Example sentences of "it [be] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since having said that erm , I 'm not immediately looking erm , for high expenditure , but I would hope that possibly one particular area , or w er , council , erm , as it were could start operating the system , erm , on a trial basis , and preferably erm , not one which is erm , under planning and highways , though planning and highways and environmental officers would need to help them . |
| 2 | Initially , you know , development meant higher than wages , alright , you know , making these erm er er sort of producing cars and high technology goods in urban , urban areas in developing countries was thought , you know , that 's the way , that 's the way ahead and these big projects , whereas now the thinking has changed and it 's let's promote infrastructure , education , erm in the rural areas thems rural areas themselves , right , erm , anythi any other policies so yeah you may want to erm invest , invest in agriculture , and I do n't mean some agricultural support but erm promote , well yeah make , make roads , educate the population erm disseminate agricultural technologies . |
| 3 | It 's kind of stupid but it 's kind of funny if you know what I mean cos the baby do n't talk and as soon as the Mum and Dad 's out of the room it 's let's go and find the chocolate . |
| 4 | I suppose it 's must have been re re-opened or opened newly opened and they 're all well wishers that send flowers you see |
| 5 | Yeah but but not while we 're there , I do n't think it 's must get another budgie sometime get Steven 's budgie or something . |
| 6 | Very hectic at the moment it 's should 've normally been dropping off quite a lot this time but |
| 7 | no , eat by the seventh so what 's today 's date the sixth , tomorrow 's the seventh there 's no hold on sixth today seventh eighth is Sunday , no it must be the ninth , oh god I 'm totally out of date I do n't even know what date it is let's have one of these that 'll make a change |
| 8 | about fifteen it is let's have a look then |
| 9 | The assertion that some particular type of conduct is morally wrong because it is may appear unsatisfactory but it is unchallengeable . |
| 10 | you deducted three , nine , six , nine , one , and so whatever it is should end in nine at least |
| 11 | erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there . |
| 12 | Thus , if a pigeon is trained on an artificial light/dark schedule , different from the outside , it will navigate with predictable error beneath the natural sun : pigeons , for instance , who think it is six hours later in the day than it is will head off 90° anti-clockwise away from the correct direction ( Figure 4.8 ) . |
| 13 | If the quicklime cure proves effective , it is will reduce costs by four-fifths . |
| 14 | ‘ If you want to sell and get as far as enticing a buyer , whoever it is will have the place surveyed , and any surveyor knowing his job will condemn it out of hand . |
| 15 | And whichever one it is will fly for all of us , transforming at last the loss and suffering we have felt these years into the power and hope of purposeful flight . ’ |
| 16 | Well this form of employee representation is common , but the prospect that it be could begin to be introduced through the European Works Council Directive . |
| 17 | ‘ It was n't a case of upstaging one another , but it was let's see who can really act better in this scene , ’ commented Dustin . |
| 18 | It 's a erm it was let's see what we can do to these nasty Labour controlled authorities and see how we can break down their erm their control of education and immediately they introduce it then suddenly the things start happening and they have second thoughts about it , and I 'm sure as night follows day that they 're going to have second thoughts about this when it actually occurs . |
| 19 | you know , and they were , as soon as we got out it was let's have dinner quick |
| 20 | I just hoped whatever it was would prove to be neither inconvenient nor dangerous . |
| 21 | ‘ I just hope whatever it was will stay hushed up . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Whoever it was could have made a mistake over the night ; I was out at about that time on Saturday night . ’ |
| 23 | Whoever it was could ring again in the morning if they wished to . |
| 24 | Swiftly before whoever it was could ring again , Leith sped from the kitchen . |
| 25 | Whoever it was must have been very close to the wall . |
| 26 | And she put my head on my hands on the desk in front of me and believe me , I went to sleep , it was must have been very , very new , compared to being at home and perhaps being laid there . |
| 27 | Whoever it was must have been waiting by the telephone for the call . |