Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Nonetheless the characterization of the fabliau writer in the text is a worthwhile subject of study , for an assessment of the tone of the fabliau beyond anything it might tell us of the usual origins of such texts .
2 No , it 'll cost us at the , the buying price was fifty one .
3 It would serve us as an exhibition piece in our own gallery and in exhibitions for the coming year or two .
4 It would relieve us of the burden of suppressed emotion .
5 It would remind us of the days of our youth mixing with Greeks and Arabs and Armenians in strange corners of the world . ’
6 It will tell us about the individuals ' ability to make and maintain new relationships .
7 Incidentally , it will cost us about an extra eight thousand pounds just to do the trial in .
8 I have a boat ready and it will take us to the Delta .
9 It will provide us with a great boost , ’ he said .
10 Although I 'm not totally certain it will save us in the longer term .
11 It merely hints that the world will be a better place if we support it because the unquantified benefits which will flow from it will put us on a level with Germany and France , assuming of course that we wish to be on a level with Germany and France .
12 This , in turn , will cause us to address the broader issue of whether there is , in a more general sense , a genuine , causal association between insanity and at least some forms of creativity ; and , if that is so , what it can tell us about the underlying qualities of psychosis and of the creative process .
13 We must examine it to see what sense it can yield us in the case of those who , as it happens , are not men in the first place , and in what way , once this is done , it will have changed its meaning for those who , by no special fault or merit of their own , actually are so .
14 In overall terms , between 1900 and the present day , the state apparatus for collecting and sorting criminal information has changed so dramatically that we must question whether it can supply us with a valid measuring-stick with which to compare the two periods .
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