Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it may have mishandled some details , such as last week 's round of Arab-Israeli talks ( see page 65 ) , its big decisions — to bring its troops swiftly home , to maintain the siege around Iraq , to establish a haven for Iraqi Kurds and to push Israel and the Arabs into long-overdue negotiation — have mostly been right . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player . |
| 4 | That meant , or so I like to flatter myself , that it must have struck some chord with at least one practising politician . |
| 5 | If Britain had suggested something like this several years earlier , it might have found some support within the Six , but by 1957 they had already passed far beyond that point . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that the rhetoric is Type II , whilst the proposals are Type I. This may be considered an oversimplistic observation , but it would appear to contain some element of the truth . |
| 7 | A statute passed to remedy what is perceived by Parliament to be a defect in the existing law may in actual operation turn out to have injurious consequences that Parliament did not anticipate at the time the statute was passed ; if it had , it would have made some provision in the Act in order to prevent them . |
| 8 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 9 | Whereas years ago , it would have taken some time for that come by by which time it was no longer news , and people shrugged their shoulders and say well , |
| 10 | That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted . |
| 11 | She just felt it would help to establish some boundaries , and just then she felt they both needed space to get over the incident . |
| 12 | The University remains of the view , in common with many other institutions , that with changes in the school curricula on the one hand and the need for better preparation for graduate work ( notably in the European context ) on the other , it will need to extend some undergraduate courses from three to four years . |
| 13 | Although double glazing ( either secondary glazing or replacement windows ) wo n't reduce fuel bills by that much , it will help make some rooms a lot more comfortable . |
| 14 | The council says it will have to sack some teachers to make the savings , but one MP says he does n't believe that . |
| 15 | If the interviewee is very nervous it can help to ask some questions which can readily be answered with a yes or no , this provides the opportunity to adjust the tension . |