Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although no single investor is supposed to have more than a 15 per cent holding the government has indicated that it may waive this requirement . |
| 2 | During a lesson the activity mode may stay the same throughout or it may change several times . |
| 3 | In terms of product development , HDTV may not have profound implications but it may change some design factors . |
| 4 | It may finish earlier where no further work can be done or it may finish some minutes later in order to complete sensibly . |
| 5 | So what I 'm saying is , is getting a delivery if you ca n't get something there in time I mean , it may mean that you know in advance that you need something done and you can deliver in a normal working week , but maybe it 's inconvenient in a normal working week . |
| 6 | It may mean some gentle but very straight talking , if your parent does not realise your need to have time alone with your friends , but if you can not bring yourself to establish this right , you will have precious little hope of organising any other social activities that will give you a break from daily routine . |
| 7 | There is a danger that it may displace some trouble elsewhere , but on balance it is a great step forward . |
| 8 | As the project team commented : ‘ The public are naturally unwilling to accept change , particularly when it may involve some travelling disadvantage , unless they can recognise clear compensating benefits … . |
| 9 | The principle of salvation may be theological , as in the case of religious fundamentalism ; or it may be purely secular , as with ethnic nationalism ; or it may involve some combination of the two . |
| 10 | It may reflect some prolonged period of stress at any level of being ; physical , mental or emotional . |
| 11 | It is a creation of society , not of individual reasoning or emotion , though it may satisfy both ; and it is for this reason that Durkheim tells us that a psychological interpretation of a social fact is invariably a wrong interpretation . |
| 12 | JET-engine giant Rolls-Royce warned yesterday it may switch some production abroad because of Britain 's currency crisis . |
| 13 | Cabomba ( Cabomba Caroliniana ) In the aquarium Cabomba can reach 24″ in height , although it may double this in the wild . |
| 14 | ICL is to offer a shrink-wrapped version of Unix SVR4 on its so-called ‘ Spring Collection ’ of deskside and desktop Intel Corp 80486-based personal computers and servers launched recently , and says it may offer that implementation on other manufacturers ' PCs too . |
| 15 | Much of this story will necessarily be unfamiliar to them but it may offer some understanding of how the work of God here has developed and of what there is that is worthwhile in the legacy of the past . |
| 16 | This amazing posture displays its markings even more conspicuously and in this position it may advance several feet towards the attacker . |
| 17 | The classification may be an organizational one , arranging detailed criteria into lists , or it may represent some kind of conceptual hierarchy of increasingly higher order objectives . |
| 18 | ‘ I know it may disturb many people sitting conmfortably at home . |
| 19 | And it may perform this stupendous reproductive feat annually for thirty or forty years . |
| 20 | It may start sum luv creation . |
| 21 | BT fell 11p to 335p on news that it may face more competition in the future . |
| 22 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 23 | It may do this to prevent the securities affiliate from being sued by those who invested in Company X on the basis of its negligent advice . |
| 24 | Software of any kind needs carefully structured into the curriculum and not merely used interlude in the learning process to relieve boredom and offer variety although it may do this as well . |
| 25 | The publication of the report has been welcomed by Beverley 's sister Pearlene Webb who feels it may do some good . |
| 26 | If in doubt , land it anyway — it may do less damage ! |
| 27 | The process can be speeded up somewhat by changing the blotting paper several times while the flowers are being pressed , although you must be extremely careful as the plants will be exceptionally fragile at this point and it may do more harm than good to disturb them . |
| 28 | When the participants fail to address the agenda referred to above , it may do more harm than good . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It is my intention to add one more possibility to the existing collection in the hope that it may bring this intriguing issue into perhaps a less mystifying perspective . |