Example sentences of "it [modal v] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Co-ordination , if it is to take place at all , is also most likely to be instigated by the clearinghouses ; but ideally it ought to take place between the library associations , if for no other reason than that they can provide financial support to arrange the necessary meetings of coordinating committees . |
| 2 | If the interpretation of dog in this sentence were the result of contextual modulation of the general sense , it ought to include reference to , for instance , young females with good eyesight . |
| 3 | If it really is the case that all I am doing when I have beliefs about the world is to have dispositions to behave , then it ought to make sense for me to think of my believing in those terms . |
| 4 | Let us suppose that some special service has been given priority , such that it ought to have resources allocated to it , the question then is what share it should get . |
| 5 | This new confidence rests on the now widely held assumption that the Japanese government will do whatever it must to support share prices until company earnings rebound . |
| 6 | The Government try to justify their claims about a minimum wage on the grounds of what it might to do employment , so it is worth spending a little time on the reasons why we shall insist on introducing it , and the rationale behind that . |
| 7 | As many of those benefits go to people who do not need them , that spending does far less than it could to relieve poverty . |
| 8 | It gave the character limited autonomy , and did what it could to prod Tunney into taking care of the Daine problem . |
| 9 | The Federal Reserve 's Alan Greenspan said the Fed would do what it could to ease America 's credit crunch . |
| 10 | Mr Baker also claimed the Government had done all it could to make cars safe . |
| 11 | Labour would throw away all controls , and , according to the hon. Member for Dagenham , would do all it could to encourage councils ’ to behave sensibly . ’ |
| 12 | It used to lead lead to Station and er I 've seen these two when I 've been walking around , I 've seen them take their head up and lift me off the ground . |
| 13 | It used to amuse Coleman to saunter through the Churchill hotel around midday . |
| 14 | … It used to amuse Constanza . |
| 15 | It used to form part of a larger circle , probably Neolithic , and up until fairly recent times , four upright stones remained . |
| 16 | It used to form part of a trade route in Neolithic times ( 4,000–2,000 years BC ) , providing access between the Norfolk Coast and the downlands of South Central England . |
| 17 | ‘ It used to take minutes for our morning report to take trial balances from every ledger on the system . |
| 18 | Well Joey , mind you , it used to take Joey such a long time . |
| 19 | And , it used to take Joey such a long time that erm but still , I I must try and get out of that , but the trouble is it 's in me now . |
| 20 | It used to take centuries to build up a centimetre or two of topsoil . |
| 21 | Is any of it used to find alternatives to CFCs in the manufacture of refrigerators , foam , and so on ? |
| 22 | ‘ It used to have check tablecloths , ’ said Edward . |
| 23 | It would to find altruism in the way we could find but social cooperation or self-sacrifice or altruism could evolve by natural selection . |
| 24 | The wench that drink'st it will to love incline . |
| 25 | It will do all it can to reassure residents , to accept and prove accountability , to demonstrate openness , and to return communities to a quality of life which others enjoy and which all deserve . |
| 26 | Lord Ross , the Lord Justice-Clerk , told McKie : ‘ This court must do what it can to protect women from men who behave as you did . ’ |
| 27 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |
| 28 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |