Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reaches 12″ long and has been bred in captivity — but in outdoor ponds where it can burrow its distinctive hiding place in the bank . |
| 2 | The ostrich , on the other hand , will eventually be able to return to the spot it knows so well , where it can resume its parental duties . |
| 3 | Those who want to get at the frozen part of their savings in the old currency will have to buy new currency from the central bank , at auctions where it will cost them well over its face value . |
| 4 | Stanfords will be exhibiting at the first BBC Holiday Live leisure and travel show at Olympia from 26th to 31st January , where it will launch its overprinted Booksellers Association Travel ‘ 93 catalogue . |
| 5 | She saw at once what was happening to her and to Rose , and where it could lead them both . |
| 6 | The whole thing seemed faithfully in the past , where we could regard it with intense interest , and surround it with historical debate , but where it could do us , and our generation , no harm . |
| 7 | In South Antrim , the constituency of the present writer , no satisfaction was received on the matter until an exasperated meeting of my own constituency party presented the Westite Official Unionists with an ultimatum that either ‘ UUUC ’ appear on the literature and posters of their candidate or it would present its own rival one . |
| 8 | She had known their affair had to end or it would destroy them both , but now that it was about to do so , she was terrified of a future in which there would be no Luke , not even Luke causing her unhappiness . |
| 9 | Or it may show its need to excel by jumping obstacles better than other horses , or doing the perfect workout in the show ring or dressage arena , producing the most fantastic extended trot when shown in hand , or behaving perfectly with a beginner rider on its back . |
| 10 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |
| 11 | It is a mental and imaginative experience ; it is awareness , and it may express itself in drawing and painting , or it may express itself in writing , or in moving , or in singing or in playing . |
| 12 | It may predispose the interviewer to accept you if nothing untoward is revealed at the interview , or it may prevent you from ever reaching that stage . |
| 13 | This temporary retreat may bring the immediate refreshment of change or it may widen our horizons either by romantic hyperbole or by an unexpected psychological authenticity close to the reality of life as we know it . |
| 14 | If proceedings are commenced by the wrong originating process , eg by summons rather than by originating application , such a breach of the rules is not necessarily fatal — thecourt may set the proceedings aside or it may allow them to be amended and give such directions as it thinks fit ( Ord 37 , r 5 ) . |
| 15 | Or it might disappear itself , but do n't put , do n't go putting bandages on it . |
| 16 | Clare 's divorce petition would not be heard until July ; she had been warned by her solicitor not to be seen alone with a man right now , or it might affect her petition and the custody of her son . |
| 17 | Or it might consider itself a success if it can stop providers passing on increases in input prices in full without trying to reduce them by greater efficiency . |
| 18 | ‘ I must put out the candle or it will burn itself out . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't cut her hair or it will stop her talking ! ’ |
| 20 | A tribunal will either re instate you or it will say they have to pay compensation . |
| 21 | If it is denied or suppressed in some way , it will become a recurring experience , or it will convert itself into some other disorder of the body , emotion or behaviour . |
| 22 | The Mailing Preference Service ( MPS ) can ensure that you come off mailing lists , or it can give you the option of staying on chosen lists . |
| 23 | It can elevate and glorify , or it can crucify you . |
| 24 | It can take the state or any other form of political organisation or it can leave it alone . |
| 25 | It can either lead us into bitterness and despair , or it can drive us towards greater sensitivity and responsibility and a deepening love for God and for others . |
| 26 | Er , to start off with they do the full spiritual exercise of Ignatius Loyal all takes thirty days in silent retreat with a with an individual er under individual guidance with a , with a , a director or it could take anything from nine months to eighteen months to do in er day da da da living in open sort of retreat . |
| 27 | Or it could preserve its ideological purity and risk losing the elections . |
| 28 | Or it could help you re-structure your finances by paying off all you owe on store cards , credit cards and hire purchase . |
| 29 | Except it might give him security . |
| 30 | He continues : ‘ Some of the best work for Vogue , although it may bear my signature , is in fact ours , the result of a special and close collaboration . ’ |