Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , he points out that Devlin had in fact answered the question in the affirmative , and had justified this response by suggesting that , just as society can take steps to preserve itself against acts of treason , then so it may protect itself from attacks on established morality , for this too can threaten society 's existence . |
| 2 | It may show itself in the formation of groups with a hierarchical power structure , or as an outwardly driving force , such as is found in a hunting group . |
| 3 | It is a mental and imaginative experience ; it is awareness , and it may express itself in drawing and painting , or it may express itself in writing , or in moving , or in singing or in playing . |
| 4 | It is a mental and imaginative experience ; it is awareness , and it may express itself in drawing and painting , or it may express itself in writing , or in moving , or in singing or in playing . |
| 5 | I would personally not wish to live in a society which , no matter how secularly Utopian it may claim itself to be , kills its weakest members , namely the innocent unborn child and the old and/or terminally ill . |
| 6 | So , when it returns for yet another pre-killed dish of food , it may find itself in a listless , frustrated mood . |
| 7 | It may spend itself before the next one . ’ |
| 8 | Instead it should address itself to instilling mental discipline , the capacity for argument , and the independent , sensitive , and rigorous sifting of evidence . |
| 9 | It was indeed a sad thing that in these days when the Church had enough enemies outside it should divide itself into hostile forces , because , he added aptly , forgetting the original subject of the quotation , a house divided against itself could not stand . |
| 10 | The Wolfenden Committee , in distinguishing between public and private behaviour , also drew a distinction between ‘ crime ’ and ‘ sin ’ , and concluded that ‘ as a general proposition it will be universally accepted that the law is not concerned with private morals or ethical sanctions ’ , and further , ‘ it is not the duty of the law to concern itself with immorality as such … it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order and decency and expose the ordinary citizen to what is offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 11 | He thought later — ‘ When I could think , ’ he said — that it was as if the soul knew that it must surrender itself into the Lad 's hands , to do with as he wished . |
| 12 | First , it must address itself in a relevant fashion to the kind of issues identified above , that is , it must be grounded in the moral social , economic and political problems of the late twentieth century , in contrast to our prevailing political and constitutional orthodoxies which originated in , and address themselves almost exclusively to mid-nineteenth century concerns . |
| 13 | Immediately following on the principle that it must establish an effective intelligence system , he placed the further principle that it must provide itself with a legal system adequate for the needs of the moment . |
| 14 | At the end of the nineteen twenties the policy from Moscow , not just to the Chinese Communist Party but actually to communist parties all over the world swings dramatically to the left and Stalin is arguing that there 's , there are going to be revolutionary explosions all over the world the Communist Party must forge its own path , it must put itself at the head of these struggles , it must give a lead to the masses by launching insurrections and so on and so forth . |
| 15 | Very often , puberty for example , that depression will become more enhanced , so it might present itself as a problem that seems to be rising out of puberty , but as time goes on and through school help that does n't seem to be resolving that problem , I think that 's the point at which the specialist within the school , the teacher within the school , must think about , ‘ This does n't seem to be resolving itself . |
| 16 | My I move to er questions about the er comparison between the erm Eurofighter and other fighters it might find itself in combat with . |
| 17 | you set the timer and hit the buttons whenever you want it 'll turn itself off off the |
| 18 | Consider the size , structure and special features of the hotel and what special type of event it could lend itself to , e.g. mediaeval banquets etc . |
| 19 | Equally , it could avail itself of the insights of ‘ systems analysis ’ , a mode of examining the penal system which we explain in Chapter 9 . |
| 20 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 21 | By the time CAMRA celebrated its first ten years it could pride itself on a large national membership and a series of hardhitting reports that had exposed the market domination of the big brewers and the shoddy beers they produced . |
| 22 | Like the owl , it could lose itself in the forest . |
| 23 | The dark hair inherited from her father was streaked with grey now , and when she wept , it would loosen itself from the neat coils in which she pinned it over pads called ‘ rats ’ every morning , as if in sympathy , and strands would creep down over her hands and cheeks . |
| 24 | It would blow away with victory , it would calm itself off circuit , but at the track — always impeccably attired , natty , cleaned and scrubbed — he fairly sizzled . |
| 25 | it would shake itself to pieces . |
| 26 | They had drawn up a memorandum agreeing to a National Government led by MacDonald ; it would dedicate itself to economies of 70 million , including a cut of ten per cent in the dole . |
| 27 | Whenever he spoke , it would compose itself into a ghoulish grin . |
| 28 | If we get it wrong in year two , it will be even more wrong in year three , because the distribution is n't going to alter dramatically in our favour , so if there is under-funding in ninety four , ninety five that we manage , it will present itself as a larger problem in ninety five , six , and an even larger problem in ninety s six , seven , so that needs to be borne in mind . |
| 29 | Such a mind may become so restless and frustrated with repression that sooner or later it will tear itself on some nail of its own making . |
| 30 | If it is denied or suppressed in some way , it will become a recurring experience , or it will convert itself into some other disorder of the body , emotion or behaviour . |