Example sentences of "a [noun sg] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a case it can pay to set up an ancillary file when the file is loaded . |
| 2 | In such a case it will invite discount houses and clearing banks to bid for Treasury bills of one or more specified maturities . |
| 3 | And er I thought it was , what a money it must have cost to put that one commercial firm doing that . |
| 4 | Grandmother used to say that if it had been possible to take their personalities and shake them together a bit it would have been better for both of them . |
| 5 | It 's supposed to be a bit it 'll stick up do n't worry . |
| 6 | She got herself a job in Reading college , she got somebody to take her down there and a place to get an English A Level , and Mary said it 's a thing with her she wants to get this English A Level cos her father had one and she feels that is she could get and English A Level it would impress him , he , she spends her life trying to impress her father who does n't really takes much notice of her , . |
| 7 | Before making a decision it must apply the fundamental principles set out in s1 of the Act . |
| 8 | We have seen what a struggle it must have been for men in the late 18th century to keep body and soul together — how much worse , then , for their womenfolk . |
| 9 | The quantitative and qualitative analyses of teacher-pupil interaction showed how vital a part it can play in children 's learning , yet how easy it is to waste the very limited time teachers have to interact with each child . |
| 10 | But it must be admitted that this is not a very strong distinction , for in Dudley and Stephens the jury also found that ‘ at the time of the act there was no sail in sight , nor any reasonable prospect of relief ’ ; and it would seem that if the law recognises necessity as a defence it should proceed upon the facts as they appeared to the defendant at the time . |
| 11 | As a framework it can make no claim to be exhaustive or final . |
| 12 | Just think what a story it might make . ’ |
| 13 | If you thrash a horse it will hurt but if you touch it with a whip it 's a tactile thing which is far less than a horse nudging another one |
| 14 | On the geographical point , if a party is to secure a seat it must have the best part of a quota of votes after transfers at the end of the count . |
| 15 | IF AN ANIMAL is approached by a killer it may try to defend itself by giving its attacker a fright . |
| 16 | As a result it could become the first estate in the area to have a 20mph speed limit introduced . |
| 17 | Said by Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson at the scene of a murder it might function as an interpretation . |
| 18 | The speaking clock is sponsored by a watchmaker , raising the awkward question of how much of a future it can have if everyone buys watches . |
| 19 | And when you picked hold of the fish and got hold of a piece it would come clean away . |
| 20 | have the boiler serviced annually , because like a car it will become less efficient at using fuel after prolonged use . |
| 21 | In less than a second it would tear a gap in the highway the width of the riverbed . |
| 22 | When the AccuCard detects an interruption in power , it warbles , gives you the ‘ brownout ! ’ message , and if the condition continues for longer than a second it 'll save the disk . |
| 23 | When it touched Parker it had evidently acquired a tremendous spin , and for a second it must have been spinning beneath me . |
| 24 | If she and Lowell had had a child it would have been a strange hybrid , perhaps difficult to love . |
| 25 | ‘ The local fair always appears in the square at Meet weekend and for a child it must seem absolutely magic . |
| 26 | A question it could ask is what would be wrong with letting a market instead of a clique of investment banks determine a share 's correct price . |
| 27 | Of course , if a museum wants to purchase a work it can ask for donations from banks , industries and other institutions . |
| 28 | If it ‘ saw ’ a way to take a queen it would do so , even if the opponent could give mate on the next play . |
| 29 | A pity it 'll take so long to check . |
| 30 | This restriction to particular ‘ niches ’ in the environment is the result of a partitioning out of competing species over a limited range of resources ; each comes to live in the portion of a habitat it can exploit best for reproductive purposes . |