Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] [adv] [be] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the confined environment of pre-school life the infant may have appeared to be progressing normally , and it may not be until an objective screening test is given that the sight problem is recognised . |
| 2 | A strong gatekeeper role will limit sales access to influencers and decision takers in the way laid down by company policy , and it may not be until that policy is changed that an individual supplier may be permitted sales access to present his wares . |
| 3 | " I do n't doubt your business ability , " Henniker said tactfully , " and it may well be as you say . |
| 4 | Er and it may well be as Mr has suggested that when we look at it it is not a problem . |
| 5 | I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper . |
| 6 | Sir , — Election time does not have to be like this , and it would n't be if politicians did n't behave like cocks , strutting their stuff ! |
| 7 | The situation today is very muddled , software is available for both the Apple Macintosh and the IBM PC and its compatibles but even more is just around the corner and it wo n't be until towards the end of the first quarter of next year that the market will have stabilised . |
| 8 | ‘ And it wo n't be until I say so . ’ |
| 9 | A company like BP has paid money to the Welsh water authority in order to be able to discharge through the authority 's outfall , and it will not be until later this year that the public will be able to find out the results of any testing . |
| 10 | This may be because these goals have changed , but it may equally be because the social world for which the original policies were designed has changed . |
| 11 | But it may well be as Mr suggested that er there 's l there 's gon na be very little difficulty there . |
| 12 | There will be some perks around the 7th and 8th , but it wo n't be until well after the 14th that you will feel back in the swing of things again , particularly at work . |
| 13 | Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know . |
| 14 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |