Example sentences of "that it [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it seems that gravity should provide a limit , but only at the very short length scale of 10 -33 cm or the very high energy of 10 28 length scales shorter than this , one would expect that space-time would cease to behave like a smooth continuum and that it would acquire a foamlike structure because of quantum fluctuations of the gravitational field . |
| 2 | I originally bought it because it was easy to carry around and I figured that it would make a nice practice guitar . |
| 3 | It gets so terribly complicated : I thought that it would make a very good board game . |
| 4 | However , the Swedish food and medical group Procordia , which is selling a 28% stake in Liber , has said that it would make a SK350m profit on the sale . |
| 5 | May 22 : Ukraine announced that it would hold a referendum in September on the future of the republic . |
| 6 | Originally , ICI said that it would license a Rhône-Poulenc SAR technology and develop it further , but the new process has been developed in conjunction with Air Liquide . |
| 7 | Maybe one of the reasons Microsoft Corp 's NT is n't pegged to go on Sparc is because it 's little endian and Sparc is big endian : we 've heard that it would mean a major rewrite , something Bill Gates had n't figured on . |
| 8 | Not that it would mean a damn . |
| 9 | On Jan. 24 Japan announced that it would contribute a further $9,000 million to US-led forces in the Gulf , raising Japan 's total commitments since August 1990 to $13,000 million , including $2,000 million as aid to countries suffering from the economic blockade , notably Jordan , Egypt and Turkey [ see p. 37697 ] . |
| 10 | It is because such a historical social psychology would cut through the conventional distinction between pure and applied social psychology , and because it would not lay claim to universal psychological principles , that it would involve a more radical change in orientation that a universal anthropological social psychology . |
| 11 | Now there was one other thing if you would care to take it is that you said that it would involve a great deal of organization for concessionary tickets for Alton Towers or Tussauds or any others . |
| 12 | John Paton. as General Secretary , pointed to the organizational hazards of withdrawing from the Labour Party : The practical difficulties of maintaining and developing the organisation outside the Labour Party were enormous and it might be that it would involve a risk of the complete disintegration of the ILP . |
| 13 | The Iraqi government offered to co-operate in return for the lifting of economic sanctions and announced that it would send a mission to New York to discuss this with the UN Security Council on March 10 . |
| 14 | The government announced on Sept. 3 that it would distribute a month 's supply of food rations to all citizens . |
| 15 | The Chinese side had ordered that construction be halted until the project received China 's approval , saying that China had not been consulted on the matter , and expressing concern that it would place a financial burden on the new government after 1997 . |
| 16 | So far as I know there is at present only one such scheme operating in London … and I would hope that it would form a pattern of similar schemes in other parts of London . |
| 17 | The Bosnian government announced on May 20 that it would form a republican army and declared the JNA an " occupying force " as the deadline for withdrawal had passed . |
| 18 | UNITA concluded its seventh congress on March 17 , having re-elected Jonas Savimbi as its president , and stated that it would sign a ceasefire agreement as soon as a date was set for multiparty elections . |
| 19 | The self-appointed executive council of the " autonomous region " of Krajina adopted on March 16 a formal decision to break away from Croatia permanently , but declared that it would remain a constituent element of the Yugoslav federation . |
| 20 | Ahead of the Supreme Soviet elections in Latvia the nationalist Latvian Popular Front had been confidently predicting that it would secure a two-thirds majority in the 201-seat chamber , basing this prediction on its unexpectedly strong showing in the local elections in December 1989 when its candidates had won around 75 per cent of all seats , including half the seats in the city soviet of the predominantly Russian-populated capital , Riga . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , this was the route that France chose to follow as an answer to American pressure , since one of the underlying assumptions was that it would preclude a distinct German army under a separate German command . |
| 22 | On May 5 Russia confirmed that it would honour a commitment to supply the Indian government with rocket engine technology worth $250 million , despite US threats to suspend technological collaboration with the two countries if the agreement was carried out . |
| 23 | My wound was probed and bandaged , and then the fool of a medico bled me , evidently under the impression that it would calm a supposed fever . |
| 24 | But if upgrading of all the wards were to be embarked upon it was evident that it would cost a small fortune . |
| 25 | The chastened company admitted that the shock loss showed that it had been guilty of poor financial controls and a badly-timed shareholders letter — Vannotti said the board was convinced up to March 22 when the shareholders letter was sent that it would record a profit for 1992 , but he and the chairman subsequently ordered a special audit , after financial controllers warned of problems with the accounts for Ascom 's cable television and mobile telephone businesses in Germany , and a closer examination revealed the German results had to be corrected by $41m — $28m of extraordinary depreciation and $12.8m of adjustments to inventory values , Vannotti said . |
| 26 | I remember telling the Secretary of State that the poll tax was cumbersome , burdening and complicated ; that it would give a great deal of trouble to local council finance departments ; and that it was inevitable that thousands upon thousands of mistakes would be made . |
| 27 | Perhaps the er chief of a Policy E two in an acceptable form is that it would give a clear signal to the district that it would not be appropriate to have a policy on rural diversification or in in development in the countryside more generally , which is stricter than Government guidance . |
| 28 | Murray confirmed only that the deal had been agreed and that it would go a long way towards cutting Rangers ' overdraft of £9.5 million . |
| 29 | Japan announced on Nov. 2 that it would reactivate a development loan programme for China which had been frozen after the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989 . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies . |