Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burton 's Welsh and hungry and visceral sense that everything had to be grabbed or it would be lost forever would be reinforced at this critical stage in his life by the fatalistically hedonistic mood which infected so many . |
| 2 | Mr Jack Adams , chairman of the union side , said that action would have to take place within a 28-day period from yesterday 's anouncement or it would be ruled out of order . |
| 3 | the movement had to discuss the ultimate and logical outcome of political action or it would be adding to confusion . |
| 4 | Just as the ‘ intelligence quotient ’ or IQ used ( or it may be misused ) by human psychologists is standardized against the average for a whole population , the EQ is standardized against , say , the whole of the mammals . |
| 5 | Or it may be argued that the documents contained the forged additions , but Ralph was silent because he knew they were forgeries . |
| 6 | Application for payment out may be made on the return day , or it may be made earlier by application on notice . |
| 7 | A project set up to generate a new product or process may be an in-house activity utilizing the company 's own staff and resources , or it may be contracted out to another organization . |
| 8 | A few patients who are admitted may be found to be unfit for anaesthesia , or it may be decided that their condition is unlikely to respond to surgery . |
| 9 | It may be seen as the effective adaptation of policy to the needs of the public , or it may be seen as the manipulation of positions of power to distort policy towards stigmatization , discrimination and petty tyranny . |
| 10 | Or it may be seen as a process — the act of ‘ authoritatively allocating values ’ . |
| 11 | Bar-Belle 's Len Perry says that it may be converted to an L-4 Grasshopper , or it may be painted pink and called Tinker-Belle ! |
| 12 | The information from the assessment may be presented orally at a case conference or it may be presented in the form of a written report . |
| 13 | This information may be relevant as a reminder or it may be presented as new information . |
| 14 | It may be seen as expressing the personality of the author , in accordance with the famous formula of the French scholar Buffon ( 1978 : xvii ) , that the style is the man ( ‘ le style est l'homme même ’ ) ; or it may be related to a literary movement or period ( e.g. futurist style , baroque style ) . |
| 15 | The basic conditional jump instructions are ( b ) and ( c ) ; the condition may be encoded in the operation code field , or it may be specified in a subsidiary information field . |
| 16 | The capacitance may be just stray or it may be associated with further circuitry or equipment connected to the potential divider . |
| 17 | Such agreement may be express , and contained in a separate instrument of variation or in a written minute of the decision taken , or it may be implied from the conduct of the partners . |
| 18 | It frequently unites with neighbouring sclerites , or it may be divided into a pair of plates . |
| 19 | It may be a direct or an indirect restraint or it may be contained in an agreement outside the primary contract between the parties . |
| 20 | Something may be green , or fat , or it may be running , and it may have all these properties or none without ceasing to exist . |
| 21 | That is a proposition without logic , because the power contained in the Bill is a power to vary income tax : it may be raised or it may be lowered depending on the political judgment of those who form the majority in a Scottish Parliament . |
| 22 | And thirdly , conflict may be spontaneous or it may be organised . |
| 23 | The yardstick by which each proposal is judged is its potential for success within C&P ; , or it may be passed on elsewhere in the group . |
| 24 | This process can be supported by a computer with which the client may interact alone or it may be used by the counsellor as a database and prompter . |
| 25 | Such a phrase may feature as part of a quotation , or a paraphrase , as in indirect speech ; or it may be used in respect of an object which we know to be fictional , for example in the context of a story or a fairy tale . |
| 26 | And the FUW also advises against allowing one or two vehicles on to farm land for several days or it may be interpreted by travellers as ‘ acquiescence ’ to their trespass and may result in them being joined by many more travellers . |
| 27 | Sessions may be timetabled on a regular basis — once a fortnight or once every five lessons , say — or it may be left to teachers to request the room when they want to use video . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid they 'll have to agree to a change of day , or it 'll be cancelled . |
| 29 | Or it might be taking somebody to hospital . |
| 30 | doing clerical work or it might be using erm surveying instruments now |