Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the lead were ever to be sold to radiation detector manufacturers it would raise more than the £24000 it has cost to salvage the hull . |
| 2 | The yield from barium enema is so low in young patients that if an upper gastrointestinal cause is found and there are no clinical indicators it would seem unnecessary . |
| 3 | ‘ If you grew something like carrots it 'd make some sense . |
| 4 | If the pain does not settle within three months it will become chronic in the vast majority ( 87% ) . |
| 5 | It is more affordable and accessible than the digital alternatives , and despite its shortcomings it will do much to popularise the concept of videotelephony . |
| 6 | If even a radical liberal felt obliged to make such disavowals it may seem paradoxical to suggest that what was being discussed was , in fact , democracy . |
| 7 | So if you massage in the neck with your moisturizer with upward movements it will help those lines . |
| 8 | Re-writing the partnership agreement will not be a practicable exercise in larger firms , although in certain circumstances it may become necessary , eg if in the course of negotiations with a new partner some hitherto unsuspected inadequacy is revealed . |
| 9 | In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office . |
| 10 | It can develop as fast as a Charolais if fed appropriately and under ideal circumstances it can achieve similar weights within the same time span , especially if breeders are selective in their choice of stock . |
| 11 | In certain serious blood disorders it can invade other parts of the body , such as the lungs or central nervous system , with severe , if not fatal , consequences . |
| 12 | But because some intrauterine deaths will always occur before 42 weeks it might seem sensible to deliver all babies at 42 , 41 , or even 40 weeks . |
| 13 | As Mafouz tacked one way , it would move in the other , and when he swerved round to get it once more in his sights it would sidle left or right until it was sure it was once again in his blind spot . |
| 14 | or a bit of mould in one of the sockets it used to click all the phones when anybody made a call and er , all , all sorts of things that , I would of thought ah there 's a faulty phone somewhere and it 's degenerating and er we went round and waste every single one out , every single one , went to this extension pressed line three , play it down and the phone rang , I thought right it 's not a phone , I changed the cabinet , I changed all the cards and the cards in one big one , I had one three |
| 15 | Having been a teacher for over 30 years it might seem strange that I should begin a book on primary education by reflecting on the significance of schooling . |
| 16 | If prices remained high for a number of years it would become economic to develop marginal deposits in other parts of the world , such as Indonesia , New Guinea , New Caledonia , Peru and the US . |
| 17 | If the exchange suspects that a trade has been effected for improper purposes it must investigate this . |
| 18 | And we have never apart from I think we 've lost one spoon which was the since we started so er we do n't leave valuable things around but it 's an important consideration to think that our most valuable things are things it would take four large strong men to move |
| 19 | My way with memory is to entrust it only with things it will take some pride in looking after . |
| 20 | Box , for example , would be quite out of place in its usual role of low , closely clipped regular border hedging , but in higher , mounded plantings it can represent distant hills or mountains . |
| 21 | THE ANNIVERSARY of a Darlington landmark might still be celebrated despite fears it would go unnoticed . |
| 22 | THE 150TH anniversary of a Darlington landmark could still be celebrated , despite fears it would go unnoticed . |
| 23 | Oxfam is being urged to call off a charity pop concert because of fears it could attract thousands of travellers back to Castlemorton.Tickets are already on sale for the event although it has n't yet been granted a licence.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 24 | LOYALIST prisoners have been banned from wearing Remembrance Day poppies inside a top-security jail because of fears it could provoke republican violence , the Northern Ireland High Court heard today . |
| 25 | Relief may be granted by the court , subject to the court imposing whatever conditions it may think fit — s. 146(2) ( see above ) . |
| 26 | A defiance of its orders is a defiance of the state , in whose name the government alone may speak and for whose actions it must assume ultimate responsibility … |
| 27 | surely in a lot of ways it might makes all the difference Barry . |
| 28 | Professor Hugh Miller , also from Aberdeen University and who had advised on the Commission 's 1984 paper which questioned the link between acidity and fish losses , wrote that ‘ there is at present no evidence of damage ’ and ‘ When worried about the health of our trees it would seem preferable to heed qualified forest pathologists rather than respond to assorted ecologists and conservationists , no matter what their nationality . ’ |
| 29 | But if I reveal details it may compromise other possibilities . ’ |
| 30 | He says if children can go round in pairs it should stop this kind of thing happening again . |