Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greenpeace has warned that it may demand a legal review . |
| 2 | It may lend a certain dignity to the whole transaction but is notoriously slow . |
| 3 | If , for example , the Gnat 's Water Brewery , which operates three inns in a small country village , wishes to close and sell off one of these inns so as to improve the profitability of its remaining inns , it may insert a restrictive covenant into the conditions of sale of the inn in question , whereby the purchaser of the inn covenants not to use the premises as licensed premises . |
| 4 | It may train its advisers sufficiently to be able to give para-legal advice in those cases which do not require professional assistance ; it may refer the client to a solicitor ; it may arrange a rota scheme whereby a solicitor attends at the CAB office to see clients ; it may try to appoint its own solicitor . |
| 5 | If the Earth is indeed a living being , it was argued , then It may possess a subtle body corresponding to the human aura , with chakras and flows of energy as well . |
| 6 | It may stir a few ghosts . ’ |
| 7 | The Burmese government has warned that it may place a ban on all exports of logs to Thailand , in the face of reports that some traders are exporting logs illegally . |
| 8 | Garden Jack Oil Patch Cleaner ( available from DIY stores and garden centres ) will remove the grease , but it may leave a stain . |
| 9 | Nevertheless their rebellion is paradoxical — it may mean a baby and a home and an income , but it also means exile from the culture of their own generation and the political resources available to the employed , respectable working class and its representatives . |
| 10 | It may mean a 5 a.m. start from the country if she is to have her regular swim before going into the office , but if she is going to see WHS in Swindon or Heathcote in Warwick , it is more convenient for her to stay in Gloucestershire than to come back to London . |
| 11 | This may simply mean a better understanding of historical sites , including those abroad in this age of mass foreign travel ; it may lead to active participation of an archaeological nature ; it may mean a better guide by which to judge or understand the paperback or so-called " historical novel " or the historical play on television . |
| 12 | For a monolingual speaker , it may mean a shift of style within what is perceived to be the same language . |
| 13 | The work will take about two weeks to complete — and for children at Osyak school , it may mean a draught free winter . |
| 14 | It may involve a rejection of the idea of evolution altogether . |
| 15 | A fall in the interest rate on bonds , for example , will lead to an individual rearranging his wealth portfolio , but this will not necessarily involve a shift from bonds to money ( as in the Keynesian case ) ; it may involve a shift from bonds to some other financial asset or into property . |
| 16 | It may show a significant improvement in which case you can conclude the child is learning . |
| 17 | CAD gains dramatically when components have to be redrawn many times , when it may out-perform a human by 100 : 1 . |
| 18 | Despite the encouraging signs mentioned earlier , there is a danger that it may meet a similar fate to all its worthy predecessors . |
| 19 | ‘ It may feel a little uncomfortable , ’ she had said , ‘ but once we all feel confident about what we 're doing , we 'll let you loose on Nathan , which should complete the sequence . ’ |
| 20 | Within any one place , it may offer a host of different living spaces , especially within the roots , bark , branches , leaves , buds , and flowers of trees , of different species and at different heights . |
| 21 | As yet there is little agreement on haemostatic and platelet factors in such patients but it may offer a further method of risk stratification in the future . |
| 22 | Evidence so far is that for providers , the care programme approach does not assist in clarifying the roles of different staff in different agencies , but it may offer a global package of mental health care , comprising both social and health care services . |
| 23 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 24 | It may represent a list of deities , a list of soldiers , or a discussion by a Hittite king of the building of the temple at Phaistos : all these suggestions have been put forward , though none of them has convinced even a quorum of scholars . |
| 25 | It may represent a calcium-sensitive form of the enzyme as it contains one canonical EF-hand motif . |
| 26 | Alternatively , it may represent a subgroup of people with a genetically different cholesterol metabolism , which under particular dietary or environmental circumstances — for example a high fat , low fibre diet — would indirectly promote colon carcinogenesis . |
| 27 | The observation that the vascular isoform is expressed in all smooth muscle cells suggests that it may represent a constitutive type of splicing pathway which has similarities to the default pattern shown by other muscle genes . |
| 28 | It may necessitate a further special condition on the back of the contract . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Improving the security of your home wo n't do much to increase it 's value — but it may prevent a break-in . |