Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Greenpeace has warned that it may demand a legal review .
2 It may lend a certain dignity to the whole transaction but is notoriously slow .
3 If , for example , the Gnat 's Water Brewery , which operates three inns in a small country village , wishes to close and sell off one of these inns so as to improve the profitability of its remaining inns , it may insert a restrictive covenant into the conditions of sale of the inn in question , whereby the purchaser of the inn covenants not to use the premises as licensed premises .
4 If the Earth is indeed a living being , it was argued , then It may possess a subtle body corresponding to the human aura , with chakras and flows of energy as well .
5 It may show a significant improvement in which case you can conclude the child is learning .
6 Despite the encouraging signs mentioned earlier , there is a danger that it may meet a similar fate to all its worthy predecessors .
7 Evidence so far is that for providers , the care programme approach does not assist in clarifying the roles of different staff in different agencies , but it may offer a global package of mental health care , comprising both social and health care services .
8 On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus .
9 The observation that the vascular isoform is expressed in all smooth muscle cells suggests that it may represent a constitutive type of splicing pathway which has similarities to the default pattern shown by other muscle genes .
10 It may represent a calcium-sensitive form of the enzyme as it contains one canonical EF-hand motif .
11 Soil mixtures provide the means for some types of adhesion : an inorganic soil may form a matrix with another or it may form a discreet layer to which another soil might adhere if it can not adhere to the base substrate .
12 It may serve a useful purpose for a universalized anthropological social psychology , but it will lack the necessary focus to be a key theoretical notion in a particular , historical social psychology .
13 The word may certainly be translated so , and it may suggest a final note of resignation , the pathos of a dying fall .
14 Of course , this is open to interpretation : for example , it may suggest a limited awareness of care programming and the paying of lip-service to the idea , or it could be the result of thorough consideration of what care programming could offer existing services and the conclusion that it is solely a matter for health authorities ' concern .
15 and not the back of the photograph , otherwise you 'll get yourself in all sorts of difficulties and it may make a nice editorial , nice letters to the editor , but it would be very irritating to the editor , because they hate having mistakes pointed out to them , and that 's picture perspective .
16 The water is poured off and the base is dried when it may make a cracking noise — hence ‘ crack . ’
17 If fleeing fails and the prey is cornered , it may make a last-ditch stand and turn on its tormentor .
18 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 .
19 A construction company says it may sue a local authority which is trying to prevent its demolishing a hotel .
20 Surprisingly enough , it may have a great deal to do with conveyancing .
21 It may have a dysfunctional effect on staff motivation if figures for capitation ‘ appear from on high ’ rather than from a more open assessment of needs and available resources .
22 There are very few things take place in the world in which Fiji has a direct interest , it may have a general interest in the way things are going but it , direct interests it , it 's quite limited .
23 It may lack a certain flair , it may have a garish badge , it may still be cheap and cheerful inside ( there are now some very attractive leather-look plastics about ) but it is proving to be a reliable , easy-to-drive family car with lots of equipment as standard and rock bottom prices .
24 [ its ] own mores , which govern the relations of its members to each other , and it may have a high degree of morale , developed in fighting other gangs or defying the law' .
25 First , it may be scattered and diffused among a variety of objects of devotion , as in polytheism ; or it may have a single focus , as in monotheism .
26 Conversely , it may take a great deal of time before the vendor actually makes money on the deal .
27 Relying on implied terms can not be recommended , as it may take a great deal of time and money to obtain a satisfactory ruling from the court if the other party contests the implication .
28 A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them .
29 There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system .
30 It may take a long time discussing the parents ' child-rearing philosophy and even discussing their own childhood experiences of discipline to unearth the cause of these deep-seated feelings .
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