Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should now be apparent that for any rights theory to be capable of satisfactorily addressing the broader problems which now confront our traditional representative institutions it will need to transcend the essentially liberal principles which lie at the heart of Dworkin 's thesis . |
| 2 | And because of its reduced nasal cavities it may find breathing increasingly difficult as it grows older . |
| 3 | Just as the young Federman arrives in America and will embark on a new series of experiences , so Double Or Nothing speculates about the possible shapes it might take . |
| 4 | To European eyes it may seem that in summer their cities and beauty spots are overrun by Daughters of the Revolution in trainers and beige macks , but most Americans take their holidays in America . |
| 5 | Secondly , with long-established products it may put off loyal users if you start messing about with ‘ their ’ brand and what they believe it to stand for . |
| 6 | If Brussels dictates to British employers it will make us less competitive , they intone ; lessen the chances of creating jobs . |
| 7 | But the company believes that it has some products it can sell new , notably software for diagnosing faults in computers . |
| 8 | After a few attempts it will drive as normal . |
| 9 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
| 10 | In some cases it may result in a selective growth defect in the affected joints . |
| 11 | In doing this , the system may have to combine and manipulate information from a number of different sources : the operator specifies the letters and clauses to be used ; the system fills out certain details from the data base ; in some cases it may have to do such things as take the salary and location from the data base , look up the conditions for that location , find out that certain uplifts need to be applied to salary , perform the arithmetic and insert the answers in the appropriate places in the text . |
| 12 | In some cases it might have been irrelevant because companies would have decentralized anyway ; in others it might have enabled decentralization or , in combination with other factors encouraged it ; in some cases it might indeed have been the single most important immediate consideration . |
| 13 | Though it stated its hope that planning authorities would allocate sufficient land , it warned that in some cases it might have to take the initiative and , if local authorities refused planning permission , go to appeal . |
| 14 | In some cases it will mean the French-based Creole of Dominica or St Lucia . |
| 15 | In some cases it can go on to cause numbness or weakness in certain muscles of the leg . |
| 16 | Duncan had wanted to wait the few hours it would take to fix the Citation and run checks on it , but Myeloski was anxious to get to Tobolsk . |
| 17 | There are several different forms it can take . |
| 18 | In different forms it could provide marriage market ( 21st birthday party or coming-out-ball ) , gynaecological information service ( women withdrew from male company at some point during the evening ) , a seasonal celebration of community spirit ( harvest home , yuletide ) or a mark of respect to a human life ( funeral , wake ) . |
| 19 | In the wet months it could turn into a quagmire . |
| 20 | Most of this chapter is devoted to a description of five sets of case studies of the new technology , showing the wide variety of different impacts it can make on the nature of work . |
| 21 | To some temperaments it may seem that in crediting myself only with a capacity to choose between reactions which themselves are not chosen but caused , I would be representing myself as something less than human . |
| 22 | Although in some circumstances it would appear that steroid use was very sophisticated , in many instances knowledge about drugs and injection technique was very poor ’ . |
| 23 | Estimates suggest that the peasantry as a whole was giving up over one-third of its total rice output for much of the period , but in some areas it may have been much higher . |
| 24 | Having been a teacher for over 30 years it might seem strange that I should begin a book on primary education by reflecting on the significance of schooling . |
| 25 | If the exchange suspects that a trade has been effected for improper purposes it must investigate this . |
| 26 | The extent to which the market for control should be relied on as a disciplinary device can be determined only in the light of an approximation of the social costs it may impose . |
| 27 | Such conditions reinforce the individual 's previous conditioning in his own family of origin but , of course , for some individuals it will run counter to their previous experiences . |
| 28 | It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run . |
| 29 | League is concerned , is the amount of money coming into the game and the danger that over a few years it could widen the division between the haves and the have-nots . |
| 30 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |