Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [subord] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is how far advanced the Labour Party 's thinking was on the nature of planning it might undertake if it took power at the end of the second world war . |
| 2 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
| 3 | Sometimes it went to sleep on the rag rug before the electric fire and snored quietly , or its paws would twitch as it chased rabbits in its sleep . |
| 4 | After the 1979 Conservative victory , it is less clear that a party will suffer if it advocates policies which are a clear break with the past . |
| 5 | The problem is to determine how far this shaped perception can go before it becomes deceit or manipulation . |