Example sentences of "[noun] [that] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 The GMC may have its hands tied in terms of the disciplinary action that it can take itself , but it is in a position to collect information that could be used by other interested bodies .
2 But the most important action that it can take is to enter into a programme with the IMF as soon as possible , on the back of which it will gain access to many western funds .
3 Or is it more likely to be so affected by nationalism and the historical preferences of its peoples that it will remain a heterogeneous collection of individual markets linked together in a loose customs union ?
4 To the immune systems of the animals that it may infect , the resultant mutant virus will look as if it is rabies and so will trigger antibodies and generally stimulate immunity against the disease .
5 AT&T Co 's plans to buy a big stake in McCaw Cellular Communications Inc still worry Standard & Poor 's Corp despite the company 's news on Tuesday that it would restructure its debt to cut its interest bill ( CI No 2,134 ) : it says it may still cut AT&T 's ratings , because although it will benefit from the move , uncertainties over the planned investment in McCaw will dominate the credit outlook until terms of the transaction and its structure are known .
6 But he 'd plainly told her on Tuesday that it would take a week or more to get the necessary replacement part , so what was the point in ringing him ?
7 Intel Corp has confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that it will delay introduction of its Pentium microprocessor until May , but denies the paper 's assertion that it is holding the chip back to exploit demand for existing 80486 products .
8 And the Bush administration is sending clear signals that it would welcome such a deal .
9 Each source of energy or technology has its own economic , social and ecological niche , and it is only in that niche that it can prosper .
10 The remedies that it may pursue against the customer upon his default may also be specified including security interests over assets held by the customer .
11 Tuzla , 50 miles north of the Bosnian capital , declared on Saturday that it would join Sarajevo 's fast for those in eastern Bosnia .
12 In Safrane , the engine has been deliberately tuned to favour torque output with the result that it can deliver 115 lb-ft from 1,500 rpm upwards — so producing an extremely flexible power curve .
13 PROGRESS in setting up a new retreat centre in Falkland in Fife which was initiated by Church of Scotland deaconess Lynda Wright has been much swifter than anticipated with the result that it will welcome its first guests from the beginning of April .
14 In a quantitative sense , in terms of the number of laws that have been passed in the past 12 years , that is correct , but if the totality of the laws represent a house , it will ensure that the laws that it changes will result in the foundations being decimated , with the result that it will fall down .
15 The independence referendum had provoked warnings from Gorbachev that it would lead to a breakup of the Union and hence disaster .
16 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 .
17 Prudential Corporation slipped 3.5p to 195.5p on worries that it could emerge as Pearl 's white knight .
18 Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive .
19 It is tempting to get a large capacity sack if you know you 'll have a lot to carry , but bear in mind that it could tempt you to carry too much !
20 Although they see it as a step in the right direction , people working in the area fear that it may take another generation before Karamoja cools down .
21 The fear that it might show on her face caused her to turn away from him and hasten towards the food hampers , and as she did so a shock revelation hit her with full force .
22 Erm , funnily enough earlier on in August , erm , I rang you up about Yugoslavia , and er , I , one of the reasons that I gave for not , the Europeans , not intervening in Yugoslavia was my fear that it might lead to the Russian military unseating Gorbachev and my , er , discard that the , the sick man of Russia , so erm , sort of parallel I , well I would n't parallel it with Yugoslavia , my argument in Yugoslavia was that we should n't intervene because we do not have primary interests with , I mean , well we clearly have general interest but we do n't have primary interest , additionally in Russia is that everybody , in the world have interest but I would definitely here say that Britain should clearly do nothing per .
23 However , on Jan. 13 , 1990 , Ankara University decided not to withdraw the ban on headscarves for fear that it might provoke unrest on campus .
24 While all the objections to the Fouchet Plan were interrelated , the main factor influencing its rejection was ultimately the fear that it would weaken the Rome treaty and whatever political objectives it implied , to the advantage of the national capitals , especially Paris .
25 Only 5% of respondents agreed with this suggestion , and there were huge majorities against it within all categories of respondent , the principal objections being its impracticality and the fear that it would encourage ‘ blind signing ’ by the co — signatory .
26 She had to restrain herself from dashing for it , almost in the fear that it would close again and that this time , it would be forever .
27 Asquith , like Campbell-Bannerman , was personally , if somewhat indolently , in favour of reform , but also like his predecessor was extremely cautious about pursuing it , for fear that it would lose as many votes from middle-class taxpayers as it might gain from others .
28 But the form is perhaps too good , for there is a growing fear that it will blind the viewer to the fact that
29 Some fear that it will lead to a breakdown of the civic culture that Almond and Verba so admired in Britain .
30 Therefore it does not seem to be necessary to encourage people who suffer from Chemical Dependency also to give up cigarette smoking ( except on grounds of general health ) for fear that it will spark off the compulsion to return to use of the original addictive drug of choice .
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