Example sentences of "[verb] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On first encounter it can sound pedestrian , but there 's always something not quite right about the melodies they produce , and the more curiosity that provokes , the more you 're sucked in . |
| 2 | After all , the body contains more collagen than any other protein : it should be no surprise that protecting it could do a lot of good . |
| 3 | If the true tide to land were fully disclosed it might prove that Her Majesty really was the richest lady in the world which would be I 'm sure you agree ’ — he smiled at George over his spectacles — ‘ rather vulgar . ’ |
| 4 | Had they won it would have been a ‘ great day for Britain . ’ |
| 5 | Because of this , it was felt , it presented Anish Kapoor in a position of such seniority alongside all the other three that if he had n't won it would have been more embarrassing that if he did . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) If the specimen with the lower proportion of alcohol contains no more than 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath , the person who provided it may claim that it should be replaced by such specimen as may be required under section 7(4) of this Act and , if he then provides such a specimen , neither specimen of breath shall be used . |
| 7 | If he has it will mean he either intends to defend the action or to admit the debt and make an offer to pay by instalments . |
| 8 | but the switchboard has it will take them in order , it 's not just a matter of which button shall I press now . |
| 9 | This uses the technically-defined Ocean as above , except that all the hiccups that interrupt the passage of its boundary have been removed by the relatively simple process of granting to it all of the so-called ‘ marginal seas ’ to which logic ( and political reality ) suggest it can lay claim . |
| 10 | I did n't know it would sit up . |
| 11 | I do n't know it would have on the date actually . |
| 12 | The last of these objectives is most important , since understanding it will make the difference between good and bad essays or grades . |
| 13 | This particular aspect of thematic organization is of special relevance in translation because understanding it can help to heighten our awareness of meaningful choices made by speakers and writers in the course of communication . |
| 14 | ‘ They decided not to use it on this trip because opening it might disrupt the passengers . |
| 15 | The thought of entering the disaster area of an elderly widow 's grief and shouldering some of the responsibility for helping her to bear it , and to rebuild what is left of her life , is enough to create feelings of anxiety in anyone ; and admittedly this can be a very difficult assignment , for not only will you be well aware that you are unable to give her the one thing she really wants — the return of her husband — but you will feel , as we all do when faced with the bereaved , that their personality seems suddenly to have been crushed like a flower under the heel of a vandal , showing it to be so fragile and vulnerable that almost any attempt to revive it would seem to be doomed to failure . |
| 16 | The new company promised it would provide a better service to the North , including a news service specifically for South Durham , Teesside and North Yorkshire . |
| 17 | But she doubted it would go any further — well , could n't go any further as she was only staying the one night . |
| 18 | He doubted it would add up to much , though , just another of her lads , the orange or the green . |
| 19 | Some of the rebel leaders , notably Litster , may have appreciated their military weakness , because they attempted to involve members of the gentry in the revolt , and although they had little support of this nature , the very fact that they hoped to obtain it must argue against an interpretation of the revolt simply in class terms . |
| 20 | ‘ I had expected it would take a little while just to organise your thoughts . ’ |
| 21 | Can an exhaust brake be fitted to my 1989 Range Rover Vogue V8 auto as , on long declines it will gain enough momentum not only to rip the skin off a rice pudding , but take the table and chairs with it . |
| 22 | and it says , you can only appeal it will appear in November , that 's when it 's going to be , er put into the library |
| 23 | They acknowledged that if emancipation were eventually to come it would require the moral progress and demographic increase consequent upon a conscious policy of a more equal sex ratio amongst slaves ; education and religious instruction ; the reorganisation of the work of the slaves to provide a progressive increase in the time devoted to autonomous labour from which earnings could be directed to self-purchase ; possibly too recognition of obligations to the former master even after the date of legal emancipation . |
| 24 | Europe has a destiny to fulfil , and in years to come it will become apparent that the best Europe is one which rejects interventionist mediocrity in favour of a European Community which will deliver the promise of a higher standard of living and political pre-eminence so justly deserved by all Europeans . |
| 25 | If the system disagrees with the figure entered it will challenge it — otherwise it moves on to the next item . |
| 26 | When the final group of houses is occupied it will have a total population in the region of ten thousand . |
| 27 | Warner Brothers responded by announcing it would bring Hollywood stars to Teddington Studios . |
| 28 | Open Software Foundation stalwart Digital Equipment Corp last week finally bowed to the inevitable , announcing it will make a Unix SVR4 personality generally available for its OSF/1 version 1.2 implementation on Alpha AXP machines from September ( UX No 404 ) . |
| 29 | so erm investing into industry which I do n't know much about , and I , I am suspicious that invest into industry anyway erm so it 's gon na have , to work it 'll have to be quite a long term policy , well I imagine it would n't be a short-term policy . |
| 30 | I was careful to explain my own attitude to commissioned work — that in order for me to work it would have to be within the broadest of limitations . |