Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did we know that it would result in one of the most amazing periods of any of our lives — including David 's I 'm sure . |
| 2 | I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes |
| 3 | They should know that it will change nothing . |
| 4 | How does the bird manage to identify part of the scene as a fish , or as food , in the first place , and how is it thereupon led to take appropriate action ( that is , how does it know that it should dive , irrespective of how steep the dive should be ) ? |
| 5 | We must recognise that it will have to be the consumer who pays , and it is up to animal welfare organisations such as the RSPCA to ensure that the increased price for food will be seen to be acceptable because of an improvement both in animal welfare and environmental protection . |
| 6 | Its main power over the economy lies in its control of the central bank , but Mr Yeltsin has made the bank promise that it will issue only a quarter as much credit in the second three months of the year as it did in the first . |
| 7 | Sample sizes can not be decided independently of acceptable error since sampling can not guarantee that it will provide the true population value . |
| 8 | I do not consider that it would help towards the solution of your Lordships ' present problem for me to discuss further the points which arose in Morris ( including the question whether it really is an example of theft ) or in the many other cases on section 1(1) which have occupied the anxious attention of the courts and the academic writers . |
| 9 | I 've already said this morning that the District Council does not consider that it can accommodate any further dwellings within the Southern Ryedale area without adversely affecting the character of the settlements that are already there , or compromising greenbelt objectives , erm , so therefore to meet the Greater York total , the District Council considers it essential that there is a new settlement to take that amount of housing that can not be accommodated within the Southern Ryedale area . |
| 10 | To achieve the status of ‘ Preferred Supplier , ’ a company must demonstrate that it can provide products and services which are uniform , consistently meet requirements and show an on-going commitment to quality . |
| 11 | I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me . |
| 12 | I do n't know if it would affect |
| 13 | She did not know if it would reach Beatrix , of course , nor whether she would respond even if it did . ’ |
| 14 | He tried to warm her with his body but he was so cold himself he did n't know if it would work . |
| 15 | I do n't know if it would have been there in Flaubert 's day . |
| 16 | I did n't know if it would have any value … |
| 17 | But he said that both sets of lawyers were unaware of the paper 's offer and he did not know if it would halt the looming legal action which alleges infringement of copyright in relation to the 1992 Christmas message . |
| 18 | I do n't know if it 'll come back . |
| 19 | we can do she put an ice cube on the splodge let it melt and when it drys out the carpet comes up again but I do n't know if it 'll work but it ca n't do any harm , can it ? |
| 20 | ‘ We do n't have the details though — we do n't know if it might include the replacement of schools or whether it has to be directed at education in different ways . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't know if it can pick voices up with telly on . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know if it will do any good , ’ she said as she looked at the medicine , ‘ but it might . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know if it will work . |
| 24 | Mrs Hill does n't know if it will work , but says she 'll try anything to try to save her daughter 's life . |
| 25 | This has been tested on animals on not humans so we do n't know if it will work . |
| 26 | Just do more stat and it 'll say zero . |
| 27 | In the Australian experience referred to earlier , those engaged in the study of alternative community-based educational initiatives stressed the former rather than the latter , ‘ The innovating organisation will only survive if it can show them ( the statutory bodies and local power groups ) that its power is complementary rather than invasive . ’ |
| 28 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 29 | However , erm this is the first chance I 've had to speak today so I ca n't take all the blame of the er , of the , of the late start , erm I do n't know whether it would make it any easier to the my colleagues on my right or my left erm to accept the Liberal resolution . |
| 30 | It controls many trade unions including some of the big confederations , most notably the Shanghai General Labour Union , a sort of T U C really , erm for , do n't know whether it would bear much relation to the modern T U C in Britain , the erm , the sort of confederation uniting all of the unions in Shanghai , controlled by the Communist Party . |