Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 2 | For managers and staff , it may feel like an anti-climax after the frenzied run up to implementation . |
| 3 | Although the regulatory rules are subject to judicial review and the control of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and , in the case of SROs , the SIB , this might not be adequate ; ( 2 ) It may lead to an uneven playing field by virtue of differences in the treatment of different authorised persons . |
| 4 | It may appear to an outsider that the anorexic is following a set pattern : self-confidence combined with an incredible energy is succeeded by despair and eventual collapse . |
| 5 | Or it may appear as an eroded large artery protruding into the lumen . |
| 6 | IT may look like an everyday scene from any hospital operating theatre but this medical team has an unusual extra member . |
| 7 | It may look like an old garden shed , but according to the owners this is a historic building . |
| 8 | It may look like an exclusive jewellers , 4 display cases stuffed with expensive rings and necklaces ; in fact it 's a police station in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire . |
| 9 | Rather it may point to an unspoken assumption that it does . |
| 10 | These indicate that time itself had a beginning about fifteen billion years ago and that it may come to an end at some point in the future . |
| 11 | It may sound like an intermittent road drill combined with a jet plane . |
| 12 | Self-cutting is sometimes a problem in inpatient psychiatric units , especially those catering for adolescents , where it may occur in an epidemic fashion ( Simpson 1975 ; Walsh and Rosen 1985 ) . |
| 13 | It should climax with an ecumenical prayer ( in every known language simultaneously ) for intergalactic peace . |
| 14 | Theoretically it should contribute to an understanding of the social construction of gender ordering of institutions . |
| 15 | It should feel like an event . ’ |
| 16 | If this process went on unchecked it should lead to an increasing ripple height , but , as the ripple crests rise , they increasingly interfere with the wind , so that the sand grains on the crests are blown over into the troughs . |
| 17 | Mr Brandt , who was mayor of West Berlin 28 years ago when East Berlin put up the Wall and who stood next to Mr Kennedy during his famous speech , said the barbed wire and wall were ‘ against the flow of history ’ , but added that it should remain as an ‘ an historical monstrosity ’ . |
| 18 | Now it is for these reasons all of these different views and these conflicting opinions coming from authoritative sources and the concern the locals have that this issue has been ramrodded through on a political ticket is is is the very reason why it should go to an inspector appointed by the Secretary of State at least some semblance of independence and that issues brought out in in full public consideration . |
| 19 | Strange that it should survive with an adversary , the BBMF Mk II Spit which I once serviced . |
| 20 | The fundamental issue is this that if the Labour Party is to remain a party of labour it must have as an integral part the trade union movement , it 's as simple as that , colleagues ! |
| 21 | I know it must sound like an ego trip , but I thought the publicity might help the company with more export orders … ’ |
| 22 | Some of the rebel leaders , notably Litster , may have appreciated their military weakness , because they attempted to involve members of the gentry in the revolt , and although they had little support of this nature , the very fact that they hoped to obtain it must argue against an interpretation of the revolt simply in class terms . |
| 23 | If so , programme for what you really want , it might arrive in an unexpected way . |
| 24 | An agreement between two or more competing manufacturers whose combined market share exceeds 20 per cent of the market for the appropriate products in the EC or a substantial part of it would not however be exempted under the 1985 block exemption ( though it might benefit from an individual exemption ) . |
| 25 | Any interruption might stop the flow , and if it gave the Colonel pause for thought , and the brain behind the little piggy eyes a chance to work , it might result in an enraged charge . |
| 26 | ‘ And it might lead to an investigation of my own background . ’ |
| 27 | I would very much like CPRW to join , not because it might lead to an international jolly ( some hope ! ) , but because I think it would be a feather in CPRW 's cap , we will benefit from their advice and information , and we will be able to contribute something at a UK level . |
| 28 | Said by a husband to a wife in the middle of the night it might function as an expression of worry . |
| 29 | Said by Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson at the scene of a murder it might function as an interpretation . |
| 30 | To go onstage in the flag is to be a 50p magnet , no matter what it might mean in an ideal world . |