Example sentences of "[modal v] it [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that is so should it make any difference whether the debtor is a party to the agreement ( he is not a party to the contract ) or not ? |
| 2 | But My Lords the next question is should the membership of the Authority be as it traditionally has been or should it contain some members recruited from a wider constituency . |
| 3 | Cripps had tried to answer the criticism that he was abandoning Socialism by making special reference to the need for the Party to retain its principles should it join any alliance . |
| 4 | They debated unhappily , reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion , until John Prophet suggested sadly that in the circumstances it might be well to consult the archbishop of Canterbury , and in some relief they agreed on this course , and carried their problem that same afternoon to Lambeth ; where Thomas Arundel , on the force of whose word and influence they could rely , advised them , in consideration of the desperate need , to issue the required letters patent , and he would be responsible for defending their action to the king , should it need any defence . |
| 5 | It was a striking scene : Ramprakash , facing ‘ a pair ’ — or , worse , four ducks in a row — the sky darkening , time running out ( would it rain all day tomorrow , the final day ? ) , |
| 6 | And would it make much difference if the pact only covered a limited number of seats ? |
| 7 | W would it make much difference for you lending me the money . |
| 8 | W would it make much difference for you lending me the money . |
| 9 | Would it make any difference to life in this community if there no primary school in Village ? |
| 10 | Would it make any difference to you personally if there were no primary school in Village ? |
| 11 | Would it make any difference if the second extract was rewritten with referring expressions instead of repetition ? |
| 12 | Would it make any difference if Party A fought the election campaign on a manifesto which openly outlined its policies , as opposed to the adoption of these policies after winning the election ? |
| 13 | A different type of two-part problem is one in which the second part commences : ‘ Would it make any difference to your answer if … ? ’ |
| 14 | If those paper debts were wiped out in the computer that prints your monthly statement , would it make any difference in real terms to anyone else ? |
| 15 | ‘ Would it make any difference , ’ Fen asked , ‘ if I told you those photographs are not of Petula ? ’ |
| 16 | Would it make any difference if there was n't a European parliament at all ? |
| 17 | Would it make any difference to their relationship ? |
| 18 | Nor would it grow any lighter . |
| 19 | If your boyfriend gave you a massage would it do any good ? |
| 20 | However , although such a study might permit some comparison of different schemes , this pragmatic approach would not provide the parameters for comparison ; nor , indeed , would it identify any criteria that classification schemes should meet . |
| 21 | Would it have any grass at all ? he wondered , for over the past few miles the grass had become scarce , huddled together in tiny clumps or hiding behind rocks for shelter . |
| 22 | How would it get any exercise ? |
| 23 | If so , ought it to use that weapon in all cases or only in some ; and if only in some , on what principle should it distinguish ? |
| 24 | Will independence bring more opportunities for adults and mature students , a wider range of vocational courses and a higher staying-on rate or will it mean more competition , cuts in expensive courses and no overall structure to educational provision from 11–19 ? |
| 25 | Will it achieve any purposes that justify its cost in countries destroyed , the dead and the maimed , misery for some millions of Third World migrant workers now without jobs and bankruptcy for their countries , plus the erosion of the standards of humanity in Britain and the United States ? |
| 26 | Nor will it do any good if it is sent to the right outlet at the wrong time . |
| 27 | Will it only learn the song of its own species or will it learn any tape recorded song it may have played to it during its memorizing phase ? |
| 28 | If the chick is going to do this to remember everything that goes on during its lifetime , how will it find enough room in its little brain for all that synaptic machinery ? |
| 29 | Not only can it homogenize these communities as insensitively as assimilationism or multiculturalism . |
| 30 | If Labour can not win when the country is in the deepest recession since the war and the Tories have ditched their greatest electoral asset , can it have any hope of ever again forming a government ? |