Example sentences of "it [modal v] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Co-ordination , if it is to take place at all , is also most likely to be instigated by the clearinghouses ; but ideally it ought to take place between the library associations , if for no other reason than that they can provide financial support to arrange the necessary meetings of coordinating committees . |
| 2 | If the interpretation of dog in this sentence were the result of contextual modulation of the general sense , it ought to include reference to , for instance , young females with good eyesight . |
| 3 | If it really is the case that all I am doing when I have beliefs about the world is to have dispositions to behave , then it ought to make sense for me to think of my believing in those terms . |
| 4 | This new confidence rests on the now widely held assumption that the Japanese government will do whatever it must to support share prices until company earnings rebound . |
| 5 | The Government try to justify their claims about a minimum wage on the grounds of what it might to do employment , so it is worth spending a little time on the reasons why we shall insist on introducing it , and the rationale behind that . |
| 6 | As many of those benefits go to people who do not need them , that spending does far less than it could to relieve poverty . |
| 7 | It used to lead lead to Station and er I 've seen these two when I 've been walking around , I 've seen them take their head up and lift me off the ground . |
| 8 | It used to form part of a larger circle , probably Neolithic , and up until fairly recent times , four upright stones remained . |
| 9 | It used to form part of a trade route in Neolithic times ( 4,000–2,000 years BC ) , providing access between the Norfolk Coast and the downlands of South Central England . |
| 10 | ‘ It used to have check tablecloths , ’ said Edward . |
| 11 | It would to find altruism in the way we could find but social cooperation or self-sacrifice or altruism could evolve by natural selection . |
| 12 | The wench that drink'st it will to love incline . |