Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folly can mean a useless building or it can mean a clump of trees on a hill . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't cut her hair or it will stop her talking ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Agency is used in systems of municipal law to maximise commercial dealings by avoiding the restraints of privity , and imposing liability where it should lie . |
| 5 | The track 's existence came under threat — there was talk of it becoming a gravel pit and it was , after all , a prime industrial area — but in 1982 tobacco giant Gallagher purchased the site and handed the important sections over to the Brooklands Museum Trust , erecting its new headquarters building where it would create least damage . |
| 6 | It can encourage foreign tourists to spend their money or it can encourage foreign investment which will provide income . |
| 7 | Use a tinted moisturiser , or a moisturised base that is softly glowing , but do not use anything too different from your natural skintone or it will look unnatural . |
| 8 | Just as Harry was preparing to aim a kick at this driver where it might hurt , the man offered him more milk , saying that he was a Frenchman doing forced labour and had recognised Harry 's RAF uniform — by now extremely unsuitable for pay parade ! |
| 9 | But the British collection should stay in the Tate , which is a suitable building , and the modern stuff should be moved to a specially designed emporium where it should feel at home . |
| 10 | The superoxide generated may have a direct cytotoxic effect or it may interact with inflammatory mediators to modify the inflammatory process . |
| 11 | Instead , the new provisions will operate only until passage of a draft law on strikes , which itself bans such industrial action where it would endanger ‘ lives and health ’ . |
| 12 | The GMC may have its hands tied in terms of the disciplinary action that it can take itself , but it is in a position to collect information that could be used by other interested bodies . |
| 13 | But the most important action that it can take is to enter into a programme with the IMF as soon as possible , on the back of which it will gain access to many western funds . |
| 14 | Intel Corp has confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that it will delay introduction of its Pentium microprocessor until May , but denies the paper 's assertion that it is holding the chip back to exploit demand for existing 80486 products . |
| 15 | Each source of energy or technology has its own economic , social and ecological niche , and it is only in that niche that it can prosper . |
| 16 | But if you only had a small place it 'd be more economical to have labour than it would to buy paying out thousands of pounds for machines and |
| 17 | In Safrane , the engine has been deliberately tuned to favour torque output with the result that it can deliver 115 lb-ft from 1,500 rpm upwards — so producing an extremely flexible power curve . |
| 18 | PROGRESS in setting up a new retreat centre in Falkland in Fife which was initiated by Church of Scotland deaconess Lynda Wright has been much swifter than anticipated with the result that it will welcome its first guests from the beginning of April . |
| 19 | In a quantitative sense , in terms of the number of laws that have been passed in the past 12 years , that is correct , but if the totality of the laws represent a house , it will ensure that the laws that it changes will result in the foundations being decimated , with the result that it will fall down . |
| 20 | The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force , meanwhile , will be turned into a civilian government department so it can continue operations , primarily air-sea rescue , after the handover . |
| 21 | The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force , meanwhile , will be turned into a civilian government department so it can continue operations , primarily air-sea rescue , after the handover . |
| 22 | Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive . |
| 23 | It is tempting to get a large capacity sack if you know you 'll have a lot to carry , but bear in mind that it could tempt you to carry too much ! |
| 24 | I did manage to give my hands a quick rinse beforehand and nobody has mentioned food poisoning so it must have been ok . |
| 25 | Although they see it as a step in the right direction , people working in the area fear that it may take another generation before Karamoja cools down . |
| 26 | The fear that it might show on her face caused her to turn away from him and hasten towards the food hampers , and as she did so a shock revelation hit her with full force . |
| 27 | Erm , funnily enough earlier on in August , erm , I rang you up about Yugoslavia , and er , I , one of the reasons that I gave for not , the Europeans , not intervening in Yugoslavia was my fear that it might lead to the Russian military unseating Gorbachev and my , er , discard that the , the sick man of Russia , so erm , sort of parallel I , well I would n't parallel it with Yugoslavia , my argument in Yugoslavia was that we should n't intervene because we do not have primary interests with , I mean , well we clearly have general interest but we do n't have primary interest , additionally in Russia is that everybody , in the world have interest but I would definitely here say that Britain should clearly do nothing per . |
| 28 | However , on Jan. 13 , 1990 , Ankara University decided not to withdraw the ban on headscarves for fear that it might provoke unrest on campus . |
| 29 | While all the objections to the Fouchet Plan were interrelated , the main factor influencing its rejection was ultimately the fear that it would weaken the Rome treaty and whatever political objectives it implied , to the advantage of the national capitals , especially Paris . |
| 30 | Only 5% of respondents agreed with this suggestion , and there were huge majorities against it within all categories of respondent , the principal objections being its impracticality and the fear that it would encourage ‘ blind signing ’ by the co — signatory . |