Example sentences of "[modal v] it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should it go wrong he would be expected to mend it : he was a musician , not a mechanic . |
| 2 | Why should it stay young while I grow old ? |
| 3 | Despite that inconvenience , the potential savings offering by NuTcracker , should it prove viable , is not insignificant . |
| 4 | Check carefully with your own Customs and Excise and the other country 's embassy before committing yourself to a purchase , as you can not take the rug back should it prove unsuitable . |
| 5 | ‘ I have asked English Nature and the Countryside Commission for advice on priorities should it prove possible to designate new ESAs , ’ he said after the meeting . |
| 6 | But they also , if circumstances change , want to be able to escape from that commitment should it prove intolerable . |
| 7 | Similarly , a manifesto issued by Franco and broadcast later that day by the local radio in Las Palmas left some room for manoeuvre , should it prove useful . |
| 8 | While most institutions can rely on borrowing for short periods , the risk associated with underwriting would be greatly increased if institutions were unable to dispose of their existing assets quickly to provide cash ( or repay short-term borrowing ) should it prove necessary . |
| 9 | The Netherlands had been happy to accept the supranational principle in advance , but insisted on retaining the right to withdraw from the discussions should it prove impossible in its eyes for the ideas to be turned into economic practice . |
| 10 | Why should it seem odd that they should win Tests for Pakistan ? |
| 11 | This allows it to gather moisture should it become lost ; its mouth remains wet and the string is wet too . |
| 12 | Should it become necessary to call upon women for such tasks , all women , even the celibate woman , are enjoined to read the Scriptures outside the sanctuary rail . |
| 13 | Should it become necessary , to meet EEC requirements on medicines legislation , to run tests with homoeopathic remedies using double-blind models , the great advantage of research with the remedies is their gentle action and lack of the harmful side-effects which unfortunately result from many orthodox drugs . |
| 14 | Common sense told me the news would break sooner or later , even if it was n't until my funeral , so on first being diagnosed , I had rung Clifford , with a statement to give to the press , should it become necessary , to the effect that my job was to make people forget their problems and not to talk about mine . |
| 15 | We 're both prepared to sell everything we own ( and busk cinema queues ) should it become necessary , but I miss the leg-room of first class . |
| 16 | If a gratuitous unconditional promise is revocable should it become irrevocable because a condition is added ? |
| 17 | ‘ If it 's affecting swans , could it affect other wildlife species and even human beings ? ’ |
| 18 | Could it have political repercussions ? |
| 19 | But this technique was not considered very reliable , nor could it provide other important data on the population , such as its sex distribution . |
| 20 | Spain 's truculence is , in a sense , the proof of its maturity : no longer need it impress fellow members . |
| 21 | ‘ And what would it feel like to have the truth from them ? ’ |
| 22 | What would it feel like to go further than just kissing ? she wondered hazily . |
| 23 | What would it feel like to abandon herself to his touch ? |
| 24 | Would it inhibit local authorities in their local plans |
| 25 | First , would it grow big , secondly would it have ‘ poppy ’ eyes , and thirdly was it from a pet shop ? |
| 26 | would it become insular to your own needs Kevin do n't you ? |
| 27 | If that was so , and we today have passed these orders , would it require new primary legislation to reinstate the old boundaries er which would be necessary if I understand , France refuses to advance the additional seats which were agreed as part of the Maastricht negotiations . |
| 28 | It would certainly not seem sensible to teach these skills in a context which did not allow children to put them to use immediately , nor would it seem sensible to teach them through sets of exercises independent of any meaningful content area . |
| 29 | That was what caused the hysteria and enthusiasm and so , I felt that if the band on stage was at least so close to his sense of humour that he felt comfortable with them , if the crew and all the support system was so strong that he could relax enough to enjoy the crowd , only then would it get magnetic and spontaneous . |
| 30 | And would it look odd if you had a tent or wigwam type of frame that could be covered in with a protective polythene and well ven ventilated at the , at the base and as it 's only really to give protection , you know , January , late April sort of thing , round about that period , er to prevent the fungal peach leaf curl and fungal spores being splashed on the branches wherein . |