Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may grow into a noble sympathy , self-sacrifice … and joy … |
| 2 | For one reason , space is almost a vacuum , so that molecules erm are few and far between , and one thing about chemistry it is really the science of not particularly molecules but molecules that react with one another , but here once one has got a molecule in space it does n't actually meet another one for a very long time , so even a molecule that is reactive and which may only last for maybe a microsecond in the laboratory , interstellar space it may last for a thousand years . |
| 3 | In some cases it may result in a selective growth defect in the affected joints . |
| 4 | It may consist of a single file although , particularly under Windows , this is becoming less common . |
| 5 | It may consist of a tape-slide sequence which can be shown to classes and groups or viewed singly by individuals , and conveying a particular unit of information or stimulus ; it may , on the other hand , be half a term 's work programme for a class , meeting twice weekly for an hour and three quarters each time It may appear as a number of elements in a schedule of work which also includes directed teaching , use of text book , and practical formal exercises , as well as enquiry work , the consultation of sources , and a problem-solving exercise involving the study of a filmstrip in relation to a work-sheet or a passage in a novel . |
| 6 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 7 | Its sense of smell must function for it to assess horses it has not met before , and also to fully recognise old companions it may meet in a different environment . |
| 8 | For others in this position it may feel like a forcible disengagement from the quest for security and is regarded with anger or despair . |
| 9 | Another way of expressing the same idea is that logic is like kicking a ball — it may go in a straight line , but if the direction is wrong it will not help the team to win the game . |
| 10 | Equally it may depend on the social factors that may have determined the decoration used ; the earlier brooches may be designed to satisfy a society in which there is less variation in social identity than later . |
| 11 | It seeks only to open up the lines of enquiry sketched out here ; and it does so in the hope that by bringing them into the debate , it may contribute towards a fuller and more objective assessment of Mary 's reign — and Mary 's misfortunes . |
| 12 | InsP 3 does not appear to play any part in the maturation of invertebrate and amphibian eggs , but it may contribute to the spontaneous maturation of bovine oocytes . |
| 13 | It may start with the first glimpse she gets of the man she is destined to love , or the man she believes wrongly that she is destined to love . |
| 14 | It may lead to a considerable degree of social deprivation and a miserable existence for the families involved . |
| 15 | In which case , it may lead to a dis engagement from learning . |
| 16 | Although the regulatory rules are subject to judicial review and the control of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and , in the case of SROs , the SIB , this might not be adequate ; ( 2 ) It may lead to an uneven playing field by virtue of differences in the treatment of different authorised persons . |
| 17 | It may lead to the complete disappearance of a consonant , as in castle or a partial transformation as in irresistible , originally in-resistible . |
| 18 | Because of its foundation-plus-option course structure , it is difficult to place the Open University in the diagram , but it may tend towards the academic and general at least at the undergraduate level . |
| 19 | It may clash with the international North West ‘ 200 ’ road race . |
| 20 | It may refer to a scaled down version of reality such as a model car , or to a form of symbolic representation such as a map . |
| 21 | That may still be prudent if your fish are in the top-quality bracket , but otherwise it may pay in the long run to be looking at 12″ Koi upwards . |
| 22 | To most westerners it may appear as a mere decorative embellishment reflecting the ubiquitous presence of the Cobra all over India , or possessing some remote significance in terms of local superstition or religious belief . |
| 23 | Or it may appear as an eroded large artery protruding into the lumen . |
| 24 | In what follows , I want to look very briefly at the formal structure , and the various departments that may be found in it : and then in rather greater detail at the account group as it may operate on a single client 's account , and how it may — with luck — interact effectively with the client 's own operations . |
| 25 | It may amount to the irrelevant truth , that propositional or abstract objects , which enter into the contents of many mental events , are not in space . |
| 26 | ‘ I think it may revolve around the only subject there is in England . ’ |
| 27 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 28 | In some it may approximate to the full panoply of procedural safeguards including notice , oral hearing , representation , discovery , right to cross examine and reasoned decisions , etc. ; in others it may connote considerably less . |
| 29 | It may look like a crumbling chocolate sundae but it tastes like the finest birthday cake you ever had , covered with cream and laced with rum . |
| 30 | The image presented , whilst it may look like a visible image , it is in reality a complex pattern of temperature differences , and this means that there are a wide range of uses for thermal imaging technologies apart from the obvious military and firefighting applications . |