Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recommendation is subject to approval by parliament which is , however , likely to accept the proposal although only it can set the final date . |
| 2 | Thus although possibly it may amount to a transfer of value it could not amount to a chargeable transfer and it is only upon chargeable transfers that inheritance tax is payable . |
| 3 | HOLLOWAY women 's prison now has a nickname that is more telling than any it may have had in the past the Hilton . |
| 4 | Once all nine barrels have been discharged the weapon is of no further use , although hopefully it will have done its job by this time , and your enemies will be running for the hills . |
| 5 | It is also perfectly in order to say , ‘ May I think about that for a moment ? ’ before answering a question , although clearly it would become rather tedious if you said that every time . |
| 6 | Although maybe it might have been better to lie , because that might have convinced him , might n't it , that she had no designs on him ? |
| 7 | If a man who is a diabetic and who has arterial disease to the extent that this plaintiff had , is severely injured so that life is much more difficult to bear than otherwise it would have been , a defendant is in my view , quite unable , with justification , to say that a reduction in damages should thereby be brought about . |
| 8 | Mostly our air arrives from the west which is why we sit up and take notice of the weather in America , although actually it can change a great deal on the way over here . |
| 9 | Still , higher education contains within itself , if only it would realize , an essential rationality : academics , students and disciplines have to be rational . |
| 10 | If only it could tell me how I am failing it . |
| 11 | ‘ If only it could happen in the North-East . ’ |
| 12 | If so it would seem to suggest that we have an absolute rule of conduct or an agreed blue-print of morality to which there can be no exceptions . |
| 13 | If so it may save the planet from overheating . |
| 14 | Perhaps gangs of older women up hills is quite the norm in the Fatherland , and if so it could do with being aped here . |
| 15 | Embarrassed for the great glass eye , if ever it should find out . |
| 16 | Cos probably it will say what room it was . |
| 17 | If then it would seem artificial to analyse and describe the whole process when asked the reason for my choice , is that not because I already have the vocabulary of pleasure to name it ? |
| 18 | Nor , do the back , because that can be removed you put it on a surface , the side or underneath that can not be removed , and on a surfaces that 's not regularly dusted and polished because eventually it will wear off . |
| 19 | The roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in but I dare not start on it just yet — the house must take priority . |
| 20 | Never allow a young dog in particular to have free access in a car , because inevitably it will prove a distraction and may even cause an accident . |
| 21 | But equally , the alliance should nut be dated too late in the 430s , because then it would have cried out fur mention at some point in the book i narrative , where the immediate ‘ alleged reasons ’ for the war are rehearsed at length . |
| 22 | So in empty space the field can not be fixed at exactly zero , because then it would have both a precise value ( zero ) and a precise rate of change ( also zero ) . |
| 23 | And you can speak loud because then it 'll get recorded okay and then we can actually |
| 24 | The wrong , or ‘ fattening ’ way , to drink with meals is to use the drink to swill food down the throat before it has been swallowed , because then it will speed rather than slow the ingestion of food . |
| 25 | ‘ Because otherwise it would have to be financed through a general increase in taxation . |
| 26 | The chain itself must fit properly , because otherwise it may injure the dog 's throat . |
| 27 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 28 | The collar must therefore be adjustable , because otherwise it will press on the dog 's throat , and may cause difficulty in breathing . |
| 29 | Does my hon. Friend agree that more than ever it is important that an agreement is reached at Maastricht in which Britain takes a whole-hearted role in the European Community , because otherwise it will cease to be so attractive for inward investment ? |
| 30 | On a simpler level , we know that it is unwise to turn our back when we are still close to a strange horse , stallion , or foal , because occasionally it will boot us once we take our eyes off it ! |