’ ? ) men believe that the penis is in some way a magical and versatile instrument that all men are proud to possess and all women should be desperate to acquire . |
| 15 | Or should it have : bad luck on him that labelmate Marvin Gaye was reaching a bigger audience with albums that sound overblown next to Robinson 's persuasive bedside manner . |
| 16 | Thus the question arises whether the APB should now wait until the ASB addresses the subject , or should it develop the guidance alone , or with other interested parties ? |
| 17 | Or should it be able , despite being owned by the State , to distance itself somewhat from political authority ? |
| 18 | Is it to be an up-to-the-minute design that will look good hanging in a bedroom or up the stairs , or should it have an antique feel to match a similarly styled sitting room ? |
| 19 | Should the state merely have a ‘ regulatory ’ function in such matters as the allocation of frequencies for broadcasting , or should it have a more active role as guarantor of the mass media and their ‘ public service ’ ? |
| 20 | Would In Bed With Madonna get your vote for Film of the Year or should it go to Die Hard 2 , Ghost or Robin Hood : Prince Of Thieves ? |
| 21 | Should theology accept the valuation which its contemporary world appears to place upon Christianity , or should it reject it ? |
| 22 | Should comparison be undertaken for its own sake simply out of intrinsic interest or intellectual challenge , or should it be directed towards some more closely-defined objective ? |
| 23 | Should the fuel be of a fossil type such as coal or oil or should it be the radioactive elements in a nuclear reaction ? |
| 24 | Is this situation acceptable , or should it be changed ? |
| 25 | But Shetland enjoys — or should it be suffers from — a mild , oceanic type of climate , typified by depressions moving east from the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 26 | Should it be taken seriously , or should it be ignored ? |
| 27 | Should private individuals be given a remedy through the courts ; or should it , rather , be left to some public official , such as the Attorney-General , or to Parliament or an ombudsman , or to some officer or body within government itself to supervise the activities of government ? |
| 28 | Or should it remain a neutral research instrument , and not become a Weltanschuung of an anti-religious kind ? |
| 29 | Or should it seek weaker competitors or new entrants who are often more accommodating to local policy , but may lack the resources to keep up with the pace of change ? |
| 30 | Should the harmonizing measure be confined to business transaction or should it embrace consumer transactions as well ? |