Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be a hazard only where it might build up in poorly ventilated buildings . |
| 2 | Does the Minister support British Rail 's policy of siting freight depots only where it can find developers to put money into facilities around the depot ? |
| 3 | On the EDC Mendès-France at first followed the route of his predecessors , seeking to persuade Britain to reconsider its refusal to join the EDC , and arguing with his partners for a dilution of the supranational element in the proposed structure , especially where it could affect the French military contribution . |
| 4 | Better that it should end like this , when justice was not only done but manifestly seen by all to be done . |
| 5 | Also , cooling can produce spectral shifts in emission wavelength , so although it may have potential uses for geological applications where CL emission at room temperature is meagre , the full effects of cooling are at present poorly known and the technique can not be recommended as a regular practice for petrographic purposes . |
| 6 | Smiling a little ruefully at her own foolishness , she walked down the lane , guessing rightly that it would take her to the back of the cottage . |
| 7 | Obviously , however , Bristol and West hopes to hear from interested people in advance — if only so it can gauge the likely demand for each property before the auction starts . |
| 8 | The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest . |
| 9 | Woosnam , who was playing with Parry , salvaged a 73 which left him sharing fifth place with Price , four off the lead , which was rather better than it might have been . |
| 10 | The next day started better than it should have . |
| 11 | He placed it so that it would shine into the right-hand corner of the wall by the fireplace . |
| 12 | The role of the state was to be changed so that it would offer help in the last rather than in the first resort . |
| 13 | One 11 year old who was asked about the shape of the Earth replied that he knew he was supposed to say that it was shaped like a sphere , but that he thought people only say that so that it would fit easily on a globe : |
| 14 | The kitchen clock whirred and struck three — that is , its hammer flailed the air three times , having been bent by Mrs. Jordan , the cook , so that it would fail to strike the chimes . |
| 15 | Inside there was a cart , its body mounted high upon the axle so that it would clear the stagings and pass along the narrow tunnels , and at the back of the enclosure there was a stall in which an aged p'tar browsed at a manger . |
| 16 | So sure enough we let the tyres down sufficiently for it to be roadworthy and not to destroy the tyres on the way there , but soft enough just so that it would go down , and we edged it through and Roy got it through the middle and off we went . |
| 17 | It takes some 5 or 6 years for a nest to produce sexual insects , so that it would appear that the complete defoliation of the immediate area or the removal of the more palatable species would lead to deteriorating conditions for the ants . |
| 18 | The ship 's carpenter had sewn the tiny body into canvas , weighting it at the feet with coal , so that it would sink rapidly . |
| 19 | I realized then that the lamp had been put behind me so that it would light her entrance ; and it was an entrance to take the breath away . |
| 20 | In keeping with the emphasis on liberalism , there was the idea that party competition should be restrained and moderate so that it would involve gradual change and only limited state intervention . |
| 21 | One of the ways in which schools reorganised as comprehensive began to change the curriculum so that it would promote the struggle for equality of outcomes is the development of modular patterns ( Moon , 1988 , Warwick , 1987 ) . |
| 22 | He said that the woman in the house had only a table and television , and had spent the night before polishing the table so that it would bring in a wee bit extra to clear her debt . |
| 23 | Not so that it would stop cars getting across into the car park , but it would nevertheless give the impression . |
| 24 | He envisaged this as a well-balanced wheel driven by a lead weight suspended from its axle so that it would make one revolution between sunrise and sunset . |
| 25 | He also emphasises the ethics : ‘ Certainly if anyone were to advocate placing whale genes or elephant growth hormone genes into the genetic code of a human embryo , so that it would grow to sexual maturity at age six , and twice as tall … |
| 26 | The architecture of triticale was altered so that it would grow shorter ; in this way more photosynthetic effort would go into seed production rather than stems . |
| 27 | Bina who never dreamed — Bina whose moods they all dismissed as ‘ adolescence ’ — Bina who they 'd trained not to let on what she really felt , who did n't even know what she did feel — that same Bina had a dream each night , and she wrote down every single word of it so that it would tell her how to be different , be real , really be . |
| 28 | He had fixed the number so that it would pivot and , on alternate days , would read ‘ 9 ’ . |
| 29 | He banged it so that it would bend . |
| 30 | Their backbone changed so that it would bend in a vertical plane erm the limb girdles changes and a whole number of other things changed associated with locomotion . |