Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may prevent extraordinary powers , like that of compulsorily acquiring land , from being abused for unauthorized purposes ; it may prevent a corporation , constituted for purposes of public utility , from endangering those purposes by engaging in other activities ; it may protect the creditors of a company from the dissipation of the company 's capital , to which alone , in the case of a limited company , they can look for payment , and the members from seeing their contributions applied to purposes for which they did not bargain . |
| 2 | As the term suggests , these are letters from the Commission to notifying parties stating that the Commission does not believe that there is any need to take action in relation to the agreement or arrangement either because it falls outside Article 85(1) or because it may satisfy the requirements of Article 85(3) , although in such a case the issue of a comfort letter does not amount to an exemption pursuant to Article 85(3) . |
| 3 | It is an explanation , in other words , that may inhibit learning , while at the same time , it may overprotect the executives . |
| 4 | If we keep our nerve long enough it may give the police time to find out where they are being held . ’ |
| 5 | If DCE is accepted as a de facto standard , Novell says it may embed the modules NetWare , although it says this is unlikely to happen unless OSF reviews its DCE licensing fees currently running at some $2,500 . |
| 6 | It is like the 1867 Reform Act which enfranchised the ’ respectable ’ working class and similarly it may benefit the Conservatives electorally . |
| 7 | Stopping smoking helps your own and your children 's health , and research has indicated that it may reduce the chances of getting meningitis in your family . |
| 8 | Screening of athletes would detect only a small proportion of affected individuals , though it may reduce the risks of sudden death on exertion for those few . |
| 9 | It may reduce the opportunities for benefiting from economies of scale . |
| 10 | Avnet Inc 's proposed acquisition of Hall-Mark Electronics Corp has not gone down to well with Standard & Poor 's Corp , which said it may cut the distributors $100m of A-plus-rated subordinated debt . |
| 11 | If , as a result , a particular chemical substance is concentrated at particular places , it may induce the cells in those places to differentiate in particular ways , just as the presence of galactose in the medium can induce bacterial cells to produce proteins they would not otherwise make . |
| 12 | It may confuse the fingers of a hand , |
| 13 | This will not stop you catching the smaller fish but it may swing the odds in your favour of selecting one or two of the larger fish . |
| 14 | Too short and it may seem rude , too long and it may bore the guests and dampen the proceedings . |
| 15 | It may allow the airbrakes to open during a launch if the lever is knocked or if one side is unlocking a little before the other . |
| 16 | The first segment ( a ) contains a description of Gardner 's appearance which , although it may list the respects in which Gardner deviated from Carver 's idea of a writer , does not necessarily communicate an accurate impression of Carver 's initial reaction . |
| 17 | The difficulty with the argument is that it may provide a rogues ' charter . |
| 18 | Unless Council has a change of heart , however , and both publishes details of the results of the consultation and properly addresses the legitimate concerns expressed , it may find the changes fail to win the backing of the people who matter — the nurses themselves . |
| 19 | erm How does one in any case fine a motorist who is n't standing by his car or sitting in it ? erm I would , if the question is shall we try it , if that is implied , I would say it 's worth trying in a very moderate way , it may require the police and the police representatives so to speak , the wardens if they 're going to be empowered to do this kind of thing , I think it 's going to force them to become very , very diplomatic and civilized in the way they handle it , but we of course too will have to learn to respond in a civilized manner . |
| 20 | And unbelievable as it may seem the champions have a meagre nine points to show for their labours following trouncings by Willowfield and Ballymena . |
| 21 | It should examine the attitudes , values and assumptions that underlie the kind of information that comes from various sources . |
| 22 | No further work may be performed on the DC and the user who proposed it should review the reasons why it was rejected and produce a more suitable DC . |
| 23 | It should avoid the bottlenecks associated with two-phase commit , claims Sybase . |
| 24 | It should enable the employees to develop their interpersonal skills as it is on these the employees must primarily depend in preventing violence . |
| 25 | He cut the remark out of the final programme lest it should offend the listeners . |
| 26 | He believes it should take the parts of our lives that are most sore , most hurtful , most unspoken , most taboo and bring them into the public sphere . |
| 27 | It should have no flats , kinks or frays , and its elasticity should be minimal . |
| 28 | Only it should have the words ‘ South America ’ written on it . ’ |
| 29 | People have been scrambling up Cust 's Gully for over 100 years , and in dry conditions it should pose no problems — although it is not particularly attractive and I only included it because it was such a traditional route . |
| 30 | For the government strategy to work , therefore , it must create the conditions which will enable the private sector to make profits in the inner urban areas . |