Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 2 | It may be just a little too strong for some people . |
| 3 | It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration . |
| 4 | It may be just a gentle daily stroll or cycle ride or something much more strenuous . |
| 5 | It may be just a strange coincidence , as Vonnegut often suggests , that the social characteristics of those persons more likely to commit these types of avoidable killings differ considerably to those possessed by individuals more likely to commit killings legally construed in principle as murder . |
| 6 | It may be just a part time book-keeper or it may be a large department with frequent visits from outside chartered accountants and auditors . |
| 7 | And they say I ca n't remember it just happened so quick that I ca n't remember , they have been unconscious for a , it may be just a split second , it 's affected the brain , they are concussed . |
| 8 | My Lords I , I , I , I , it may be just a total inadequacy of my dwindling intellectual powers that I find that extremely difficult to follow ! |
| 9 | In that it may prove all the more digestible to the popular audience , which might otherwise read about self defence against robots , it may be all the more valuable for that . |
| 10 | but I 'm afraid it may be quite a time before there 's room for you , although I 'd love to have you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It may be once a week or once a fortnight perhaps , but it would n't be a lengthy period until the baby is older and more independent . |
| 12 | It may be mainly a sounding-board , like the 12-nation parliament of the European Community . |
| 13 | In the male , the equivalent chromosome may be of the same type — an X chromosome — or it may be roughly the shape of the letter Y , in which case it is known as a Y chromosome . |
| 14 | With luck it may be only a matter of time . |
| 15 | Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 . |
| 16 | Like a small pale Peregrine , of which it may be only a race , but much paler and more rufous , with crown and nape very rufous. 15–18 in. ( 38–45 cm ) . |
| 17 | ‘ It may be only a matter of minutes before they break through . ’ |
| 18 | It may be only a matter of time before goals trigger outbreaks of mass aerobics and the odd square dance . |
| 19 | Such behaviour may be specifically intended as communication or it may be only the natural expression of the individual 's mental content of the moment . |
| 20 | It may be only the occasional small amount for a short time , or it may be a larger sum over a lengthy period . |
| 21 | I think it may be twice a week . |
| 22 | But the doctor says that it should be just a normal period after you 've had it , but it 'll be faster flow . |
| 23 | and then put your thing on there and it should be just the case of turning it off |
| 24 | Yes , you have to dig down as far as you can to get the roots in properly but , you know , it should be just the depth of one spade , so most people ought to be able to dig a hole that size . |
| 25 | It should be both a dialogue with experience and a dialogue with living religions so that one can interpret and reinforce the other " ( p. 43 ) . |
| 26 | The primate centre received requests for 300 macaques and 14 chimpanzees , many of which could not be supplied because of a policy that it should be primarily a supplier for TNO institutes . |
| 27 | So it looks as though hpGRF and hypothalamic GRF are the same thing in these species , and it should be only a matter of time before it is from the hypothalamus as well . |
| 28 | Certainly , it may be an adaptation of a TV or press campaign , but it should be specifically a radio treatment . |
| 29 | This is because the different responses to Gettier all stem from different diagnoses of the way in which the tripartite analysis is lacking ; once we know what is missing , it should be quite a simple matter to add it . |
| 30 | Donegal have n't lost a game in 12 months , while Derry have only lost three times in 27 months , so it should be quite a struggle . |