Example sentences of "[vb mod] it [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts a minimum of ten years , but what age must it always finish by ? |
| 2 | If so should LA instruct SEGLAB to look for evidence of a schwa or should it just make one up ? |
| 3 | Should it unfortunately prove necessary , will my right hon. Friend make arrangements for it possibly to be introduced without notice and simultaneously after consultation with the Government of the Republic of Ireland ? |
| 4 | But then that would make the 686 — should it ever appear — the Sexium . |
| 5 | Finally , interviewers are often hesitant to broach the question of one partner wishing to resign , so at interview we raise the issue and offer reassurance that should it ever occur the remaining partner would either also resign or take on the post full time . |
| 6 | Fortunately I have never had this problem either with ferrets or dogs but should it ever hit my animals it means more than just the loss of the ferrets . |
| 7 | Yet should it ever happen , to be honest , he would be afraid of her . |
| 8 | Should it ever happen to you all complaints to Mr. Kirby please . |
| 9 | He then went off to cut the nettles under the straggling roses , satisfied that water , should it ever reappear , would no longer escape from the pool . |
| 10 | Three or four sharply conflicting views about the suitability of Michael Heseltine for the leadership of the Partei should it ever become vacant again . |
| 11 | Again the harsh voice sounded in his inner ear , ‘ … should it ever become necessary to activate this device , I assure you that both I and my staff will be well clear of its effects . |
| 12 | If not , of course , it fails ; a determined government can ultimately get its way under the Parliament Act procedure , should it so wish . |
| 13 | In a speech to the European Parliament on Jan. 17 he had stated " that there is a place for East Germany in the Community should it so wish " . |
| 14 | More importantly , the city has long been a centre of manufacturing excellence ; why then should it still arouse such hostility ; is there something deeper to the disapproval of Birmingham than the quality of its goods . |
| 15 | If the ‘ egg ’ had existed for all eternity why should it suddenly decide to explode ? |
| 16 | However , it is deemed unlikely to reactivate the effort despite contentions that the Intel work taking priority — largely the stuff of Open Desktop 2.0 coming out this summer — could be easily ported to the MIPS platform should it suddenly become a volume player . |
| 17 | If a drug company receives letters of complaint from a few reputable doctors who have prescribed its product , should it then withdraw the product or warn other doctors of the problem ? |
| 18 | Was it meant to be a chuckling advertisement for his own sensibility ; a tease about the gritty , unpolishable surface of the desert ; or might it just have been a joke on us ? |
| 19 | But what could it also mean ? |
| 20 | Could it also hold the key to memory mechanisms ? |
| 21 | Could it also have been that the extent of available free labour resources had been exaggerated ? |
| 22 | Could it only happen here ? |
| 23 | Could it now transpire , wondrously , that his private entreaty to the Godfather of All had only begun to be granted ? |
| 24 | How else could it seriously expect my custom ? |
| 25 | Leaving the view aside , could it possibly match the States in quality , value for money and service ? |
| 26 | But how could it possibly mean ‘ suit ’ ? |
| 27 | Fun , sure — but what could it possibly mean ? |
| 28 | What difference could it possibly make if she told him she loved or hated him ? |
| 29 | How could it possibly work ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Could it possibly wait for half an hour , sir ? |