Example sentences of "it [modal v] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The salary of the post to which the unlucky Mr Achterlonie aspired was a mere twenty pounds per annum , but Montrose did not disdain it , conscious that ‘ triffling as such a post is it may effectuallie oblidge some body who may be reddie to repay such a favor upon ane other occasion ’ . |
| 2 | By preventing ovulation it may ben suppress menstruation — a useful advantage , once the user has realized that it is not a sign of disastrous contraceptive failure . |
| 3 | Those who have recognized the cool clear rush of air for what it may presage have already taken steps to ensure the accurate placement of a safety net . |
| 4 | It ought ti 'ave been done afore , really . |
| 5 | You complain how seldom I attend you , and when you are always talking of matrimony or this low-born raw girl it must needs lessen the pleasure of approaching you . |
| 6 | Our radical objector maintains about what we take to have been the causal circumstance that it might riot have been followed by the smell , and moreover that this would not have resulted from the absence of some further condition . |
| 7 | you 'll think it 'll sink do you ? |
| 8 | You 'll think it 'll sink do n't you , why do you think it 'll sink ? |
| 9 | You 'll think it 'll float do you ? |
| 10 | ‘ But the powers rebuked her , saying , ‘ This is a site for peace and from it shall peace come . |
| 11 | There is truth , it is possible at least to advance towards it , we must n't sit down in what Hume called ‘ a forlorn scepticism ’ , erm it will require great courage to pursue it , but only by pursuing it shall mankind prosper . |
| 12 | If nobody saw anybody yesterday I 'd be amazed it 's fine because if is the legitimate trigger and it would C command no one . |
| 13 | ‘ Another inch and it would hiv had my balls . ’ |
| 14 | A Department of Environment spokesman said : ‘ There will be a system for appeals but the details of how it will work have not yet been finalised . ’ |
| 15 | So having diffused to the endoplasmic reticulum it can gate open the calcium channel , and this leads to an elevation of internal calcium , not from the external medium now , but from internal stores . |
| 16 | Its difficulties have meant that while the CAB workload expands , the services it can offer have had to be cut . |
| 17 | It may well be that the reader is expecting the authors to indicate which of these theories best explains the development of the military-industrial complex and how ( assuming one believes it to be a problem ) it can bee eradicated . |