Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may arise because he can not imagine his own death . ’ |
| 2 | It may arise because a space has been reserved for an , as yet , undefined component or because the person initiating the search has no authority to see the information contained within that domain . |
| 3 | Or it may arise because we are pursuing a particular path and if we went back upstream we could avoid the problem instead of trying to solve it . |
| 4 | Who knows where it may lead once we 've begun ? |
| 5 | An animal capable of symbolization can carry away from a situation an inner trace that stands in for the response it may make when it next encounters the situation . |
| 6 | It may happen when parents have indoctrinated their children , that is , laid down a set of beliefs without allowing the children freedom to think for themselves and to come up with their own reactions . |
| 7 | As such it may emerge as Televisa 's main local rival . |
| 8 | Many of the flavourings which enhance our food today have not been thoroughly tested , or if they have , the testing has been done in isolation without taking into account the reaction it may have when combined with others . |
| 9 | Texas-based Enron said Teesside was among several sites it may consider if it goes ahead with plans to build a new petrochemical plant in Europe . |
| 10 | ‘ Now it may look like I 'm just messing around with cars , but my job as a Kwik-Fit fitter means I 've always got plenty to do . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh me , but I 'm not hanging around , though it may look like it . |
| 12 | It may look like just a muddy old pond , but as Sir David Attenborough explains to these schoolchildren , it 's teeming with life . |
| 13 | It has been pointed out that you need to knit two straight rows after each transfer and , at first , glance , it may look as though you do n't knit the two rows after a plain arrow for this punchcard . |
| 14 | It may help if I summarize the main conclusions . |
| 15 | It may help if I explain the legal and ethical position as I see it . |
| 16 | It may help if you use a notebook to write down the point you want to make . |
| 17 | For someone who has never had a panic attack it may be difficult to fully empathize with the client , but it may help if you were to consider the following scenario . |
| 18 | I made the same point in the previous chapter but it may help if I give a concrete example . |
| 19 | I hate to say it but I feel that it may erupt when she feels under pressure . ’ |
| 20 | But Forbes warns it may come unless film-makers abandon the pornography of violence for which there is no excuse . |
| 21 | For example , it may come as something of a surprise to find that , during the English Civil War , the Parliamentarian party , which controlled London and the mint in the Tower , emphasised its legitimacy by continuing to issue coinage in the king 's name , whereas at the Royalist mint of Oxford the king 's coinage proclaims : ‘ RELIG PROT LEG ANG LIBER PAR ’ ( ’ The religion of the Protestants , the laws of England and the liberty of Parliament ’ ) . |
| 22 | It may come as something of a shock to discover that up to 10% of your company 's turnover is actually being diverted to running a second business . |
| 23 | This is not as odd as it may sound as , for most Fijian customs officers , such herbs as basil , oregano or thyme are totally alien and are easily mistaken for a different sort . |
| 24 | It may seem as though Christianity is the most monotheistic religion . |
| 25 | This particular idea , unpromising though it may seem when reduced to words , is put by Britten to astonishingly fruitful use in the course of the opera . |
| 26 | If a disease is caused by a mutation in a gene , it may be ‘ dominant ’ or ‘ recessive ’ — that is , it may occur when only one of the two copies is mutated in spite of the presence of a normal gene , or only when both are defective . |
| 27 | But I think that the time has come when we can and should say that it ought to apply unless there is some justification or valid explanation for its exclusion . |
| 28 | But it should slacken when the leash is held normally . |
| 29 | The most common request is that everything should be set back the way it was at time X and it should appear as though the work carried out on package Y never happened at all ! |
| 30 | He says it should stay as it is . |