Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or , it may change position in the word , as in " I am fourteen " and " I have fourteen classmates " . |
| 2 | The information transmission will inevitably be two-way but the main purpose may be transmission from interviewer to interviewee as in an appraisal interview , from interviewee to interviewer as in an opinion survey , or it may change direction during the course of the interview as in a patient-doctor interview . |
| 3 | It may involve complaints about the methods used to investigate the offence : see Reg. v. Heston-Francois [ 1984 ] Q.B . |
| 4 | Since manufacture always has to be practised upon materials , its first implication is that it may show signs of the constraints these materials bring to the technological process ( Gombrich 1979 : 63–94 ) . |
| 5 | When oedema of the male genitalia occurs , it may give rise to the intriguingly-named ‘ saxophone penis ’ . |
| 6 | However , it may give rise to the necessity for a fairly sophisticated mathematical calculation if a conversion table is not published . |
| 7 | ‘ But it needs to be done , even though it may give offence to the French . ’ |
| 8 | On the other hand , the mere fact that money is paid under protest will not give rise of itself to the inference of such an agreement ; though it may form part of the evidence from which it may be inferred that the payee did not intend to close the transaction : see Maskell v. Horner [ 1915 ] 3 K.B . |
| 9 | Second , it may identify problems in the research proposal and save the researcher repeating another 's mistakes . |
| 10 | More than a period piece — it dates from 1924 — it may throw light on the view of marriage that led to Humanae Vitae . |
| 11 | That comes from the se , the seabed churning it up but the sea is never still , it 's tossing and in , as the movement there underneath , although it may appear calm on the surface , but there are times when it 's not calm on the surface , it 's as rough on top as it is underneath . |
| 12 | Sometimes it may contain information about the author , the date , the writer 's access to information , and even the purpose of the writer , which are clues for the historian about the source 's reliability . |
| 13 | The definition of price stickiness which we shall employ in this section does not in fact alter very much the policy implications of the model developed in the previous chapter , although it may have implications for the test of that model . |
| 14 | It may impose conditions on the person in whose favour the order is made or on a parent or person with whom the child is living . |
| 15 | The company with the contract may spend the money , or part of it , at its plants in other States , or it may subcontract part of the work out-of-State . ) |
| 16 | Once again , the presence of an adult to help keep things going will make it easier for the cameraman , whose job it is to cover the most interesting bits of action wherever it may take place within the four walls of the room . |
| 17 | It may take time for the resisters to realize that you mean to influence events through them and are not wanting merely to impose your nominal authority over them . |
| 18 | Accent or dialect can communicate place of residence during acquisition of language ; and it may take time for the listener to become accustomed to a different dialect . |
| 19 | It may establish rapport on the right lines — the other person continuing to speak normally . |
| 20 | It is likely , in general , that advertising can build on the strengths , but that it may need improvements to the physical product to eliminate the weaknesses . |
| 21 | It is unlikely that further knowledge will improve treatment , but it may allow prevention of the disease , at least in a proportion of cases . |
| 22 | And Colin Powell , former player and now head groundsman , insists : ‘ It may look chaos at the moment , but actually there 's only a little bit of tidying up to do . ’ |
| 23 | So next time Circle K re-equips , instead of an Escort for the price of a Granada , it may get plane for the price of a bicycle . |
| 24 | On the one hand , it may provide confirmation for the " hunches " or insights we have about style . |
| 25 | It may include details of the care best suited to help that patient towards recovery . |
| 26 | Although it may require attendance before the district judge or taxing master , if it is a big case with costs of £10,000 — £20,000 , an extra 5 to 20 per cent is not to be thrown away lightly . |
| 27 | It may require information about the proposed work . |
| 28 | This bass may be completely free or , if convenient , it may use sections of the series . |
| 29 | It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked . |
| 30 | 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 . |