Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [vb mod] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not include the scientific , which it ought to do — it is hoped that schools will build in this element for themselves … the original teams of teachers who came together to build the project did not include a scientist … ( ibid . ) . |
| 2 | It is a quite Caribbean Britain that has made her : a Britain at the end of the world which it used to rule . |
| 3 | It would apparently prefer the company to go with high-performance machines of a Kingston design , and is doing whatever it can to sabotage and embarrass Austin . |
| 4 | This new confidence rests on the now widely held assumption that the Japanese government will do whatever it must to support share prices until company earnings rebound . |
| 5 | The Government try to justify their claims about a minimum wage on the grounds of what it might to do employment , so it is worth spending a little time on the reasons why we shall insist on introducing it , and the rationale behind that . |
| 6 | ‘ If she bought it , then you do n't know what it ought to taste like . ’ |
| 7 | Externalisation or blaming — " the Government ought to do something " is the almost universal cry but precisely what it ought to do varies with the beliefs and prejudices of the individual . |
| 8 | a more detached view of what was the right thing or the wrong thing to do , a tradition of what national life was like , and what it ought to continue to be like . |
| 9 | I mean , that 's what it ought to feel like , ought n't it ? |
| 10 | Construction of two PWR stations in the region had actually been placed ‘ on hold ’ when they were 70 per cent complete because conservation was found to cost half what it would to complete them . |
| 11 | The Federal Reserve 's Alan Greenspan said the Fed would do what it could to ease America 's credit crunch . |
| 12 | In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them . |
| 13 | It gave the character limited autonomy , and did what it could to prod Tunney into taking care of the Daine problem . |
| 14 | The Ministry of propaganda did what it could to play down such disasters and tried for as long as possible to preserve the illusion that they were not important , but Fascism now began to lose a lot of its popular support . |
| 15 | Returning to Cyprus on 16 February , Coleman engineered another meeting with Hurley and told him Condor would be glad to do what it could to help . |
| 16 | He did not like an excess of specialization and thought that a university should do what it could to counteract the trend , and help arts undergraduates to learn a bit of science or vice versa . |
| 17 | ‘ Now that it 's illegal , ’ he said , coughing , ‘ it 's worth a thousand times what it used to fetch . |
| 18 | It is only the very young player who can now play in the spirit of the game and enjoy rugby for what it used to mean . |
| 19 | It is possible that if a metaphor ceases to mean what it used to mean in another society then we should abandon it . |
| 20 | To give the bourse an appetite , the government will do what it can to ease monetary policy further and to attract foreign investors . |
| 21 | Nothing is done to prevent the snake from eating a frog : each frog merely does what it can to reduce its chances of being the unlucky one . |
| 22 | Lord Ross , the Lord Justice-Clerk , told McKie : ‘ This court must do what it can to protect women from men who behave as you did . ’ |
| 23 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |
| 24 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |