Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the short term , it may upset established practices . |
| 2 | During a lesson the activity mode may stay the same throughout or it may change several times . |
| 3 | It may finish earlier where no further work can be done or it may finish some minutes later in order to complete sensibly . |
| 4 | It may mean heated arguments , harsh words and hurt feelings , but once the air is cleared everyone will feel better . |
| 5 | It may mean fundamental alterations to the way in which they manage their farms . |
| 6 | This book will help readers to understand the single European market , not an easy thing in itself , and how it may affect voluntary organisations and users . |
| 7 | They say it 's going to increase production , but it may involve other costs . |
| 8 | The ratio may be simply expressed as a percentage or fraction of the firm 's profits or as " income points " ; it may involve preferential salaries ; it may vary as the firm 's profits fall within certain predetermined bands ; it may be subject to reduction if specified targets are missed ; it may contain a discretionary element to be awarded by way of performance bonuses . |
| 9 | However they decided the case on another basis and Pearson LJ said " it may be said in answer to the possibility of such a reductio ad absurdum , though no doubt , it has to be taken into account , is far from conclusive , because it may involve unlikely hypotheses , which would be outside the reasonable expectations of the parties at the time of the making of the contract of employment " . |
| 10 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 11 | An Equal Opportunities Commission , set up by the 1975 Act , oversees the working of the Acts : it may conduct formal investigations , and seek to enforce the law by civil proceedings . |
| 12 | It may deter other caterpillars too ! |
| 13 | It may predate larger animals as well as small mammals , with records of prey as large as juvenile foxes and roe deer . |
| 14 | This amazing posture displays its markings even more conspicuously and in this position it may advance several feet towards the attacker . |
| 15 | It may represent subtle differences in growth cycle or growth form or more complex interactions involving the soil microflora , perhaps the mycorrhizae . |
| 16 | Written with refreshing vitality and , perhaps , missionary zeal , it will delight the converted , and it may attract physical geographers who are earnestly seeking new solutions to certain of their difficulties . |
| 17 | It may prevent extraordinary powers , like that of compulsorily acquiring land , from being abused for unauthorized purposes ; it may prevent a corporation , constituted for purposes of public utility , from endangering those purposes by engaging in other activities ; it may protect the creditors of a company from the dissipation of the company 's capital , to which alone , in the case of a limited company , they can look for payment , and the members from seeing their contributions applied to purposes for which they did not bargain . |
| 18 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 19 | Technological Convergence is also a nice idea , but it may lead strong companies into major new markets where they lack experience and fail to achieve success . |
| 20 | Such a survey can serve more than mere biographical curiosity , and a final section will suggest how it may clarify some issues of current interest to historians , to philosophers and to biologists . |
| 21 | Although this may be a couple of years out of date , it only costs £3 and it may give some clues as to the strength of the company . |
| 22 | It may acquire political functions in certain circumstances , and may therefore find itself associated with programmes , including nationalist and separatist ones . |
| 23 | It may influence lipid levels and introduce all the risks men have , such as heart attacks , which makes it , by and large , unacceptable as a treatment for low libido . ’ |
| 24 | It may involve three or more subjects studied separately but in parallel , as in the Scottish general degree or some polytechnic/college ‘ combined studies ’ degrees ; or it may integrate several subjects in relation to some area , period , theme or problem , in which case it may be called interdisciplinary ; or it may consist of a more open , modular system of requirements and options . |
| 25 | It may harbour undisclosed interests or values . |
| 26 | However , this carries the risk that what is being implemented may need to be later unravelled because of second thoughts and if the original putting together of a change costs effort and resentment , going back on it may create further difficulties of relationships . |
| 27 | The government has , however , not committed itself to publishing the review and , Courtney added , it is unlikely to be published in its entirety as it may contain sharp judgements about the usefulness or effectiveness of some research activities . |
| 28 | ( iii ) Defective registration It may be that the charges register fails to disclose accurately particulars of the charge ; for example , it may contain inaccurate particulars of the amount secured , or the property subject to the charge . |
| 29 | The Zambian government has banned the sale of unpasteurized milk direct from farmers to consumers because it may contain high concentrations of the pesticide dieldrin . |
| 30 | Taking out some and reducing the number of pests is one thing , but reliable eradication can hardly be expected or hoped for , and much as it may displease those purists who do not like the idea of using poisonous chemicals in the garden , they have to be our main line of defence and protection of our roses . |