Example sentences of "[modal v] it [verb] any [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Would it make any difference to life in this community if there no primary school in Village ? |
| 5 | Would it make any difference to you personally if there were no primary school in Village ? |
| 6 | Would it make any difference if the second extract was rewritten with referring expressions instead of repetition ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | A different type of two-part problem is one in which the second part commences : ‘ Would it make any difference to your answer if … ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | ‘ Would it make any difference , ’ Fen asked , ‘ if I told you those photographs are not of Petula ? ’ |
| 11 | Would it make any difference if there was n't a European parliament at all ? |
| 12 | Would it make any difference to their relationship ? |
| 13 | Nor would it grow any lighter . |
| 14 | If your boyfriend gave you a massage would it do any good ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | How would it get any exercise ? |
| 17 | Nor will it do any good if it is sent to the right outlet at the wrong time . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | The questions which our proposal can usefully address are : ( i ) Will it lead to any discriminating predictions about observable data which differ from what would be expected under the assumption that postnominals are simply normal attributive adjectives ? ( ii ) How might our claim relate to the characteristics of postnominal attributives discussed in Sections 3.5 to 3.7 ? ( iii ) Can it cast any light in particular on the fact that only a subset of adjectives can occur as postnominal attributives ? |