Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A market may consist of a mere handful of people ( eg specialist collectors of a certain type of antique porcelain ) , or it may consist of millions ( eg consumers of breakfast cereals ) . |
| 2 | A molecule may be monatomic — as in the case of noble gases — or it may consist of two or more atoms . |
| 3 | The superoxide generated may have a direct cytotoxic effect or it may interact with inflammatory mediators to modify the inflammatory process . |
| 4 | Once the day care centre is no longer suitable we may introduce the sitter service ; link in with the local day hospital or it may lead to long term care . |
| 5 | This can have the effect of moving the blockage further down the burrow , or it may result in one or more rabbits deciding to make a bolt for it . |
| 6 | A search-light may scan the sky looking for aeroplanes or it may move to that part of the sky where they are expected to be . |
| 7 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 8 | Animal passion could be refined to become part of the higher stages of evolution , or it could deteriorate into moral evil : |
| 9 | If you do get a drink , she 'll make a pot , and it 'll have like one tea-bag in it . |
| 10 | Leadership is also apparent in many different spheres of activity — the military , the political , the organisational and so on — and it may exist at different levels . |
| 11 | If he was involved in competitive sports before , aiming from the start at tournaments and championships places a lot of pressure on the patient , and it may lead to bitter frustration when he can not reach his previous standards as quickly as he might hope . |
| 12 | It will certainly be different for different species , and it may fluctuate within each species . |
| 13 | On the other hand I think we have to take seriously what Mao is , is saying that and it may conflict with that , that other view of the countryside an an and we , I think we do have to take this evidence into account , I think it 's more important to accept what Mao is saying . |
| 14 | And it would appear to many rather strained within that agreed by the Secretary of State , a matter of general principle , the County Council accepted past level er of migration without looking er at the implications er of that . |
| 15 | Half the rate of the widow 's pension for one child and it would equate to that amount if there were two or more children . |
| 16 | This problem was also before the Roman lawyers and it must exist in all systems of law . |
| 17 | The production of material goods is the primary activity of humans , and it must come before all other activities . |
| 18 | ( f you want more success at work , toss a star into the chalice , and it will brim with tiny stars . |
| 19 | But erm the idea is you give a certain load , a reasonable load , to a muscle and it will cope with that then you increase the load and it increases the muscle power to deal with the increased load . |
| 20 | Much explanatory and archival material is on display and it will round off 1992 's anniversary celebrations : the discovery of the new World and the 125th year of the founding of the Canadian Confederation . |
| 21 | Well , if you look in the document again , there are some wonderful euphemisms in here , er these changes will be implemented throughout the services , page eight , and it will result in increased flex increased flexibility in staffing arrangements and in the general relationship to their employees . |
| 22 | It will have a top speed of around 125 km/h , and it will fit onto any US railway with no clearance problems , or trouble negotiating tight curves . |
| 23 | Similarly , tapping the dog firmly on the nose may also persuade it that this is a game , and it will continue with such behaviour . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a security measure and it will continue for some time , ’ said a police spokesman , who revealed that the roads , one of which is part of the main Clogher to Omagh Road , had been closed under a Secretary of State 's Order . |
| 25 | The chosen route will pass through more high-risk contaminated land sites than any other scheme and it will pass through more areas currently in business or industrial use , including the Ford works at Dagenham . |
| 26 | The venue for the meeting is the Royal Scottish Automobile Club , 11 Blythswood Square , Glasgow and it will start at 1830 hrs . |
| 27 | A Sinhalese member of the Legislative Council thought that magistrates would have difficulties carrying out the spirit of the legislation : ‘ A crowd appears in the Police Court in the morning and unless plaints are presented and the names called out it will be somewhat difficult for the Magistrate to ascertain who are the people who have come to offer plaints and it will depend on some minor Court official or the peons as to who are admitted to the precincts of the Court . ’ |
| 28 | After all a molecule is indifferent to the discipline practised by its observer , and it will indulge in physical , chemical or biological processes ( or any combination thereof ) according to the circumstances ; a la cane options are strictly forbidden . |
| 29 | For example , is quite correct and it will work for all values of A. But if B is zero , the answer is " infinity " . |
| 30 | And Hywel will go without a word , and when he is gone and the house is silent Elizabeth will creep to the telephone and she will pick it up and it will ring in another empty house because Dr Wyn has gone to the Fair . |