Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first two cases ( ( a and ( b ) ) there will be a beneficial effect on output , employment and balance of payments , whereas in the third case there will be no overall positive effect on any of those variables ; it may even result in a negative effect if Nissan 's components are ‘ less British ’ than those of other UK-based manufacturers . |
| 2 | Who knows , it may even work as a kind of sick turn-on . |
| 3 | It may even act as a ‘ unifier of elites ’ . |
| 4 | It may even come as a surprise to some to learn that fish and chips is opaque at all ; but one needs only to consider that not any kind of fish , nor any method of cooking and presentation , will qualify for the description , and that this is not true of , say , chips and fish or even fish with chips , both of which are transparent . |
| 5 | A single eruption may not only last for months , but it may also consist of a series of separate , different phases , and in many cases different things may be going on on different parts of the same volcano at the same time . |
| 6 | It may also bring to a head a number of crucial questions about spreading priorities — for example , defence versus social security spending — when the oil revenues begin to decline over the coming years . |
| 7 | Under such a concept the ‘ core ’ is the central base for professional staff who are engaged in the rehabilitation and personal development of individuals living in the homes ; it may also serve as a training base for staff , a research base for the evaluation and monitoring of the service and a place where the residential care staff meet to exchange ideas . |
| 8 | Moreover , if we make indiscriminate use of drafting , if it is invariably or artificially imposed , it may well lead to a child 's interest in writing declining . |
| 9 | It may well lead to a major exodus of general practitioners from the capital ; this would have an effect opposite to the one Mrs Bottomley claims to seek . |
| 10 | Erm , and therefore it feels it would be disingenuous of it to support the principle at this stage , it may well lead to a situation where were encouraging the County to go down a particular route , but only to get to the very end of it for us to pull the rug from beneath the County 's feet . |
| 11 | When asked if it was the Ministry 's intention to sell the aircraft in an airworthy condition , the spokesman explained that the aircraft was airworthy , but felt there was a good chance it may well go to a museum who would want to road the airframe away . |
| 12 | The new church should not be dismayed at trouble within or without in the early stages : it may well come as a result of being on a collision course with the forces of evil who , putting it bluntly , do not want the new church to survive ! |
| 13 | Unlike the previous deals involving the Scottish life industry , this one will not involve a straightforward demutualisation and takeover — although in practice it may well amount to a ‘ creeping takeover ’ . |
| 14 | Though any such checklists may be viewed by busy teachers as a necessary evil rather than a welcomed virtue , nonetheless , it may frequently serve as a useful catalyst to further and more detailed thought on the matter . |
| 15 | Tax a multinational more heavily and it may simply shift to a tax-friendlier place . |
| 16 | It still represents a cost to the Exchequer and a loss of potential output , but it can be argued that it is not particularly distressing to the people concerned and , for the economy as a whole , it may actually result in a more efficient use of labour : this is because high short-run unemployment may be a reflection of greater mobility of labour between jobs and areas and consequently may result in the labour force being more suitably and productively employed . |
| 17 | This brief history began with a word from Isaiah ; it may fittingly conclude with a word from another prophet , Jeremiah : |
| 18 | It may sometimes serve as a companion to the present volume . |
| 19 | A male may not be aware or the possibility or a female 's alternative reading of what an object constitutes or signifies ; similarly , it may never occur to a member of a one social class that some revered object may be subject to a parodied and subversive interpretation by members of another . |
| 20 | It may therefore come as a surprise to learn that there are some species which are not only not ‘ rock-dependent ’ , but are also relatively peaceful , even when breeding . |
| 21 | Sir : Clive Fewins 's article ( Weekend , 7 October ) rightly praised the excellent work of the Redundant Churches Fund , but it should also serve as a reminder that there is still no Redundant Chapels Fund to conserve some of the best examples of Non-Conformist buildings , many of which are in imminent danger of demolition or drastic alteration . |
| 22 | It should also serve as a warning against using the concept of social class in a crude explanatory manner . |
| 23 | It is no surprise to discover its presence , since it must surely belong to a very early stage in the mental development of the human species ; indeed insofar as it represents one aspect of the principle of treating like as like , it can be seen as common perceptual property for all sentient organisms . |
| 24 | The combination of Germany 's loose asylum laws with 80 million Turks as citizens of the Union need not lead to a rigid common policy on immigration and residence ; it might instead lead to a flexible approach to these issues , allowing Member States to adopt policies in accordance with their own national needs . |
| 25 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 26 | In an age when a symphony orchestra can appear in uniforms designed to advertise tobacco industry sponsors , conflating music and cigarettes into a single narcotic ( Guardian , 26 March 1984 : 13 ) ; when in Japan the record companies and the large industrial corporations co-operate to produce ‘ image-songs ’ which both advertise the corporations and play an important role in the hit parade ; ’ when a small selection of endlessly per mutated pop songs provides the background for almost every social activity ; when rhythm tracks on disco records can be behaviouristic ally planned and electronically produced , for maximum precision and control : one can not , at this time , avoid the feeling that if Orwell 's ‘ 1984 ’ ever arrives , it might well consist of a continuous Eurovision Song Contest ; that the ideal of the music industry would be to turn everything into muzak ( Philip Tagg 's entertaining account of the way muzak is used to ‘ programme ’ a Swedish office worker 's day gives an idea of what this would be like ( Tags 1984 ) ) . |
| 27 | It might even drift towards a Scandinavian-style peripheral role in Nato as well as distancing itself from the EEC . |
| 28 | The more experienced dealers guessed it might paradoxically refer to a disaster on the horizon , but kept their thoughts from clients . |
| 29 | ‘ I think the banks will keep it on the lane and I suppose it 'll just roll to a halt eventually . ’ |
| 30 | Now it 'll probably degenerate into a game of chicken between Gates and Sun chief Scott McNealy . |