Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may mean that all lambs expected to be put before live exporters will have to carry a flock identification mark . |
| 2 | At first sight it may appear that all the children are doing the same thing but within each group allowance is made for ability and the children follow their own carefully planned programme at their own pace — this is updated regularly . |
| 3 | It may appear that this information is already known but the point at issue is whether the supervisor knows and whether reality matches assumptions . |
| 4 | In the face of such variety , it may appear that any attempt to generalize from a description of one institution is doomed to failure . |
| 5 | If the jury feels that a considerable number of children would read or see the article in question , and would be corrupted by the experience , it may decide that this number constitutes a significant proportion of the class which comprises the likely audience . |
| 6 | On the face of it , it may seem that these two approaches can be made to coincide as long as the rules are drawn up to reflect the facts . |
| 7 | Dillon LJ said that " if one condition in a set of printed conditions is particularly onerous or unusual , the party seeking to enforce it must show that that particular condition was fairly brought to the attention of the other party " . |
| 8 | If Berg was successfully to allege that it was fraudulently misled , it must show that some natural person connected with it had been misled , and Berg could not do this . |
| 9 | If trade union solidarity is to mean anything , it must mean that each and every worker sharing equally in the benefit of members and paid equally for the service . |
| 10 | Assuming : ( a ) that all three measures are calculated accurately ; ( b ) that only final goods and services are counted in the national product and national expenditure figures ; ( c ) that any changes in unsold stocks are included in the national expenditure figures ; and ( d ) that all incomes , including profits but excluding transfer payments , are counted in the national income figures , then it must follow that all three measures will provide an identical figure for the value of the country 's total output . |
| 11 | It might suggest that all bets were off on the release stakes or , ever hopeful , it might be that they were planning on letting us go and did n't want us to be able to give any hint , however vague , as to the whereabouts of the Yanks . |
| 12 | It might appear that these two objectives are mutually incompatible , and simply betray a naive confusion in Nizan 's mind between the ideological and the aesthetic . |
| 13 | It might seem that such a node , incapable of any computation , would be a useless building block for a computing device , let alone a learner , but this is not so . |
| 14 | There are times when it might seem that this is a definition which can produce the sense of a self which is both amorphous and autonomous , of a doubtful self which also serves to cast doubt on the human world that lies beyond the subjective individual — a world which some writers are , and some are not , very cunning in , and which is inhabited by people with a working knowledge of who they are and what they are doing . |
| 15 | At first sight , it might seem that this trend should have restored the feeling of stability and counteracted the sensation of transience , to which reference has been made . |
| 16 | It did n't seem much on its own but , when it was added to other suggested improvements , it could mean that each operator could put four parts on to each car in the same time . ’ |
| 17 | It could mean that some of the technologically-advanced jobs developing or locating in the Pacific might emerge instead in the UK . |
| 18 | In a revolution , where any decision may suddenly raise questions about freedom , justice , in a new form , and where every aspect of life may be brought under scrutiny , it could follow that all action , all weighing of pros and cons , is unprincipled . |
| 19 | Resolved , That if it shall appear that any person hath been elected or returned a Member of this House , or endeavoured so to be , by Bribery or any other corrupt practices , this House will proceed with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned in such Bribery or other corrupt practices . |
| 20 | Resolved , That if it shall appear that any person hath been tampering with any Witness , in respect of his evidence to be given to this House , or any Committee thereof , or directly or indirectly hath endeavoured to deter or hinder any person from appearing or giving evidence the same is declared to be a high crime and misdemeanour ; and this House will proceed with the utmost severity against such offender . |
| 21 | Resolved , That if it shall appear that any person hath given false evidence in any case before this House , or any Committee thereof , this House will proceed with the utmost severity against such offender . |
| 22 | This would be a comforting thought , because it would mean that all the alternate universes would be simply discarded possibilities — ‘ might have beens ’ . |
| 23 | If it is the case that the grand caliph in de la Broquière 's account is indeed Fahreddin Acemi , it would mean that all the admittedly meagre information relative to the nature of the early Muftilik and the activities of the early Muftis is connected with Fahreddin Acemi . |
| 24 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 25 | If the audit regime were removed , it would mean that most small practitioners would no longer need to suffer the burden of being registered auditors , with the commensurate savings that would arise in terms of regulatory fees , penal professional indemnity insurance and time . |
| 26 | If what the hon. Gentleman has just said is true , surely it would mean that any Bill could be amended in almost any way in Committee , and one could subsequently play around with its title in order to accommodate the amendments . |
| 27 | If this latter proposition is true , it would suggest that most patients in whom H pylori has been eradicated are unlikely to become reinfected at a later date . |
| 28 | This is a common feature of the rational expectations hypothesis and it provides an obvious way of testing the hypothesis , for if on estimating equation ( 3.18 ) we found ‘ widely different ’ coefficients on , widely different estimates of α t , then it would suggest that either equation ( 3.6 ) is untrue or expectations are not formed rationally . |
| 29 | There has been a wealth of studies on the use of the traditional catalogue , over 50 in as many years , yet in spite of the evidence it would appear that little is really known about the users for whom it was intended . |
| 30 | It would appear that all teachers will be placed in a similar position to that of teachers preparing pupils for external examinations , in that they will have set objectives , or learning outcomes , to be achieved , but will be free to plan their lessons as they think fit — especially where the core subjects are concerned . |