Example sentences of "[modal v] it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should it adopt a target for money supply growth , say , and stick to it come what may ? |
| 2 | Or , if it axed Neil Kinnock , junked Clause 4 , cut the trade union links and purged the remaining socialists , might it have a chance — or would it be just the old SDP ? |
| 3 | ‘ What shall it profit a man to win |
| 4 | One could go on and pick many other scriptures , you know in the erm the New Testament not only were there those three questions that we mentioned earlier on about salvation , but there are three unanswered questions in the New Testament in Mark chapter eight , Jesus asked that question of which there is no answer , for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and looses his sole or what shall a man or a woman give in exchange for their soul , Jesus did n't try and answer , there is no answer to that question , then again in , in Hebrews chapter three , er chapter two and verse three there is an unanswered question , how shall we escape if we neglect so greater salvation , and finally one other the apostle Peter , he asked the question in , in chapter fo , first apostle in chapter four and verse seven seventeen for it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God and if judgment begins with us first , what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God |
| 5 | Would it draw a sphere ? |
| 6 | Yet if it were known that microcephalic babies ( perhaps older infants as well — would it make a difference ? ) were regularly sold to research laboratories , then there would undoubtedly be an outcry . |
| 7 | Would it make a difference ? ’ |
| 8 | Would it make a difference if it could be maintained that Laura had died before the Tongue was stolen ? |
| 9 | Would it make a difference to them ? |
| 10 | Elementary education was to be provided for all children in England and Wales ; now did the village want a new church school , or would it prefer a board school , one which would be secular and undenominational ? |
| 11 | His consuming anxiety about everything is ‘ would it bring a blush into the cheek of the young person ? ’ and he vetoes all discussion of controversial matters on these grounds . |
| 12 | It had fooled many men , but would it deceive a woman ? |
| 13 | Would it become a school ? |
| 14 | Would the bombing succeed as a deterrent , discouraging popular support for terrorism , or would it provoke a desire for revenge ? |
| 15 | If , contrary to my argument , conventionalism did fit our legal practices , would it provide a sound or even decent justification of them ? |
| 16 | And I told y I said to y er before he did that I said , would it cause a client a problem if we gave them back some money ? |
| 17 | A widely used example is that of a local authority which ruled that in no circumstances would it employ a teacher with red hair . |
| 18 | Will it feed a pensioner ? |
| 19 | Will Labour in Scotland now endorse Trident , and will it demand a rejection of the party 's previous commitment to slash defence spending ? |
| 20 | Can the relationship be summarized as a straight line or will it need a curve ? |
| 21 | Will it will it save a lot of hassles . |
| 22 | Will Channel 5 be regionally based , and will it support a network of city stations with its 31 transmitters . |
| 23 | " No doubt there may be cases in which the draftsman 's ineptitude will succeed in defeating the court 's efforts to find a meaning for the provision in question ; but only if the court is driven to it will it find a provision is void for uncertainty " ( Brown v Gould [ 1972 ] Ch 53 per Megarry J ) . |
| 24 | Nor can it lift a man unaided from his melancholy . |
| 25 | Does the name cover only pure-bred wild boars or can it include a cross , bred with a domestic pig ? |
| 26 | It must be remembered that a court can not order a mortgagee to agree to a conveyance or transfer subject to mortgage , nor can it order a mortgagee to release a party from the mortgage covenants . |