Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case it may lend to the discount houses ; then the Bank 's balance sheet will show an increase in advances ( an asset ) and in bankers ' deposits ( a liability ) . |
| 2 | It may evaporate into the air , or , after passing through the sewage plant , will enter rivers and seas via sewage outflow pipes . |
| 3 | This can be a costly solution because it may result in the involvement of staff who must forgo their needed rest period or the employment of nurses from an inappropriate grade . |
| 4 | At its most extreme , it may result in the court rewriting the terms of a lease in order to do what is fair and reasonable between the parties in circumstances which they did not foresee at the date of the lease ( Pole Properties Ltd v Feinberg ( 1981 ) 259 EG 417 ) . |
| 5 | The ratio may be simply expressed as a percentage or fraction of the firm 's profits or as " income points " ; it may involve preferential salaries ; it may vary as the firm 's profits fall within certain predetermined bands ; it may be subject to reduction if specified targets are missed ; it may contain a discretionary element to be awarded by way of performance bonuses . |
| 6 | If a frog is climbing when it is attacked , it may drop to the ground and lie there motionless for several minutes before risking an escape . |
| 7 | It may progress to the throat , larynx and down onto the chest . |
| 8 | It may function as a store of wealth , so that an individual or society can put away the wealth it may generate as the surplus between production and consumption . |
| 9 | The first structures to be considered must be the defences themselves , especially those which protected only an essential core , even though it may extend beyond the government installations . |
| 10 | It may depend on the philosophy of management in the company or on the personality of the chief executive . ’ |
| 11 | When the solicited animal joins in the harassment , it may end with the enlister going off with the female and leaving the other two to fight it out . |
| 12 | The remit of the training scheme and those responsible for it may end at the transition point to operational activity or may continue in those periods of work regarded as a continuation of training and supervised as such . |
| 13 | Although it has a long history , the paradox of the Prisoners ' Dilemma has recently been much studied for the light it may shed on the evolution of altruistic or cooperative behaviour . |
| 14 | A State may not claim reimbursement of taxes and costs of any nature for executing a Letter , but it may recover from the requesting State any fees paid to experts and interpreters , as well as the cost of any special procedure requested under Article 9 . |
| 15 | It emerges from the above discussion that man-machine allocation of function is at best an oversimplification and it may lead to the neglect of some key features of human performance . |
| 16 | There is evidence from which it appears that the United Nations Organisation considers that there are persons whom it may treat as the representatives of the Republic of Somalia . |
| 17 | While this is not a particularly scientific definition , it is perfectly adequate , and the term ‘ bomb ’ is in common use in vulcanology , although this is perhaps unfortunate since it may suggest to the reader some unpleasant kind of projectile which explodes on impact . |
| 18 | FAMILY SIZE — Though , in other contexts , it may refer to the size of the family ( i.e. the number of family members ) , in connection with fertility studies it usually denotes the number of live births to a woman ( sometimes only those children who are alive at a given time , e.g. at the time of the observation ) . |
| 19 | For example , it may appear at the beginning of a statement ( You know , it 's time we talked ) , but it is distinctly unusual at the beginning of a question ( You know , is it 6 o clock ? ) or a command ( * You know , shut the door ) , or an exclamatory or minor sentence ( one does not say , after banging one 's thumb with a hammer , * You know , damn ! ) . |
| 20 | Prompt antibiotic treatment , aggressive resuscitation , and debridement of the surgical wound , no matter how clean it may appear on the surface , is essential for successful management . |
| 21 | The law of that state as to the service of documents originating abroad may permit documents to be sent directly to the defendant without the use of any local official acting as intermediary , or it may insist on the documents passing through , for example , the court having jurisdiction at the defendant 's place of residence , the parquet attached to that court , or a huissier practising in the relevant area . |
| 22 | For the sake of completeness and of the bearing it may have on the method by which Step 1 is achieved , a list is given here of the products which it is hoped to manufacture by the manipulation of the output from Step 1 . |
| 23 | The purpose of the investigation is to establish whether the authority should make an application for a court order or exercise any other powers it may have under the Act ( s47(3) ( a ) ) . |
| 24 | Suppose that the contract contains a simple time limit clause such as : The Buyer will notify the Seller of any claim it may have against the Seller for breach of contract within three days of delivery and that the seller delivers short of the required quantity and the goods are later found to suffer from a latent defect . |
| 25 | 5.1 The Seller warrants that [ ( except in relation to intellectual property rights of third parties as referred to in Condition 5.3 ) ] the Seller has good title to the goods [ and that ( pursuant to s 12(3) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 , or s 2(3) of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 , whichever Act applies to the Order ) it will transfer such title as it may have in the goods to the Purchaser pursuant to Condition 5.5 ] . |
| 26 | Police are treating his death as suspicious , but it may take until the end of the week before forensic examination is complete . |
| 27 | It may recommend to the government and the government makes its powers , but in itself , it can not er make any mandatory arrangements . |
| 28 | These comments suggest that the test is unlikely to be useful as a screening instrument but , when used in conjunction with other tests or with children who have already been identified as having language difficulties , it may assist in the generation of a balanced assessment of a child 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 29 | It may record its disagreement but ultimately accept the majority 's support of the development ; it may refuse to meet its financial obligations until the organisation ceases the action in question , although this may itself be contrary to the treaty ; it may regard the action as having no legal effect ; or it may withdraw from the organisation . |
| 30 | The remedies that it may pursue against the customer upon his default may also be specified including security interests over assets held by the customer . |