Example sentences of "it [vb infin] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Would n't it make would n't it make sense to set aside a figure annually for advertising beyond which you do n't go .
2 Does it make sense to suppose that , as in The Andromeda Strain , members of a crew sent out to recover a satellite would be infected and killed by an exobiological organism it carried ?
3 Does it make sense to suggest that acellular creatures evolved out of a ‘ reality ’ which is relative only to a human-style perceptive system of mind and sense organ ?
4 And if Unix is destined to dominate mainstream data processing , does n't it make sense to run it at the desktop as well — why have two different — and ultimately competing — operating system worlds when the expressed ideal is to have everything working seamlessly together from desktop to the multiprocessor servers that threaten to supplant the monolithic mainframe ?
5 The funds made available through the Farm and Horticultural Development Scheme will be a sound national investment but does it make sense to embark on a programme with a possibility that perhaps after six years the land might be allocated to forestry ?
6 Does it make sense to buy an annuity ?
7 Nor did it need riots to provoke these swan-songs for the old traditions .
8 In spite of the attempt to introduce earlier maturity by means of the Shorthorn , the Charolais remains a late-maturing breed with the advantage that the animal is heavier before it begins to deposit fat , nor does it need hormones to put more meat on its hindquarters .
9 Yeah , so give you some knowledge about the level of your group would n't it and what does it give chance to do ?
10 How could it enable pupils to contest their lives ?
11 And , if the line of the School Management Task Force is followed , how long will it take teachers to appreciate that what they are going through is an assessment " of the opportunities in each individual 's working routine for acquiring positive experiences of good practice and receiving support and advice .
12 how , how long did it take Mick to sort it out ?
13 How long did it take Mick to sort a route out ?
14 How long did it take lightning to strike ?
15 Does education prepare people to be objects of learning and to accept their place within the status quo , or does it encourage people to question the critical issues of the day and challenge forces that keep them passive ?
16 Did it pass resolutions to spend more money and get itself organised to ensure that the police could run themselves properly ?
17 Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do .
18 We can ask , though , to what extent does it allow individuals to have ( a ) control over day-to-day operational matters ; ( b ) control/influence over strategic decisions ; ( c ) control over finance ?
19 Why did it allow nomads to raid land-trains , and scumniks to raid techs , and upper-hab brats to descend wreaking wanton mischief ?
20 Supply problems during the war made it seem madness to postpone further the steps necessary to improve communications and construct strategic railways .
21 As my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford said , in an intervention in the speech of the hon. Member for Truro ( Mr. Taylor ) , not only will it help parents to choose in those parts of the country where choice is practicable because transport is readily available , but , even in rural areas where choice is difficult , it will , for the first time , give parents better means to influence schools because they will be able to see , set out objectively , the performance of those schools .
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