Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [adj] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrary to first impressions , it may be disadvantageous in these circumstances for firms to have ‘ home country ’ control of conduct of business rules , if the firm is authorised by a member state with a higher standard of regulation than that of the member state where the branch is established . |
| 2 | First , it may be spatial in that prices are set to reflect demand conditions in different geographical markets , those prices not reflecting different costs of supply . |
| 3 | However , as my right hon. Friend the Member for Southend , West said , it may be appropriate in some cases to consider a group of counties if clear cross-boundary issues are likely to arise during the discussion period . |
| 4 | However it may be prudent in such a case to offer the defence expert the facility to administer questions in writing to which the plaintiff can respond if they so choose . |
| 5 | It may be necessary in some cases to clean the protective quartz sleeve around the U/V/ light . |
| 6 | It may be necessary in any other type of personal injury case . |
| 7 | It may be possible in such a case to base an action on negligent misstatement instead . |
| 8 | There have been suggestions in recent years that there 's a sub-group of patients with bladder cancer in whom there is a reduced likelihood of recurrence , and it may be possible in those patients to amend the follow-up protocol and omit the six and nine month check cystoscopies . |
| 9 | These are that : I. speech is entirely unilateral ; 2. it is entirely bilateral ; or 3. it may be unilateral in some cases and bilateral in others . |
| 10 | It should be possible in these cases to instruct the system to send a hold letter or a regret letter to everyone concerned . |
| 11 | This is an expensive expedient , but it should be sufficient in many cases to enable the distributor to raise the defence of innocent dissemination . |
| 12 | so you say it must be implicit in that decision that the , the commission was satisfied that the objective criteria er would separate the sheep from the goats , erm so that no one who would , would be excluded who was capable of competing |
| 13 | I think it could be beneficial in this sense and not , as you say |
| 14 | And one institutional point in this context : it would be crucial in any socialist investment planning project to bypass the control over state finances on the part of the Treasury . |
| 15 | Perhaps it would be useful in such cases if the court could , instead of refusing relief completely , grant some sort of declaration which would not impugn the decision affecting the applicant but would state a rule or principle which would apply to future cases . |
| 16 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 17 | It would be usual in this connection for partners to be expressly permitted to act as solicitors for their own families free of charge except for any disbursements or out of pocket expenses incurred by the firm ( Clause 13.05 ) ; ( 3 ) requiring each partner to be responsible for the prompt discharge of his separate obligations and to indemnify his co-partners should circumstances ever arise in which they could be made liable for the same . |
| 18 | ‘ It would be right in some ways for big stars like Jack Nicholson or William Hurt , but to me they are too old , ’ she said . |
| 19 | It would be necessary in such a case to apportion the proceeds of the issue to each component . |
| 20 | Some books on phonology give exercises on the phonemic analysis of other languages ( e.g. Katamba , 1989 ; Hawkins , 1984 ) , but though these are useful , I do not feel that it would be appropriate in this book to divert attention from English . |
| 21 | The Children Act imposes a duty on certain agencies to assist " unless it would be unreasonable in all the circumstances of the case " to expect them to do so ( s47(9) ( 10 ) ) . |
| 22 | It is open to the family proceedings court to make an order under section 34(2) of the Act of 1989 for no contact between parent and child , if it thinks it is appropriate , though it would be ill-advised in most cases . |
| 23 | I think it is open to the justices to make such an order , if they think it is appropriate , though it would be ill-advised in most cases . |
| 24 | It would be nice in these places in as well , you know . |
| 25 | It would be problematic stopping drivers in the course of ordinary driving for research purposes , and it would be impossible in such circumstances to record variables such as subjective risk while they were actually driving . |
| 26 | But surely , the sheer mechanics of it would be impossible in most schools . |
| 27 | Though it would be fair in this instance to absolve the Scottish Liberal Democrats from charges of time-wasting . |
| 28 | It would be wise in this modern day and age , to set up a system within your office whereby you monitor every file , so that your daily work is not simply a question of responding to incoming post and phone calls , but also a task of initiating approaches to clients and to other firms and to estate agents . |
| 29 | In addition , if a mixing relationship exists between the ground mass trend and the Haiti glass trend , it would be evident in any depiction of this projection scheme . |
| 30 | This is particularly interesting in view of the recent emphasis on tool use in chimpanzees , and it would be interesting in this respect to ascertain if there is any evidence of tool use by natural living populations of gorillas and orang-utans . |