Example sentences of "and it [modal v] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 'll save that corner , it 'll make it look nice . |
| 2 | The process can be speeded up somewhat by changing the blotting paper several times while the flowers are being pressed , although you must be extremely careful as the plants will be exceptionally fragile at this point and it may do more harm than good to disturb them . |
| 3 | Boston-based Ares Software Corp is hoping to licence its FontChameleon technology to operating system designers , application developers and printer manufacturers , and it may have some success since FontChameleon is supposedly compatible with existing PostScript and TrueType standards . |
| 4 | It is a mistake to be too ambitious to begin with , for when 50 or so near maturity they will require lots of food and it may take some gathering . |
| 5 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 6 | After all , these guys are no part of my battle , most of them do n't know me , and they 've turned out in numbers only because Rufus said they had to defend their territory — but I decide this ai n't the time for that , and it would make more sense to invite these gift-horses in for coffee and what 's left of the whisky . |
| 7 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
| 8 | Use the cotton towel provided and it will absorb this dirt . |
| 9 | It will normally make an identical claim against the other member with whom it dealt — ie , against the selling member if , as one might perhaps expect , the claim against LCH is made by a buying member — and it will refer that claim to arbitration . |
| 10 | You never find out about the water in the instrument systems until you are airborne and it will ruin that flight , if not the entire flying for that day . |
| 11 | Compare this with the value of £100,000,000 netted in 1985 , which included 317kg. of heroin and it will give some idea of the growth rate and size of the problem we were tackling . |
| 12 | Unemployment traditionally lags other economic indicators in a recovery and it will take some time before firms feel sure enough of the trend to consider expanding workforces again . |
| 13 | Explaining how he had instituted a series of business briefs , which go out to CBI members by fax every week , he said each message ‘ should be conversational , it should be easily accessible and it should have some value to the reader or the listener ’ . |
| 14 | Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide . |
| 15 | This is in miniature the classic blueprint detective story , and it can give more pleasure by virtue of its clues coming closer to the final revelation than sometimes the full-length affair does . |
| 16 | This bringing of the people of God back to personal thankfulness for their place in Christ is one of the vital functions of worship , and it can take some time . |
| 17 | When friends fall out the mess can be considerable and it can take some time for the wounds to heal . |
| 18 | But Downing Street made it clear that it was the Cabinet which set the £244.5 billion spending target — and it can increase that figure if it wants to . |