Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the same anticorrelation can be applied to the longer-term decline in the Sun 's diameter , it may provide a clue to the dearth of sunspots during the height of the Little Ice Age , 300 years ago . |
| 2 | Since this strategy enables the elimination of many word strings as the transition probabilities between successive words are calculated , it may provide a solution to the problem of the large number of word strings that are derived when words are hypothesized from a mid-class input . |
| 3 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 4 | It may seem a lot to some folk , but in the mega rich world of sport and the Olympics its gold on the cheap . |
| 5 | At the end of the nineteen twenties the policy from Moscow , not just to the Chinese Communist Party but actually to communist parties all over the world swings dramatically to the left and Stalin is arguing that there 's , there are going to be revolutionary explosions all over the world the Communist Party must forge its own path , it must put itself at the head of these struggles , it must give a lead to the masses by launching insurrections and so on and so forth . |
| 6 | Inwardly praying that she might be able to show her piety and understanding , she said , ‘ Yes , I 'm sure it must mean a lot to you . |
| 7 | It must mean a lot to her if it made her cry . |
| 8 | If the Commission decides that the Regulation does not apply , it must take a decision to that effect ( which is capable of challenge ) . |
| 9 | It must have a taste to it . |
| 10 | ‘ It might matter a lot to me in my job , ’ Horowitz informed him . |
| 11 | It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science . |
| 12 | In the short term , it might have serious effects for consumers ' budgets ; in the long term , it might encourage a switch to nuclear or solar power . |
| 13 | ‘ If they charge the wrong man , it 'll make a difference to him ! ’ said Melissa drily . |
| 14 | It 'll take a while to be ready for use with everything they do to it these days , and if she does need it , the sooner it can be ready , the better . |
| 15 | It could mean a solution to the food shortages Tanzania always faces , ’ says Ahmed . |
| 16 | This could involve use of the local environment , making use of a relevant local site or sites in the locality , or it could involve a visit to a major historic site , building or museum which offers an example of the best of its kind . |
| 17 | It would mean a visit to his house to get his National Insurance card , and then going through the intricacies and humiliations of getting money from the State . |
| 18 | Already I was wishing I 'd never been to see Angy , even though I knew how much being estranged from his family had hurt him and it would mean a lot to him to get the ring back . ’ |
| 19 | The Officers are about to do a new review , and a the moment all costs of erm residents ' parking is borne centrally , and we the Conservatives think that if erm there was a charge on permits to cover the cost it would give a change to other areas of the City , and the majority of people would be prepared erm to pay , and I think this is coming up in the Officer 's Review . |
| 20 | The Iraqi government offered to co-operate in return for the lifting of economic sanctions and announced that it would send a mission to New York to discuss this with the UN Security Council on March 10 . |
| 21 | That would be moderate by past standards , though it would imply a return to high p/e ratios . |
| 22 | It would force a return to the Roads –n Urban Areas style of road and housing layout which is widely agreed to be less than desirable – |
| 23 | This indicates that , were one of the other patterns to arise somehow , it would undergo a transition to the roll pattern . |
| 24 | It will make a difference to our world-view , to the way we see people , to the way we view God . |
| 25 | ‘ It will make a difference to Alex , too . |
| 26 | It will make a difference to the smaller charities . ’ |
| 27 | Er preferably yeah but I do n't think it will make a difference to you . |
| 28 | Whether it will bring a smile to their faces is another matter . |
| 29 | Cautioning may have fallen into disrepute but to abandon it will mean a return to the punitive policies that this government had only recently said had failed . |
| 30 | ‘ It will be of particular interest to the library schools in central and eastern Europe , since it will open a window to the faculties , services and library culture of North America and western Europe , and will be available without taxing the limited foreign exchange resources which they may have . ’ |