Example sentences of "[coord] it may [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final separation may mean an agony of divided loyalty for the children of the marriage or it may spell relief from intolerable tensions which have developed over a long period . |
| 2 | Or it may contain data such as an electricity meter reading . |
| 3 | Or it may give rise to a level of customer price-sensitivity which was hitherto absent in the target market segment . |
| 4 | When it strikes the surface it may either rebound , thus repeating its motion , or it may start saltation in another sand grain by impact . |
| 5 | The information transmission will inevitably be two-way but the main purpose may be transmission from interviewer to interviewee as in an appraisal interview , from interviewee to interviewer as in an opinion survey , or it may change direction during the course of the interview as in a patient-doctor interview . |
| 6 | The company with the contract may spend the money , or part of it , at its plants in other States , or it may subcontract part of the work out-of-State . ) |
| 7 | The perchlorate ion can occur as isolated , undistorted ions , or as distorted but essentially unattached ions , loosely attached through one or two oxygen atoms to one or two metal ions , or it may take part in hydrogen bonding to water molecules in hydrated salts . |
| 8 | As we have already seen ( p. 21 ) , this may be quite clear , or it may require decisions to be made about who will be included and who will be omitted . |
| 9 | It may be divided within itself ; it may lose bye-elections , or it may lack resolution or competence . |
| 10 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 11 | Where the rivers have flowed transverse to the structure rias formed in them will have a much more irregular plan : the main arm of the ria may not be straight and it may possess branches developed along weaker beds followed by the courses of previous subsequent streams . |
| 12 | ‘ Obviously they 're looking at every aspect and it may include action against Tom Walkinshaw for putting together a deal that has been ruled unlawful . ’ |
| 13 | Accent or dialect can communicate place of residence during acquisition of language ; and it may take time for the listener to become accustomed to a different dialect . |
| 14 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 15 | The bisexuality within us all is presently unresolvable for you and it may take time to resolve itself . |
| 16 | People who speak little or no English may not understand the need for speed , and it may take time to get the information translated . |
| 17 | For those who live at the home of British Motor-racing , it may sometimes be noisy and congested and it may take time to be served in the local shop . |
| 18 | If a site is being destroyed slowly , only a few finds are brought to the surface at any one time , and it may take years of plotting before the whereabouts of the site becomes apparent . |
| 19 | As well as being important in the homing of fish , scent guides many amphibians to their ponds , and it may help turtles to find their nesting beaches . |
| 20 | That does n't mean that men are ten times as easily sexually aroused , but it may contain clues as to why women and men have different patterns of arousal . |
| 21 | In practice if you are back checking files and such like , if you find something that is current word which should comply and you find something that has n't been appropriately signed or whatever , if it 's easy to get it done yes do it yes , if it 's not easy to get it done erm , it may be , you 've got to use your judgement because I do n't want you to go into a lot of work , but it may make sense to make a final note we are aware that this was n't done correctly this person has been reminded , or |
| 22 | The downturn is too recent to assess from the point of view of recruiting , but it may make people more cautious about moving to the City . ’ |
| 23 | This can be helpful to us but it may give rise to difficulties and require careful handling if the client 's writing skills leave something to be desired . |
| 24 | It is not clear why there should be such a high proportion of woodworking tools from Kent , especially the cemetery at Sarre beside the Wantsum Channel , but it may reflect ship-building and repairing as much as more general carpentry . |
| 25 | It is unusual to see hourly rates spelled out in terms of reference , but it may save arguments later . |
| 26 | It is unlikely that further knowledge will improve treatment , but it may allow prevention of the disease , at least in a proportion of cases . |
| 27 | Art means dollars but it may take Madison Avenue PR to persuade the Big Apple |
| 28 | But it may cause cancers , but that 's so long in the future that it may never be traced back to Oxford . |
| 29 | Not only will this make the water unpleasant but it may cause leakages if the corrosion goes right through the cistern . |
| 30 | Not only does the technique have potential in the perfume industry , but it may provide clues about how we perceive smells . |