Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many reasons why it may be regarded as helpful to gather information about a child 's language , and the uses to which any formal assessment results may be put will influence decisions about how assessments can best be carried out . |
| 2 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |
| 3 | If this is successful it may be run as described above . |
| 4 | In any event , it may be asked whether all this regulation is necessary or desirable ? |
| 5 | It may be asked whether , since a grasp of general principles is what is evidently needed , and an ability to connect together ideas derived from different disciplines , it would not be sensible to teach philosophy as a separate subject at school . |
| 6 | It may be asked whether children need to see that the paragraphs beginning ‘ Their names … ’ and ‘ Their mother … ’ are a condensed report of what the boys told Janey , and not the ‘ author 's voice ’ speaking directly to the reader . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | So if a premium is paid before 6 April 1993 , it may be treated as having been paid during 1990/91 . |
| 9 | This subsection is expressed to apply only in certain defined circumstances , but it is , I think , common ground that it may be treated as having general application . |
| 10 | It may be questioned whether this change achieves very much of a practical nature since ( a ) one still needs to look back at the common law of detinue to determine what constitutes the new form of conversion and ( b ) there still survive two torts of interference with property which have a considerable overlap with conversion , i.e . |
| 11 | It may be questioned whether such elaborate surveillance ( engaged in not only by the KGB but to a greater or lesser extent by other security organizations ) is really necessary or produces results commensurate with the time , energy and expense involved in the operations . |
| 12 | It may be questioned whether or not the user needs to retrieve all of the possible relevant documents for a specific query at any one point in time . |
| 13 | It may be based as Connelly v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1964 ] A.C. 1254 itself was , on the allegation that the defendant is being prosecuted more than once for what is in effect the same offence . |
| 14 | Where transfer is indicated on other grounds it may be denied if this would cause undue delay which would be prejudicial to the child . |
| 15 | The speechreader may grasp the meaning quickly but it may be received as bare fact , unadorned and unsoftened by excuses , explanations or reasons . |
| 16 | In broad terms it may be stated as being whether an original tenant under a lease containing a rent review clause is bound by privity of contract to pay the landlord for the time being of the premises a rent agreed or otherwise determined with a subsequent assignee of the term . |
| 17 | It may be defined as follows , where rf and r i are the risk-free rate of return and the required rate of return for the security ( for example , determined by Eq . |
| 18 | If a rule is good in some circumstances and bad in others , it will sometimes be missed when it should be used if its weight is low ; but it may be mis-applied if its weight is high . |
| 19 | If a summons has not been served , it may be amended if the plaintiff files an amended request " notwithstanding that the amendment consists of the addition or substitution of a defendant " . |
| 20 | The Man of Law 's " " I speke in prose " " need not be a description of the tale he is about to tell — it may be read as equivalent to " my speech is ( normally ) prosaic " — but several critics have looked for a prose work of Chaucer 's which could be identified as the once-intended tale of the Man of Law . |
| 21 | The overall picture presented in his article is a little less clear than it might be , if only because of the multiplicity of interesting observations ( fortunately Bolinger provides us with copious examples ) but it may be summarized as follows : ( a ) Adjectives may qualify either the referent of a noun or its sense without simultaneously applying to the other . |
| 22 | It is not directed , and the weight on it may be denoted as either wij or wji . |
| 23 | It may be committed where sexual intercourse takes place between a man and his daughter , sister , or half-sister , mother or grand-daughter irrespective of whether the relationship is traced through ‘ lawful wedlock , ’ and irrespective of whether consent is present . |
| 24 | While it may be doubted whether contestability theory is an appropriate benchmark for assessing markets , as claimed by its protagonists ( for sceptical views see Schwartz , 1986 , and Shepherd , 1984 ) , it has performed a useful role by underlining the significance of sunk costs in the analysis of entry . |
| 25 | Great … as the labours of Mr Hume have been , it may be doubted whether all his exertions can be put in competition with the single act of Mr Bennet in obtaining an accurate return of the salaries , offices and emoluments of the honourable Members . ’ |
| 26 | But such behaviour is not obviously threatening ( although it is almost certainly disorderly ) , and it may be doubted whether a conviction of the section 4 offence is proper unless the conduct complained of is such that it is likely to lead to further violence . |
| 27 | If that is so , then it may be doubted whether the earlier decision of Bryan v. Robinsons was correctly decided . |
| 28 | But it may be doubted whether he necessarily commits an offence under section 4 should he fail to do so . |
| 29 | It may be doubted whether a picket in which the members move around in a circle amounts to a procession ; the term denotes the intention on the part of the participants to move from one location to another . |
| 30 | Further , it may be doubted whether the Chief Justice of the day fully appreciated the implications of his decision for freedom of speech in public . |