Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following this pre-evaluation , it may useful to ask for an inspection copy to be sent to the school for trial . |
| 2 | The Senate wants to merge us into University College and we 've been told we 'll have to get rid of some of our staff — it may all be very neat and tidy for the bureaucrats , but it 's going to be absolutely disastrous for some people . |
| 3 | The danger for the Government is that it may all come just a bit too late to expunge the memories of our current travails and of too long a period of neglect for the supply-side of the economy to respond . |
| 4 | It may all come down to Clark if Oakland are to be kept at bay . |
| 5 | It may all be a misunderstanding . |
| 6 | ‘ I just ca n't believe it may all go to waste , ’ says Alison Knapp , a theatre manager who has seen the whole project through since it was first planned in 1983 . |
| 7 | So we spend a season trying to adjust — a tough job in particular for the senior players who have spent up to 20 years operating a certain way — and then find it may all change again weeks before the British Lions fly down to New Zealand . |
| 8 | It may all look a little complicated at first , but camcorders are quite simple things to use if you tackle the job in an orderly fashion . |
| 9 | We are forced to work fast and badly , but we do n't know whether there is any point to it because it may all be swept away in a month ; on the other hand , nothing at all may happen , in which case we will have done it badly to no purpose . |
| 10 | It may all sound like some vague hippy philosophy but Levitation really believe what they say . |
| 11 | The argument is put forward that if a badger associates humans with food it may one day wander up to the wrong person , with fatal results . |
| 12 | It may first be noted , from column ( 1 ) , that there is a fairly wide dispersion in population size between these eight federal components . |
| 13 | You should reassess the case and choose another remedy , though it may first be worth trying a dose of the same remedy in a higher potency if you have it . |
| 14 | In actuality this relationship between managers and workers is not so simple as it may first appear to be . |
| 15 | Now you would n't do that but it may that may be worth a go . |
| 16 | Further by focusing on the individual it may possible to shed a new light on the propensity to business failure , a feature neglected by studies focusing only on companies . |
| 17 | It may misrepresent English and Irish experience to draw analogies between Spenser and current perspectives , but it equally is misplaced to deny that past and present discourses about Ireland possess noticeable similarities which have larger cultural consequences . |
| 18 | The real test for the polys will be what happens if the economy goes into recession , as it may next year , and unemployment rises again . |
| 19 | As soon as possible it should narrow sterling 's EMS band , from its current 6% on either side of the central rate to the 2.25% that is standard for other EMS members . |
| 20 | If the horse is to be trailered , it should first have some experience of eating its dinner in the trailer . |
| 21 | The Ramallah Congress delegation argued ‘ it should first be decided to allow the refugees to return , and once that is decided their actual return should not be affected by the discussion on the border question … |
| 22 | It should first be emphasised that there is no clear human data about a safe level of exercise in pregnancy ( mileage , exercise intensity , or pace ) and outcomes of pregnancy . |
| 23 | Anyone feeling brave enough to tackle it should first talk to Lees LAO Len Smith and see if the feeling of bravado survives the experience ! |
| 24 | IT should first be reported that the refurbished Town Crier , Darlington Council 's magazine , is a slicker and worthier product than its 18 predecessors . |
| 25 | However the Village Association would be willing to subsidise it should other arrangements be made to continue . |
| 26 | It should all be quite evident enough by now . ’ |
| 27 | The new democracies have a respectable claim to some of that dividend but America 's inclination , at present , is that it should all go to reducing the budget deficit . |
| 28 | Similarly , the West Midlands , except Coventry , still seems to be an area where Labour is doing less well than it should all other things being equal . |
| 29 | Mrs F thought it should all be intimate . |
| 30 | It should all tastes — a good all rounder . |