Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has to be an incredible amount of subtlety or it would be nonsense . ’ |
| 2 | Either Doctor Who would be drama , or it would be adventure . |
| 3 | It may be information or it may be components for incorporation in the contractor 's activities . |
| 4 | This may be a specialist unit trust company or it may be part of some other large financial grouping , a subsidiary of a retail or merchant bank for example . |
| 5 | Or it may be music , as in Mussorgsky 's composition which he entitled ‘ Pictures from an Exhibition ’ . |
| 6 | Or it may be childhood , as in the wonderful title story of her previous collection , ‘ On the Golden Porch ’ ( ‘ In the beginning was the garden . |
| 7 | When we are first trying to establish our values and standards in life , there are certain people , or it may be institutions , upon which we decide we have at all costs to rely . |
| 8 | Or it may be testimony relevant to the present conversation . |
| 9 | It may be motivation that proves inadequate or it may be investment . |
| 10 | It may take weeks , or it may be months . |
| 11 | It may take weeks , or it may be months . |
| 12 | Or it may be fungi and other microorganisms growing in humidifiers and being circulated with the air — typical symptoms in such cases are cough , tightness in the chest , fever , aches and pains , and general feelings of malaise . |
| 13 | Now that ail sound that A sound it 's usually either it 'll be A L E or it 'll be A I L. |
| 14 | Basically , we can not afford to leave anything lying around , not even for an instant , or it will be history . |
| 15 | It is sometimes a mild complaint , with occasional acute bouts — or it can be source of constant pain and discomfort . |
| 16 | Or it can be fear of a major loss , like health or even life itself , either for yourself or those you love . |
| 17 | Or it could be part of the training sessions , let's have what we were doing yesterday , skill drills , but you 've got to practice it and practice it , until eventually from those forty contacts using a ratio of ten to one , we get four appointments . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't know who 's hiding in that snicket by the church — it could be the vicar or it could be Dracula , they look the same when it 's dark . |
| 19 | All you know is you took a bearing from A and it could be anywhere along here , could be quite close to it or it could be miles up over here . |
| 20 | ( If ever I get the DTs I know what I 'll see and it 'll be Cathedral Bugs and more Cathedral Bugs all the way down to the bottom . ) |
| 21 | And it 'll be Terry 's responsibility in future . |
| 22 | And it 'll be goodbye electricity , goodbye reading , goodbye bananas … |
| 23 | And he 's only got to see her ’ — he thrust his head back — ‘ and it 'll be mother and daughter . |
| 24 | Oh well no I 'll do it next time I 'm here and it 'll be August . |
| 25 | Right , we 'll go up this way , through the promena along the promenade , and then we 'll go back through the town and it 'll be time to get the others from school by then . |
| 26 | On the research agenda we need to look at organisation , information , and communication , and it may be time , as this new report suggests , to debate and reconsider the role of outpatient clinics . |
| 27 | there 's one in April , and it might be Easter . |
| 28 | The symptoms of some women would improve after removal of the device whatever the underlying condition and it might be months or years later that recurrence of the symptoms would lead to diagnosis of endometriosis . |
| 29 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 30 | Modulations can therefore follow various routes , and it would be folly to recommend any particular pattern . |