Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it may blunt some of the sharpness of the terms , we might map their literary specificity against terms traditional to film and television analysis such as ‘ style ’ ( or ‘ mise-en-scene ’ ) , ‘ narrative structure ’ , and theme . |
| 2 | The tax was rushed through Parliament to ensure its arrival on the statute books before the election , and it may repeat some of the community charge 's mistakes . |
| 3 | It may appear unreasonable of any feminist to suggest that schemes to encourage women into physics , chemistry or engineering are misguided . |
| 4 | If ( and hopefully when ) you do finally quit , it may create more of a problem than if you gird your mental loins at the outset and make up your mind to do it first and foremost . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It could well be significant that Cnut is not himself said to have had any connection with the document , and it may reveal little of the real business of the Oxford meeting . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If it is not provided , it may prejudice some of the other benefits to which they are now entitled . |
| 10 | This is a speculative proposal , merely , and it may fall foul of the fact that in our image-ridden culture reading is difficult , and literary texts still demand to be read , rigorously and carefully . |
| 11 | Windows NT has been dubbed ‘ Windows Not There ’ by some cynics , because it has n't made an appearance on the marketplace yet , but when it arrives , it ought to have many of the better features of OS/2 version 2 , and , if my information is correct , be able to run programs for that environment as well as native Windows programs and DOS applications . |
| 12 | On page one seven five you 've got how to check the circulation , after you 've put the bandage on to make sure it 's not too tight , it 's not stopping all the blood supply , press a fingernail if there 's only a finger nail and the , it should go white of course if you press it , then the blood should go back and it goes back pink again or an area of er skin , always check your circulation after you 've put your bandage on . |
| 13 | The Trust will on occasion be faced with a Wordsworthian dilemma over the degree to which it should promote some of its more sensitive properties , but the commitment to providing welcoming access for its members and visitors is an unwavering one . |
| 14 | But a healthy faith should include them all , and it should have each of them in its proper place . |
| 15 | She reckoned it must take all of eight or nine metric minutes per person . |
| 16 | If the agent does exist then it must attack one of the two sub-divisions of the body 's immune system . |
| 17 | So it must have one of those self-adjusting microphones . |
| 18 | But I suppose it might explain one of the greatest mysteries of her 40-year reign — where she gets those shoes and handbags . |
| 19 | Furthermore , if secondary carnitine deficiency exists in patients with coeliac disease , it might explain some of the symptoms of this condition . |
| 20 | Over the long haul , my penis might be more of a curse than a blessing and it might fall short of the goals I set for it . |
| 21 | I saw this little cutting and thought it might encourage some of us who have passed our sell by date stage . |
| 22 | It might encourage some of them to lose interest and go away . ’ |
| 23 | It might take millions of years before the spacecraft encountered a suitable planet , and billions before the result of its efforts would produce an intelligent lifeform , if at all . |
| 24 | Perhaps AM was worried that it might take some of the momentum away from their PostScript imagesetter but then they hardly seem to be setting the world alight with that either . |
| 25 | it 'll benefit all of us if you give me as much assistance as you possibly can . |
| 26 | But at the very same time , it 'll retain many of the overheads that it 's currently got , the overheads of management , some staffing overheads , the overheads for maintaining the estate of the , of , of , of the hospital . |
| 27 | Informix says it 'll do some of the work itself , but will go to partners and other developers for the body of it . |
| 28 | You know what I mean , it 's a narcotic it 'll send some of you more asleep than you already are ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | If it works , it 'll save millions of lives , and give peace of mind to thousands of Britons who visit Africa each year . |