Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may mean managing an estate worth several millions of pounds . |
| 2 | It may mean learning an unfamiliar alphabet or a whole language . |
| 3 | The answer may mean harsher timetabling , or it may mean reconsidering the school 's traditional use of its premises and their parts , but neither of these answers is impossible . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ Jolande wants me to be at the birth , so it may mean missing the Masters . |
| 5 | Give it a relaxing cup of coffee , and it may start inventing a brilliantly satirical speech for the next Sales Conference . |
| 6 | Most of this form of DNA is confined to actively transcribed genes , where Rich speculates that it may function to keep an appropriate distance between successive molecules of RNA polymerase . |
| 7 | It is debatable whether the idea of prefixing other disciplines with the word geographical is indeed a sound one because it may tend to suggest a greater separation of physical geography endeavour from that of other researchers when in fact there is no clear distinction in methods or objectives . |
| 8 | From Ho Chi Minh , however , it was a matter on which apparently no opinion was ever recorded and it may serve to illustrate the dangers to which communism in Vietnam was exposed when decisions and even understanding were subject to foreign direction . |
| 9 | However , it may pay to take a chance with SESAME ( nap 2.35 ) , who has been running creditably in top class events and could oblige at attractive odds . |
| 10 | If the food is not being passed , it may pay to examine a fish to make sure the gut is not congested . |
| 11 | Like the minor , circular designs of the latter , it may have possessed a number of concentric bands . |
| 12 | I am sure that British Rail has considered all the options and it may have asked the consultants to study alternatives . |
| 13 | The shame of it may have caused the slight stroke that overtook him , or perhaps it preceded the disaster . |
| 14 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 15 | But it may have to do a lot more than talk . |
| 16 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc , however , says it may have to do a Pentium-specific version of its Unix operating system . |
| 17 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 18 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 19 | I fear it may have gone the same way as Honest John 's other great idea , the hard ecu . |
| 20 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 21 | He says that it was a bit unfair — it may have made a difference . |
| 22 | IF THE Hongkong and Shanghai Bank goes ahead with a takeover of Midland Bank , it may have to replace the pair of bronze lions that grace the entrance to its headquarters with a more appropriate symbol — such as a couple of ducks . |
| 23 | A version of it may have heartened the Normans in 1066 ; and it is even possible that the earliest surviving version was composed in Normandy . |
| 24 | Taylor feels the same but fears it may have become an unbeatable campaign against the enigmatic 29-year-old . |
| 25 | Thus it may have become the physical centre as well as the service centre for a considerable area of prime agricultural land near the junction of three units of local administration . |
| 26 | The controversy over Dow Corning 's role in introducing silicone breast implants increased in January when some US newspapers , including the Wall Street Journal , published summaries of internal documents and claimed that they suggest that it may have rushed the product through without adequate testing . |
| 27 | I mean it may have pleased the Irish government a bit but it 's got implications both domestically and internationally . |
| 28 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
| 29 | But like many other paternalistic firms , it may have to become a little meaner to stop its past from handicapping its future . |
| 30 | If some acknowledgement of due service is required , it may have to retrace the path of the original documents . |