Example sentences of "[subord] it [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across the scrubby ground past the Nissen huts runs a main road , with a bus service to Stonehaven on the A94 , where it would again pick up the A92 . |
| 2 | Satellites should detect small irregularities in the gas , where it would eventually form into galaxies . |
| 3 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 4 | The Mail had a regular page for women which would not be out of place in an English daily , where it may well have originated : |
| 5 | A septic tank is an open system and depends on being sited where it can eventually discharge into a natural watercourse or soakaway . |
| 6 | It will be making early morning visits to the boulder beaches and broken cliffs where it will later lay its two large spotted eggs well out of sight in some crevice . |
| 7 | On the personal computer front , ICL says it intends to progress relationships with the world 's top 50 PC software suppliers to an extent where it will effectively house a PC software distribution business in its stable , and will be able to offer almost any PC solution to customers . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've selected a midfield umbrella to protect him with players and said , ‘ look , this is your stage — now go and do it where it will really hurt the opposition ’ . |
| 9 | When the radio is switched on , this voltage , stored on C1 , is temporarily let loose on the circuitry , where it could conceivably do some damage . |
| 10 | Although it may well cover something of an earlier date . |
| 11 | A better song at the learning stage does not , for instance , allow it to defend a territory or court females more effectively — although it may well have such a consequence later , after the song has been learnt ( p. 127 ) . |
| 12 | On balance , the evidence does not support this tactical scenario , although it may well have occurred to de Gaulle . |
| 13 | Her family is described as " infirm " , and this may explain why even with two of her daughters grown women in their twenties the family was able to earn little , although it may also reflect the fact that earning opportunities for women were so poor that even able-bodied spinsters could not wholly maintain themselves . |
| 14 | The mass media too are concerned essentially with communicating , usually giving information although it may also involve exchange in the form of readers ' letters to a newspaper or phone-in programmes on radio . |
| 15 | If one group does win the competition , that group remains cohesive , releasing tension through playful activities , and remains highly cooperative ( although it may also become complacent ) . |
| 16 | In the UK the Bank of England works in very close liaison with the Treasury , and although it may privately disagree with Treasury policy it is always obliged to carry it out . |
| 17 | This will rarely be the case with media reporting , although it may sometimes poison the motives of informants . |
| 18 | Furthermore , although it may sincerely believe it is a new party , the very fact that it has often changed its mind should debar it from being taken seriously . |
| 19 | If it is your first work of fiction , you should also look at it as part of your groundwork which although it may never see the light of publication , is of great benefit to you as a writer . |
| 20 | In the event , the CEP evidence was eventually given by the individuals responsible under the banner of the then Cornwall-based campaigner George Pritchard , although it would undoubtedly have helped its status to be seen as part of the local councils ' case . |
| 21 | Mere drunkenness will not of itself amount to disorderliness , although it might readily give rise to disorderly conduct . |
| 22 | Pat Choate 's book will be better received in the United States than in Europe , although it should certainly find French readers . |
| 23 | Originally these powers were largely advisory , although it could always sack the Commission and throw out the annual budget by a two-thirds majority of all its members . |
| 24 | The Japanese term hai is literally translated as ‘ yes ’ , although it can also mean ‘ I see ’ or ‘ I understand ’ and does not necessarily mean agreement . |
| 25 | Partly arising from this , and partly because of the lack of difference found between many predator species , the crude measure of skeletal element proportions is not diagnostic , although it can still provide an approximation of the overall structure of the bone assemblage . |
| 26 | Here oak is useful , because it does n't mind being soaked in water all winter , although it will probably split as it dries out in summer . |
| 27 | Correspondingly , its projection horizon would be 3-10 years although it will necessarily project short-term developments too . |
| 28 | Although it will never attain real equality , a democratic society will seek to ensure that there is a redistribution in wealth through taxation which funds the services which provide help to those that need it . |
| 29 | It is important that the systems planning team is not dominated by the technologists , although it will certainly include them . |
| 30 | ‘ I intend leaving this the first moment I can for Sydney hence to Hobart Town to see you , although it will verily interfere with my pursuits . |