Example sentences of "[adj] and it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of finishes are slightly porous and it will help seal out moisture , as well as make the beast look a lot better . |
| 2 | It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured . |
| 3 | It can also be funny and it can do you a power of good . |
| 4 | So erm yes there is the risk that the French , one of the French power stations could go wrong and it would affect southern England . |
| 5 | Former President Ahmed Ben Bella , leader of the Movement for Democracy in Algeria ( MDA ) , said on July 14 that the state of siege should be lifted ; he also said that the FIS had just demands , but its methods were wrong and it should join in supporting the recently appointed transitional government [ see p. 38312 ] . |
| 6 | Somewhere along the way , call into a cheese shop and buy some sliced Gouda to sustain you ; ask for something old and it will come hard , dry , salty and orange — a prince among cheeses and a revelation to anyone who thought Dutch cheese was that yellow soap they sell in wax balls . |
| 7 | ‘ Is it really worth going somewhere else ? ’ she asked a trifly wistfully , filling her lungs with cool fresh air and realising for the first time that the pavements were damp and it must have been raining . |
| 8 | Erm , I 'm quite sure that we ought to be able to spend this money , and I think it 's it 's very sensible and it would help a great deal with the problems that we have . |
| 9 | Leave it to those moments which are spontaneous and it will tend to be as transient as it is spontaneous . |
| 10 | Viola and I will get several thousand each- and it 'll go on . ’ |
| 11 | She 'd be sent to her room and hear them going on about how if it was n't for The Child — her — everything would be different and it would have ended years ago . |
| 12 | The plan would identify sites where such operations would be acceptable and it would become difficult for sites not identified to gain planning permission . |
| 13 | If you drew it on your graph it would be quite steep and it would look as if you were going up ten centimetres for every centimetre you went along which is almost vertical . |
| 14 | The way we work is similar and it could have been nasty when we wanted the same part . |
| 15 | Explaining how he had instituted a series of business briefs , which go out to CBI members by fax every week , he said each message ‘ should be conversational , it should be easily accessible and it should have some value to the reader or the listener ’ . |
| 16 | It could be so quick , so easy and it would simplify things so much . |
| 17 | It 's easy and it would have been easy for me to get up on a platform or to go into the department and say , look lads , you know , we feel that you 're justified in walking out the door . |
| 18 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 19 | Where the rivers have flowed transverse to the structure rias formed in them will have a much more irregular plan : the main arm of the ria may not be straight and it may possess branches developed along weaker beds followed by the courses of previous subsequent streams . |
| 20 | and you 'd get very sad and it would hurt a lot . |
| 21 | This development here , as you approach from Farnsfield , if you look at the angle of the position on site , will be clearly visible and it will create the impression that it is it is one single house , because they are so close together they will stick out like a sore thumb . |
| 22 | Obviously , what is or may be of importance to an employer 's business is a question of fact ; and it was no doubt significant in Swain that S was the general manager , the wrongful employee was the managing director , his conduct was dishonest and it could have had a material effect on the defendant 's business ( labelling meat as " Empire Products " when it was not ) . |
| 23 | In the latter case , if there is a provision for the tenant to provide a substitute guarantor on the bankruptcy or liquidation of the original guarantor the landlord should not be too disadvantaged and it would seem reasonable to resist the stringent forfeiture provision . |
| 24 | Erm I think it should be quite specific and it should say the housing needs . |
| 25 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 26 | The pattern of pitch which accompanies the first clause or group of words will be recognised by an English listener as in some way complete and it will hold it together as a separate unit and separate it from the following clause , which will also be held together by intonation . |
| 27 | ( Do not use an electric whisk as this is too strong and it will over-beat the egg whites . ) |
| 28 | Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’ |
| 29 | It 's clea quick and it can link directly to our computer if you want . |
| 30 | Now its skin is soft and it must hide , but it grows fast and swells its body by absorbing water and stretching out the wrinkles of its new carapace . |