Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may even give passers-by the impression of drunkenness , which is why some people carry a card or note to say , ‘ I suffer from bad attacks of giddiness . ’ |
| 2 | It may look to some extent like the original , it may even retain traces of the original , but the many pieces that make the whole were added at different times and have been the subject of change and much repair work . |
| 3 | It may even win Mr Rowland backing within the market and among outside names ( the individuals who provide Lloyd 's capital ) , though they will be dismayed by his forecasts of losses of up to £2.8 billion ( $1.4 billion ) for 1990 and over £1 billion for 1991 . |
| 4 | Its usefulness overstated , its flexibility limited , it may even increase teacher workload , despite claims to the contrary . |
| 5 | Indeed , Tivoli says it may even adopt SOM as a subset of its own future offerings . |
| 6 | Baldwin 's speech sets out the boundaries within which the press must operate : it can act as an adjunct of the political parties , it can be the mouthpiece of the parties or politicians and it may even criticize governments in power , but it can not transgress the real line which marks off dependence on , from independence of , the political parties . |
| 7 | After hearing so much about objects and Oracle Version 8.0 — object prototyping work has been going on at the firm since 1988 — at the moment it does n't look as though Oracle will create a separate object-oriented database product , although Oracle 's object guru , David Beech , believes it may eventually make marketing sense to do so . |
| 8 | An actively functioning organisation tends to generate its own dynamism so that it may eventually follow procedures and enter into transactions far removed from those envisaged by the treaty . |
| 9 | Its applications include word processing , and it may eventually supersede Psion 's seven-year-old Organiser range of electronic notebooks , which has been losing momentum as the market for such gadgets has matured . |
| 10 | This source observes that although demilitarisation generally extends over a limited zone with the goal of separating potentially hostile parties it may also cover regions and even continents , such as the Åland and Spitzbergen archipelagos and Antarctica . |
| 11 | And it may also demand analysis of the constructions that a word may appear in , for instance , that a verb like want can be followed by the term for what is wanted , as in I want that block ; or by a clause , as in I want him to come here . |
| 12 | It may also disabuse ministers of the belief that people notice indirect taxes less than direct ones . |
| 13 | The mass media too are concerned essentially with communicating , usually giving information although it may also involve exchange in the form of readers ' letters to a newspaper or phone-in programmes on radio . |
| 14 | It may also involve comparison with other professions and other occupations and not just with rewards within the organisation . |
| 15 | It may also mean freedom to purchase ‘ Playboy ’ magazine , to indulge in the vulgarities of verbal and visual displays of the sexual and sexist types , though at a much lower level than those current in Scotland or England at soccer matches and in public houses . |
| 16 | It may also waste time and energy ; it may be unproductive ; it may lead to hostility and to low morale . |
| 17 | The profile may contain test scores or examination results ; it may also contain statements about personal qualities and attitudes . |
| 18 | It may also bring security and improvement in their lifestyle , if they or their family have n't been able to care for them properly . |
| 19 | It may also shed light on the standards required for British firms who wish to act as subcontractors to the many Japanese foreign investors in Britain and Europe . |
| 20 | While this may be a means of sharing responsibilities and caring , it may also give rise to tensions in overcrowded households . |
| 21 | Some forceful pushing may help get through a barrier , but it may also produce dependency on me to keep pushing . |
| 22 | It may also comprehend information obtained in a different capacity prior to the commencement of the relationship . |
| 23 | ( It may also increase staff unrest by leading prison officers to feel that their ‘ authority ’ is further threatened . ) |
| 24 | It may also include instructions to observe particularly unusual sources ; to repeat collection of data that have been lost or spoilt in some way ; or to take corrective actions based on data already received . |
| 25 | Fatally , it may also lose interest in talking to the vulgar herd outside . |
| 26 | On the other hand , it may also cause governments with weak domestic demand and severe balance of payments problems to reduce demand further and generate even higher unemployment to the detriment of the national economy . |
| 27 | It may off it may also take time for farmers to acquire the skills necessary in order to increase , or to use , to adopt this technology . |
| 28 | While this may be seen primarily as a defensive kind of action , involving much routine work by civil servants who are required to produce the information needed for parliamentary answers , it may also provide opportunities for publicizing new policy initiatives . |
| 29 | That 's exactly what I was going to say , Mr Chairman , it 's , it might be as Mr says , or it may , it may well make matters worse , I do n't think we should get into the debate on how the national government are doing , |
| 30 | In a decade 's time , it may well show rock videos — and perhaps ‘ Miss Saigon ’ . |