Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 2 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 3 | When oedema of the male genitalia occurs , it may give rise to the intriguingly-named ‘ saxophone penis ’ . |
| 4 | The social acceptability of a disability may , therefore , be more important than the limitations it may give rise to . |
| 5 | Or it may give rise to a level of customer price-sensitivity which was hitherto absent in the target market segment . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | However , it may give rise to the necessity for a fairly sophisticated mathematical calculation if a conversion table is not published . |
| 8 | To take an obvious example , the drafter may draft the terms referring to the parties as 'seller " and " Buyer " ; if a clause is then incorporated from a different document , referring to " the Customer " , it may give rise to difficult questions of interpretation : prima facie it will be assumed that " the Buyer " and " the Customer " are different people . |
| 9 | ‘ But it needs to be done , even though it may give offence to the French . ’ |
| 10 | In many cases where a firm provides corporate finance services to an issuer of investments , it may make offers to or enter into transactions with prospective investors . |
| 11 | It may make sense to be tested if you are or intend to become pregnant , as about 13% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are themselves infected . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So important is this consideration , and it would be perfunctory to regard it as mere vanity , that it may motivate performances to anonymous and usually unconcerned strangers . |
| 14 | It is likely , in general , that advertising can build on the strengths , but that it may need improvements to the physical product to eliminate the weaknesses . |
| 15 | It may cause damage to a part of the person but we should not lose sight of the whole person if we wish to understand what is going on . |
| 16 | I can see fans of 1 or 2 other clubs getting upset if they read some of the stuff we write , and if the press got hold of it , it may cause embarrassment to Leeds United FC . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked . |
| 19 | If the interpretation of dog in this sentence were the result of contextual modulation of the general sense , it ought to include reference to , for instance , young females with good eyesight . |
| 20 | Other than that , it was important that she should look interesting so that even if what she said was dull the audience would not be bored ; that the outfit should take account of the long range view — jewellery or other small items were irrelevant — and that it should draw attention to her face . |
| 21 | ‘ It is recognised by the Prime Minister that the recovery will initially be slow and patchy … in time , it should give rise to sustainable economic growth and the creation of new jobs . ’ |
| 22 | However , it should contain references to the underlying trends in profitability , risk , and the increasing reliance on debt . |
| 23 | A careful scrutiny of existing policies and their implicit and explicit assumptions should do two things ; it should enable choices to be made at the level of general strategies , as to what is most conducive to equity or equality , it should also enable individual teachers in individual schools to compare their circumstances with those of others and learn which innovations seem to suit what circumstances and to take heart from the struggles and successes of their colleagues . |
| 24 | This wacky space-chick might not be everybody 's dream girl-who-fell-to-earth but at least it should allow Basinger to finally shake off the bruised sex-kitten image she 's been saddled with ever since Mickey Rourke emptied his weekly grocery shopping all over her body in the designer sex-romp 9/2 Weeks . |
| 25 | That is not quite what we suggested , which was that it should have regard to affordability . |
| 26 | If the government expropriates land , then it must pay compensation to the office of the custodian . |
| 27 | The Duke insisted that ‘ its fitt it be understood … for it might give umbrage to Achinbowie and Balfunning ’ , and he was very clear that the gentleman in question , the son of Glengyle , should not , under any circumstances , join Lord George 's ship . |
| 28 | It might make sense to the financial director faced with a demand which far outweighs supply ; after all , this recycling of other houses ' wines is perfectly legal , but it is at the same time deliberately hoodwinking the public . |
| 29 | Well … well … its just blummin not on … it might force hamsters to be renamed amongst other serious repurcussions . |
| 30 | The Home Office tried to ban the interview on the grounds it might cause distress to relatives of Nilsen 's victims . |