Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If another cat is given a much more interesting and varied diet , with a different kind of canned food each day and many other titbits , then , paradoxically , it may refuse one of its old , favourite foods from time to time . |
| 2 | It may suit one of the parties at the time of the reference to exploit the uncertainty created by poor drafting , either by delaying matters by a construction summons ( see 8.17.7 ) or by insisting on a particular definition of the issue which is to that party 's advantage . |
| 3 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 4 | If the agent does exist then it must attack one of the two sub-divisions of the body 's immune system . |
| 5 | So it must have one of those self-adjusting microphones . |
| 6 | But I suppose it might explain one of the greatest mysteries of her 40-year reign — where she gets those shoes and handbags . |
| 7 | When Waddesdon Manor reopens to the public next year it 'll boast one of the finest collections of furniture , porcelain and carpets anywhere in the world . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , I have a key and it could open one of your boxes . ’ |
| 9 | If the needle was bent , it could push one of the metal strips to the side . |
| 10 | Moreover , if they were to break through within the established system then they just might be a little less enthusiastic about introducing proportional representation as " a first priority " since it could let one of the parties they would have displaced back into the game . |
| 11 | Occasionally it would extend one of its sensors and use it to draw shapes in the dirt . |
| 12 | My heart always jumped with fright whenever I saw one of my poems in print , because I was sure it would contain one of the misprints whose steady drizzle has haunted my work all my life . |
| 13 | Krupp said last week it would close one of its steelworks if the tricky co-operation talks fail . |
| 14 | Therefore , when the black hole disappeared , it would violate one of the most cherished laws of particle physics , the law of baryon conservation . |
| 15 | The implication needs no further explanation and there was a widespread belief that if Krabbe does run at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and wins , it would tarnish one of the greatest titles . |
| 16 | It will contain one of the finest and openest quadrangles in this country ; its details will be more than ordinarily lively and cheerful ; its amount of window light will exceed that of , probably , any public building in this country ; its construction will embody every modern improvement , invention , and appliance ; its materials will be the most perfect which long and earnest study enable me to render them , while its cost will not in the least exceed what is customary with public buildings in the usual style . |
| 17 | For two siblings there is a fifty-fifty chance that it will share one of its genes . |
| 18 | You an also bed the crazy paving or slabs directly on to the surface of wet concrete , but you will have problems in achieving a completely level finish , because when you tap one piece down level it will force one of the previously laid pieces upward . |
| 19 | Once this is done , it will have one of the strongest and best organised military forces in Europe . |
| 20 | I am not surprised that the right hon. Gentleman avoided the first point , because the report to which my hon. Friend the Member for Poole ( Mr. Ward ) referred produced the following answer within the Labour party : ’ Some argue it will highlight one of our weaker points ’ . |
| 21 | It can do one of two things . |
| 22 | Often referred to as a ‘ bit pad ’ ( although that is the name of a specific device ) it can take one of two forms . |
| 23 | Often referred to as a ‘ bit pad ’ ( although that is actually the trade name of a specific device ) it can take one of two forms . |
| 24 | It can have one of several headings ; a frilled channelled heading can be fitted onto a narrow rod or it can hang below a rod from rings with a plain or pinch pleated scalloped heading . |