Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Below a certain height it may be a hopeless situation , but even where there is enough height for a recovery , you can imagine how hard it is to make that movement forward unless you have practised stalls and incipient spins until the movements are well drilled . |
2 | It may be a mistake to allow the Prime Minister no credit at all . |
3 | It may be a hindrance , for the new method of recruitment to the Conservative Central Office approved list of parliamentary candidates places no emphasis on social connections , and tries to assess a candidate 's practical and political potential . |
4 | In the end it may be a Marshall Plan in scale , but not in kind . |
5 | It may be a surprise to find that television enjoyed its greatest competitive advantage on issue-information . |
6 | It may be a cliché , but the compactness , the lack of weight , abundance and responsiveness of power , massively powerful brakes and rigidity of suspension all add up to a car that feels very much like a big kart . |
7 | It might be as straightforward as writing down or calling out an answer , pressing a button , etc. or it may be a task that requires manipulative skills such as wiring an electrical component or threading a needle . |
8 | It may be a reason why the law should be altered by statute ; it does not prevent it from being law , or affect its operation , as long as no alteration in the law is made by statute . |
9 | It may be a thing ? |
10 | ‘ It may be a lovely surprise ! ’ |
11 | Germany 's ever-shifting political forms throughout the 19th and 20th centuries , from Customs Union to Federation to Empire to Republic to Third Reich , and her prostration after the war , sliced in two by the East-West divide , confirm in stark reality the lines of the 19th-century poet Hölderlin : ‘ it may be a hard word , but yet I say it , for it is the truth : I can think of no people more divided than the Germans . ’ |
12 | It may be a just law . |
13 | ‘ It may be a small thing to them , but it is a disaster for the woman . |
14 | It may be a weak government and , although formally invested with state power , does not or can not use it . |
15 | There may well be people who think , for example , that it may be a good thing to throw a bomb at some orange hall , because Orangemen have thrown bombs at Catholic halls . |
16 | ‘ It may be a wild-goose chase . |
17 | Be careful : it may be a problem passed on to you . |
18 | Even if only two or three people from the media attend , it may be a good moment to organize an interview , making sure to flesh out the story with quotations from a range of people . |
19 | Most towns have a former industrial area close to the centre — it may be a railway goods yard , cattle market or former brewery — which offers ample space for car-parking as well as large areas for shops . |
20 | And that 's why it may be a good ten minutes or so before a man can lift a finger ( if you 'll forgive the phrase ) . |
21 | Which pathway is chosen may be historical accident , or it may be a matter of more deliberate planning by chemists . |
22 | It may be a case for argument that people are less willing to accept patronising notions from people in superior positions . |
23 | Home care for the stroke patient may be chosen because the patient 's doctor feels that the necessary rehabilitation can be done at home , or might be best done at home ; the patient may be more comfortable , and therefore more co-operative to treatment if he remains among familiar surroundings ; he might be liable to excessive stress if parted from his close family , friends or a beloved pet ; or it may be a temporary situation , in which the patient is waiting for a bed in a specialist rehabilitation unit to become available . |
24 | If the patient is usually in control of his bladder and bowels , but suddenly becomes incontinent , you should tell the doctor immediately , as it may be a sign of infection or problems . |
25 | If your roof is not felted , it may be a little dustier in the roof space , but it will be better ventilated and you can see what is happening to the tiles and battens more easily . |
26 | It may be a childish response , but when you have overtaken someone on a hill , it is very uncomfortable to be overtaken by them . |
27 | Granted , hypothetically , that it may be a flexible legal concept , it nonetheless is of a nature which does not extend to the union of two people of the same sex . |
28 | Literature , on the other hand , though it may be a popular choice of subject , should be optional . |
29 | The latter may be in many small chunks of time adding up to a large commitment , or it may be a single large time requirement . |
30 | It may be a useful lever for getting the price down . |