Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may even be morally permissible to kill the child ; but the criminal law neither now nor in the future will countenance this , though it may look the other way from time to time . |
| 2 | For many households , housing is the major available asset and it may constitute a central way in which wealth is transferred between generations . |
| 3 | It may seem an unlikely way to make a living … but Heather Gorringe is a worm farmer.She sells 20,000 worms a week from her farm in Herefordshire … and it seems people ca n't get enough of these wriggly creatures.They 're ideal for breaking down compost … and can even convert rubbish dumps into healthy agricultural land : |
| 4 | Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below . |
| 5 | I mean it 's all right to say if you 're nice to them they 'll be nice to you erm it should come the other way round , that they should sort of respect other people 's property . |
| 6 | It must seek every conceivable way of persuading the next government to introduce proportional representation — for without PR , the SDP is dead . |
| 7 | It might feel the same way again , ’ one diplomat pointed out . |
| 8 | You w you will tr we do n't want you know va I mean if we get too many , it could go the other way , but we i if we could get three or four items , that would be very nice . |
| 9 | In fact managing director Almerino Furlan warned Microsoft that it could go the same way as IBM Corp because , like Big Blue , it is trying to spread itself too thin . |
| 10 | ‘ It could happen the other way around as well , ’ says Enya . |
| 11 | And they had sufficient imagination to see that if the sea could curve one way , then it could curve the other way also . |
| 12 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 13 | Murray confirmed only that the deal had been agreed and that it would go a long way towards cutting Rangers ' overdraft of £9.5 million . |
| 14 | If it were made good , it would go a long way towards providing a justification for denying English the place in our educational system which we demand for it . |
| 15 | If you could try to look as if you 're being guarded , it would go a long way . |
| 16 | It would take the easy way and go for the baited foot laid out for it … |
| 17 | If this constraint is important in reality , that is if sufficient outside individuals or firms are actively considering opportunities , then it would seem the only way to avoid takeover is to employ the company 's assets efficiently . |
| 18 | When wireless communications become available for a wider range of portables , the prevalence of Notes and applications like it will go a long way towards tying into networks PCs that are being under-utilised as little more than personal information managers . |
| 19 | It will see a new way of working for most staff . |
| 20 | It will see a new way of working for most staff . |
| 21 | In doing so it can go a long way towards lifting the depression which has afflicted too many teachers in recent years . |
| 22 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 23 | ‘ It can work the other way , too , ’ she adds . |