Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As yet it may be too soon to press the panic button ; however , as John Emsley of King 's College , London , pointed out in 1981 ( New Scientist , vol 91 p 293 ) ‘ A warning bell has sounded : through the agency of the strong hydrogen bond fluoride can change the chemistry of many compounds . |
| 2 | The most disturbing fact is this : although it may be too soon to pass final judgment on the merger wave of the 1980s , on current evidence this wave was much more successful ( or less unsuccessful ) than the merger waves of the late 1960s and early 1970s that took place in both Britain and America . |
| 3 | It must be enough here to point to four main areas of debate , each of which has its political , economic , medical , and moral ramifications . |
| 4 | Extreme circumstances may arise when it could be right so to hold : see Halsey v. Esso Petroleum Co . |
| 5 | It would be equally so to deny it , especially when considering the first recording on the tape . |
| 6 | Quite where Ireland will go from here is impossible to predict ; it will be enough just to avoid the maulings at Wales — as Triple Crown winners — suffered in New Zealand on their ill-fated two-test tour in 1988 . |