Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the group 's perspective , it desires to be involved where it can influence the final shape of a policy so that it maximizes the benefits and minimizes the losses to its members . |
| 2 | On the EDC Mendès-France at first followed the route of his predecessors , seeking to persuade Britain to reconsider its refusal to join the EDC , and arguing with his partners for a dilution of the supranational element in the proposed structure , especially where it could affect the French military contribution . |
| 3 | Outings can be for just one or two residents to go somewhere they want to , or it may involve the whole staff and all the residents . |
| 4 | Or it may represent the God-given confusion which represents the opportunity for maturity outside the safe confines of the Garden of Eden . |
| 5 | Labour says that although it would hand the opted-out schools back to the authorities that used to control them , it would protect them against discrimination . |
| 6 | It would also be possible , although it would contravene the fundamental principles of the NHS as originally conceived , to introduce charges for NHS treatment — for example , a small charge for every visit to a GP or a ‘ hotel charge ’ to cover the cost of food consumed in hospital as a means of raising additional funds . |
| 7 | It 's up to the club to choose , although it must benefit the local community in the village , town or city where the club is based . |
| 8 | During this time , any normal printing operation is possible , although it will suspend the charging process . |
| 9 | Furthermore , it is said that it would upset the constitutional balance between the courts and the executive if the Crown could be held in contempt of court for disobeying a prerogative order of prohibition or mandamus . |
| 10 | The other argument for encouraging prolonged economic activity was that it would relieve the financial burden on the Exchequer of the cost of pensions and services to the elderly population . |
| 11 | In fact , there 's so much bonding on stage that it would make the average punter slightly sick . |
| 12 | May we have a debate on junk mail as soon as possible , to discuss a mailshot sent to many of my constituents by an organisation that is partly funded by Maxwell money which is so full of falsehoods that it would make the average time-share salesman blush ; which redefines the term ’ junk mail ’ and peddles dodgy , old-fashioned and out-of-date remedies which have been banned in most countries and which have passed their sell-by date ; and which bears the signature of an obscure Welsh politician , best known for losing his rag with Zimbabwean soldiers and for nutting people in public lavatories ? |
| 13 | This followed Iran 's May 20 announcement that it would boycott the annual pilgrimage to Mecca ( the haj ) for the third successive year after Saudi Arabia had refused to withdraw its 45,000 quota limit for Iranian pilgrims . |
| 14 | France , which envisaged that it would lead the new force , had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 [ see p. 21601 ] and had since then pursued an effectively independent line on military issues . |
| 15 | Erm I tend to share Patrick Earle 's reservations about this particular policy , I think that it would convey the wrong message erm to the development industry . |
| 16 | However , there is an equally wide body of opinion , expressed mainly by manufacturing industries , which oppose such a move because it believes that it would disrupt the long period of uninterrupted production between the August holiday and the Christmas break . |
| 17 | On April 27 , Labour would inform Britain 's European partners that it would sign the Social Charter and unblock directives on temporary and part-time work and parental leave , which the Conservatives had vetoed . |
| 18 | On June 1 President Ranasinghe Premadasa had held talks with LTTE leaders in Colombo , and on June 6 the government conceded a key LTTE demand , announcing that it would dissolve the North-Eastern Provincial Council ( elected in late 1988 , when the province was under the control of Indian troops , and in the face of an LTTE election boycott — see p. 37007 ) and hold fresh elections . |
| 19 | Even today , we are told that it would cost the Inland Revenue about £250 million , because of the reduction in customs barriers . |
| 20 | BSL was discouraged because people felt that it would chain the deaf person to a concrete , visual mode of thinking . |
| 21 | The UK continued to oppose the complete abolition of border controls after 1992 , on the grounds ( i ) that it would facilitate the free movement of terrorists , drug dealers and illegal immigrants ; ( ii ) that it could increase the spread of rabies and other diseases spread by animals ; and ( iii ) that the UK 's geographical characteristic as an island represented a valid natural boundary . |
| 22 | The EC , the Washington Post report noted [ see above ] , had not given any promise that it would renew the current association agreement when it expired in December . |
| 23 | The Libyan government instead emphasized in a Foreign Ministry statement of March 26 that it would co-operate in the implementation of Resolution 731 , that the UN and the Arab League should work towards a " political solution " to the dispute , based on international law and the UN Charter , and that it would accept the forthcoming verdict by the International Court of Justice in the Hague ( ICJ ) . |
| 24 | Reports said that France had opposed the US-German declaration , claiming that it would duplicate the pan-European network of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) . |
| 25 | Advocates of the Act claimed that it would update the restrictive licensing system which had its basis in the 1930 Road Traffic Act , which itself discouraged newcomers from entering the industry for reasons of safety and standards . |
| 26 | Without prejudice to our views in paragraph 27 above , we favour a reduction in landbanks from 10 years to 5 on the basis that it would signal the urgent need to reduce the rate of supply and consumption of minerals , and conserve existing reserves . |
| 27 | Without prejudice to our views in paragraph 27 above , we favour a reduction in landbanks from 10 years to 5 on the basis that it would signal the urgent need to reduce the rate of supply and consumption of minerals , and conserve existing reserves . |
| 28 | Several advantages can be identified , perhaps the most important of which is that it would remove the financial disincentive which currently exists for doctors , hospitals and Health Authorities to treat more patients . |
| 29 | He called on other wealthy countries to follow suit ; Canada announced shortly afterwards that it would follow the British lead , and it was understood that Australia was considering similar action . |
| 30 | One objection to the BBC 's plan is that it would occupy the whole band from 88 to 108 MHz , leaving no room for new developments such as ‘ community radio ’ . |