Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the revenue has contended that the proper procedure was for Woolwich to seek to challenge its decision not to pay interest by way of judicial review , although it would of course contend that no order should be made on such a review in the present case . |
| 2 | Thus , although it would in principle be possible to use the producer price indices for measuring the rate of inflation , it is more appropriate to regard them as indicators of the likely future trend of inflation . |
| 3 | All the rotaries , as with any noise gate , take a little time to get into using and effective gating comes about through practice , although it can at times appear something of a black art . |
| 4 | And when he pointed out that these were Irish , not British Trade unions they were talking about , it was sadly admitted that the English disease had poisoned the minds of many impressionable Irish trade unionists and that it would of course take time entirely to eradicate malign English influences from the land of Saints and Scholars . |
| 5 | Repeated suggestions that the Mafia was behind extortion rackets on the island , sheltering behind Italian business investments , were reported to have prompted a declaration by the separatist National Front for the Liberation of Corsica ( FNLC ) that it would in future " intervene militarily " to halt Mafia activity . |
| 6 | And , above all , what does it mean to let faith be faith to such an extent that it will in turn let God be God ? |
| 7 | This means that it will in practice terminate at the earlier of ( i ) the next AGM of the company and ( ii ) the expiry of 12 months after the passing of the resolution . |
| 8 | Clearly this Government has a political and moral duty to do all that it can for Shetland , ’ she added . |
| 9 | The horned toad of South America has a gape so big that it can with ease engulf nestling birds and young mice . |
| 10 | The US airline Pan American , which had filed in January for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the US insolvency code [ see p. 37953 ] , saw its prospects improve with an acceptance by the United Kingdom government ( confirmed on March 11 ) that it could in effect sell its rights to routes into London 's Heathrow airport to United Airlines for $290,000,000 ; United began its Heathrow services on April 5 . |
| 11 | The leader takes account of these responses in choosing its output and is able to do better than it would under Cournot reactions there is a ‘ first mover ’ or precommitment advantage . |
| 12 | Mercury 's distance from the Sun , varying from between 29 and 43 million miles , would make the Sun seem three times bigger in the Mercurian sky than it would on Earth . |
| 13 | Expanding output would add more to consumer benefit than it would to production costs or the opportunity cost of the resources used . |
| 14 | For the purposes of analysing intonation , a unit generally greater in size than the syllable is needed , and this unit is called the tone-unit ; in its smallest form the tone-unit may consist of only one syllable , so it would in fact be wrong to say that it is always composed of more than one syllable . |
| 15 | There were several reasons why Adenauer pursued such a line of argument : it might be a way of helping the new West German state to achieve equality in the international order ; it might placate West German annoyance over the role of the International Ruhr Authority ; and it might in time offer an opportunity for West Germany to regain sovereignty of the coal and steel producing Saar , which still remained in French hands . |
| 16 | In this case , at least it is possible to calculate the total er total amount that is missing and that could be divided up between your pension funds and it would of course be a a one-off hit on those funds . |
| 17 | We have suggested a position close to the kitchen window and it could of course be converted to a raised bed or pool at a later date . |
| 18 | The reason why a rational person would draw this inference is that an unexpectedly high price can be due to a positive aggregate demand shock or a positive relative demand shock , and it can of course arise from a combination of the two . |
| 19 | Our local representative will make every effort possible to allocate separate beds when this is particularly requested but it may on occasion be impossible . |
| 20 | This is often regarded as a minor energy consumer , but it may in fact represent a significant proportion of the total electrical load in a laboratory . |
| 21 | The general had in turn given him a picture of their problems with the Yugoslavs in Venezia Giulia : " General Harding was convinced that he could force out the Jugoslavs in their present numbers but it would of course entail an operation of Importance . |
| 22 | This would not end the wars , but it would in effect be a declaration from the Israelis announcing that whilst they intend to fight to keep the disputed territory , they are nevertheless admitting that their right to it is no different from that of anyone else , and until the world produces some better way than fighting , this is how they will-operate . |
| 23 | Now , according to Lorenz , the dichotomous distinction between instinctive and learned behaviour can not be made for development , but it can for adaptation . |
| 24 | It addresses the question whether it would in fact pay us to do the right thing . |
| 25 | Years of scholarship and so many contentious performances mean that the character is now regarded as ‘ difficult ’ , when it can in fact benefit from the freshness and vitality of the natural actor , who will quickly find the comic qualities of the man as well as his serious side . |
| 26 | If on the other hand , the colony gets too cold , as it may in winter , the workers eat honey and use its energy to vibrate their flight muscles within their thorax without moving their wings , so generating body heat . |
| 27 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
| 28 | The form can be made more flexible in English , ( the translator of Bashó0 has bent the rules considerably ) because it does not possess the same internal formal necessity as it would in Japanese , but try to stick roughly to the proposed number of syllables . |
| 29 | ‘ Face-on ’ display is the method or arranging books so that the dust jacket is seen face-on as it would in bookshop display . |
| 30 | The vice-chancellor and all professors , readers , lecturers and other salaried officers of the university shall vacate their office on the 30th day of September following the date on which they attain the age of 65 years unless the council … shall request any such officer to continue in office for such period as it shall from time to time determine provided that in the case of such persons holding office on 30 September 1977 , the date shall be that on which they attain the age of 67 years . |