Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] to [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | It may progress to the throat , larynx and down onto the chest . |
| 4 | It may relate to a packaging problem in which a fixed number of unrelated items have to be pressed into the smallest volume . |
| 5 | It may lead to a gap between the values of those most closely tied to the institutions of the labour movement and the unwaged . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | It may appear to an outsider that the anorexic is following a set pattern : self-confidence combined with an incredible energy is succeeded by despair and eventual collapse . |
| 10 | For an area within a currency block , like north-east England , it may amount to a tendency towards high unemployment . |
| 11 | Thus although possibly it may amount to a transfer of value it could not amount to a chargeable transfer and it is only upon chargeable transfers that inheritance tax is payable . |
| 12 | It may recommend to the government and the government makes its powers , but in itself , it can not er make any mandatory arrangements . |
| 13 | Years after the excavation took place , it may come to the notice of schoolchildren studying history , but by this time , the site that required so much work to gain so much information is likely to be described in just one or two sentences . |
| 14 | So , it may come to the point where I ahve to offload three tickets for the Kop ( watch this space ) . |
| 15 | These indicate that time itself had a beginning about fifteen billion years ago and that it may come to an end at some point in the future . |
| 16 | It should speak to the condition of the worshipper . |
| 17 | In doing so , it should contribute to the debate about the nature of the capitalist state and its degree of ‘ relative autonomy ’ from the processes of capitalist accumulation . |
| 18 | These are discussed in turn below , but the objective of risk management should be clarified first : it should contribute to the business objectives and not be allowed to become an end in itself . |
| 19 | Theoretically it should contribute to an understanding of the social construction of gender ordering of institutions . |
| 20 | It should lead to a reduction in the food costs themselves . |
| 21 | ‘ It is important to recall all this to memory , but above all , it should lead to a commitment to the continuing struggle for justice and for life . |
| 22 | ‘ It is important to recall all this to memory , but above all , it should lead to a commitment to the continuing struggle for justice and for life . |
| 23 | The Supreme Soviet on Feb. 14 nevertheless supported a compromise proposal by Gorbachev that it should return to the question , and on Feb. 27 it approved in principle ( by 347 votes to 24 , with 43 abstentions ) a draft bill on creating the new presidency , and agreed to convene an extraordinary Congress . |
| 24 | Robert Hooke urges in his Micrographia that ‘ the science of nature has already too long been made only a work of the brain and fancy : It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things . ’ |
| 25 | It should relate to the present as well as to the past and the future . |
| 26 | Now it is for these reasons all of these different views and these conflicting opinions coming from authoritative sources and the concern the locals have that this issue has been ramrodded through on a political ticket is is is the very reason why it should go to an inspector appointed by the Secretary of State at least some semblance of independence and that issues brought out in in full public consideration . |
| 27 | Actually , to comply with the minute , it should go to the City Environmental Chief Officer . |
| 28 | So it should come to a little bit more than that one , should n't it ? |
| 29 | The Start name need not exist , but as the list is presented in alphabetic order , it should approximate to the user required . |
| 30 | It must go to the top . |