Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He probably is n't the only man in London with a cut on his face , but it 'll feel that way to him . |
| 2 | Grandmothers are remembered twice as often as grandfathers — principally because they survived longer ; but it would seem that physical survival coincides here with salience in the memory . |
| 3 | Kinetics is still a young science but it would seem that human ability to exert conscious control over body language is less easy than with verbal communication and most people , at times , are aware of sending contradictory messages . |
| 4 | can not be denied , but it would seem that man 's instinctive awareness of his mastery of his own destiny , is influenced by an equally instinctive awareness that he can not peacefully and successfully control that destiny unless he can locate , or himself create some supreme form of guiding influence which is recognised by all . |
| 5 | Digital Equipment Corp buried a little zinger in its ‘ Unified Unix ’ briefing papers last month : ‘ Given the recent plans for Novell Inc to acquire Unix System Laboratories Inc , ’ it writes , ‘ Digital believes OSF/1 is the only true open Unix technology in existence ’ — well , but it would say that , would n't it . |