Example sentences of "[subord] it [modal v] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Water is eight hundred times as dense as air , and the slightest bump or protuberance on the body can cause drag , more even than it would on a bird or an aeroplane . |
| 2 | A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion . |
| 3 | On the other hand , the marriage does not itself have support from wider society : ‘ There is less pressure for a couple to stay together because their break-up has little impact outside the domestic sphere and causes fewer ripples than it would in a society where kinship is more central to the wider social organization ’ ( Allan , 1985 , p. 104 ) . |
| 4 | erm what I was putting to you was , do you , do you say that even if it would as a matter of pure English law , it is overridden by community law erm , er , er at least er , at least for the time being |
| 5 | Haydon should take comfort , said the novelist , from knowing that no species of legal distress could attack the internal resources of genius , though it might for a time palsy its hand . |
| 6 | The terminals worked on a line by line basis , with the screen information scrolling upwards just as it would on a teleprinter roll . |
| 7 | Regan is right to the extent that to talk of recognition in such circumstances does have a purpose , as it would of a dog 's staccato barks and tail-waving on hearing its master 's voice , but he fails to realise that the same form of words now features in a related , but different , language-game . |
| 8 | When Brau and Brunner AG and Cadbury Schweppes plc notified the creation of a joint venture that would prepare and sell mineral water , the Commission found that this joint venture was not a concentration but a cooperative agreement , because the parent companies would stay active on the soft drinks market and so the structure of competition would not be permanently altered , as it would with a concentration . |
| 9 | as it might around a prayer |
| 10 | In some cases , vibrational progressions may be observed , and careful analysis of the nature of the vibrations involved can give us an idea of both the symmetry and any changes in structure associated with the transition , just as it can for a band in a valence photoelectron spectrum ( Section 6.6.2 ) . |
| 11 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 12 | The formulation of restraints upon State activities through the adoption ( often by consensus ) of Resolutions and Codes of Conduct within international organisations makes it hard for a State to claim non-party status , as it can to a treaty it has not ratified . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , extemporisation by a competent player at the end of a hymn can be thrilling , as it can during a procession before or during the service . |