Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] it [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People of his generation do tend to regard £1000 as being rather a lot of money , although the rest of us realise that it will hardly keep your motor car in petrol for long . |
| 2 | A Contracting State may at the time of signature , ratification or accession , declare that it will not execute Letters of request issued for the purpose of obtaining pre-trial discovery of documents as known in Common Law countries . |
| 3 | My own conclusions , which in this case are probably completely worthless , are that this ticking represents a period of grace — I mean that it can not explode — as long as the ticking lasts and that it 's not designed to explode when the ticking stops but is then activated and ready to explode when triggered by passing engines . |
| 4 | The complex , changing , and often unconscious nature of discourses , the analysis 's own discursive positioning , and the differences within it , mean that it can not reach a complete understanding of psychology 's discursive subjects . |
| 5 | Will he confirm that all the figures published so far by the Labour party , in attempting to collect more money from the national insurance contribution , show that it will not put a penny of that money into increased SERPS for people who retire ? |
| 6 | Call me an egotistical slime , but I only want to preserve the purity and integrity of the current alternative , and hope that it wo n't pass through the mass-media grinder into the mainstream , where it will eventually be recalled as one more passive , stupid fashion . |
| 7 | Unemployment has fallen not only in Wales but in Scotland and in the northern region and I hope that it will soon fall elsewhere , too . |
| 8 | We can only wish this enterprise continued success and hope that it will soon put morels on the table year-round . |
| 9 | We hope that it will never occur again , but if it does , may we have clear guidance so that those outside the House will know that if the police warn that it is unsafe to come into the House the Division either will or will not be extended ? |
| 10 | It 's amazing how much we all trust to luck and hope that it will never happen to us . |
| 11 | As for the basic question of loyalty to which my hon. Friend referred , that consideration should be fundamental to the acceptance of a civil service job , and I hope that it will always remain a priority for every civil servant , regardless of which party is in power . |
| 12 | This is actually frogspawn and it will eventually grow into a tadpole and then a frog . |
| 13 | This sections is present to identify those environments with which the process might deadlock ( i.e. stop because it can not agree any communication with the environment ) . |
| 14 | Christie 's consider that it might even exceed £770,000 , the highest auction price for a piece of Italian furniture ( with the exception of the Badminton Cabinet , sold for £7.6 million ) . |
| 15 | Once I got used to the screen , I found that it was OK to use , but I suspect that it would n't suit everybody . |
| 16 | One could balance a crystal vase on his shoulders and know that it would never fall . |
| 17 | But they also know that it need not achieve the sort of certainty that leads theologians to drive wedges between faith and reason , or faith and history , in a desperate attempt to achieve a level of conviction that is impossible in what they see as a hostile rather than a mature scientific environment . |
| 18 | We know that it can only oscillate at frequencies which correspond to the fundamental note and its overtones . |
| 19 | If we are aware of this , we at least know that it must always have been so . |
| 20 | Given such easy money , he says , researchers do not have to give so much thought to their grant proposal , as they know that it will not face such a rigorous peer review . |
| 21 | Now , as they sat across from each other at the shady table with the heady scent of jasmine sweetening the hot air , Ruth know that it could n't go on like this much longer . |
| 22 | The DTI consider that although the title of the Directive applies to all contracts involving consumers , the recitals and indeed parts of the text , imply that it can only apply to contracts for the supply of goods and services . |
| 23 | Strathclyde has told ScotRail that it can not invest more in local rail services , including the largest suburban network outside London , unless the Government gives assurances that it will continue to have a major say after privatisation . |
| 24 | Whilst operating systems as distinct as Unix SVR4 and DEC 's OpenVMS embrace the Posix standard , each has thousands of other calls beyond the specific Posix requirement , says Price , which means that it is not sufficient just to port an application to Posix and assume that it will then run on any Posix-compliant system , because it wo n't . |
| 25 | For example , if the current exchange rate is £1 = $1.50 and speculators believe that it will shortly rise to £1 = $1.75 , then if they are correct they will make a 25c per £1 profit by holding sterling . |
| 26 | In either event , I believe that it could only cause confusion if we were dealing with more than one previous life at a time . |
| 27 | Where appropriate the court can expressly prohibit examination or assessment or state that it shall not take place unless the court directs otherwise ( s38(7) ) . |
| 28 | ‘ It will be minus 30 when we arrive but it will gradually rise to zero degrees , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Taylor , Walton and Young ( 1973 ) , for example , argue that it would inevitably have raised unpalatable issues : that there are important socio-economic differences between people , and that these are relevant to crime causation ; in other words , issues of differentiation and social determinism ( inimical to the classical position ) would have demanded attention . |
| 30 | Many belated advocates of a Lib-Lab agreement argue that it must also encompass both the standing down of Liberal Democrat candidates and negotiation of a full-scale policy for coalition government . |