Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 2 | A database may hold factual information e.g. facts about Eskimo life or important Eskimo words and their meaning or it may hold bibliographic information ( fiction or non-fiction ) e.g. references to books , slide-sets , films , or periodical articles on Eskimo life and their environment . |
| 3 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 4 | This might involve them in consulting books and other sources , or it might involve practical investigations . |
| 5 | If management , as usually conceived , attempts to mediate this role it will either fail utterly because it will be excluded by the people involved , or it will have distorting effects which can only be dysfunctional . |
| 6 | The government can seek greater efficiency ; it can squeeze expenditure across the board ; or it can ask hard questions about what the state should be doing , and try to eliminate whole categories of spending . |
| 7 | It can encourage foreign tourists to spend their money or it can encourage foreign investment which will provide income . |
| 8 | Co-operation can focus mainly on the R , the D , or it can couple joint R&D with the joint production and marketing of the output of that R&D , and it can be structured around sharing costs , restrictions put on the other R&D activities of participants , and rules which govern the production and marketing of the output affected by the joint R&D project . |
| 9 | It could prompt a big swing to the Socialists in the second round or it could push left-wing voters to give up altogether . |
| 10 | Because it 's a fully-fledged image editor , it is n't particularly cheap , and it 'll face stiff competition when Adobe Photoshop 2.5 for Windows arrives this spring . |
| 11 | Written with refreshing vitality and , perhaps , missionary zeal , it will delight the converted , and it may attract physical geographers who are earnestly seeking new solutions to certain of their difficulties . |
| 12 | Furthermore , legislation frequently fails to achieve its objectives and it may have unintended consequences . |
| 13 | Acrylic tends to dry less opaque than it look when wet , and it may take repeated overpainting when thin layers of colour are used to cover completely something underneath . |
| 14 | Clearly such use has its attractions : it is quite similar to the original use , and it may provide local employment . |
| 15 | This year , the second on from the Festival is still proving to be a bumper one for individual membership ; we are now well in to the 900 's and it would give great satisfaction and joy to all if the magic figures ‘ 1000 ’ could appear in the membership book lovingly kept by the Treasurer and Secretary . |
| 16 | So erm yes there is the risk that the French , one of the French power stations could go wrong and it would affect southern England . |
| 17 | And that was one of the justifications of bringing it in , that it would raise a sense of er it would raise erm the actual percentage of people voting in elections and it would make local issues er more pertinent at local elections . |
| 18 | Teetotallers did not stop insisting on the primary importance of individual commitment but the change in attitude did begin to filter through Nonconformity as a whole and it would have long-lasting effects on attitudes towards the state . |
| 19 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
| 20 | The hearth itself was often fiercely guarded by a cook , and it would cause great offence if the ‘ lady of the house ’ spent any time in the kitchen , let alone tried to prepare a meal . |
| 21 | And it will bring blessed relief from your personal nightmare for up to ten hours . |
| 22 | Find one in good condition and it will give endless pleasure but , being an old design , expect a fair amount of maintenance . |
| 23 | And it will generate extra revenue from the extra uses . |
| 24 | The implementation of Columbus will take time and it will involve major changes to the way in which we conduct our business . |
| 25 | And it will provide medical equipment to care for the 120 children there . |
| 26 | ‘ The adverse trend in our diet since the war is only now being reversed , and it will require substantial changes in the food chain if healthy goals are to be met . |
| 27 | To try to ignore it is about as much use as trying to ignore an aching tooth ; and it will have equal effect in preventing concentration on the work in hand . |
| 28 | Despite the developments achieved already , much work remains to be done in this area and it will have growing importance in coming years . |
| 29 | And it will take private investors some time to get used to it . |
| 30 | This sequence is probably going to be shot very early in the morning , and it will take great strength of mind to get it all together . |