Example sentences of "it [modal v] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The energies required to probe the nucleus are therefore high , so it may at first seem surprising that visible light with its moderate energies can reveal important information about the nucleus . |
| 2 | This is not at all the simple task that it may at first seem : we shall see that considerable care must be taken in interpreting the official statistics on unemployment . |
| 3 | The idea of ‘ accidentally sparkling ’ Champagne is far more plausible than it may at first seem . |
| 4 | ‘ In the mind ’ is therefore a more complex term than it may at first seem . |
| 5 | Although it may at first feel as though you will always be the new member of staff , or that you will never stop asking questions , most returners express appreciation and gratitude for the support and practical help offered by colleagues , and for the warm welcome extended to them on their return . |
| 6 | Quine 's response is instructive , although it may at first seem dismissive . |
| 7 | It may at first be limited to one target group ( for example , secondary school teachers ) and one or two different media ( e.g. press and radio ) . |
| 8 | Accordingly , it may at first sight seem advantageous to a landlord to grant such a tenancy . |
| 9 | It may at first look like harmless fun . |
| 10 | Even while the system remains capitalist it may at different phases be dominated by differently organized social and economic structures . |
| 11 | Moreover , it may at any time be varied or revoked by an ordinary resolution even if that involves an alteration of the articles . |
| 12 | Secondly , in designs where a 3D effect is required , it may in general be more effective to select the higher-toned timbers for background elements ( eg distant hills ) and keep dark-toned veneers for foreground work . |
| 13 | It may in perfect good faith have misconstrued the provisions giving it power to act so that it failed to deal with the question remitted to it and decided some question which was not remitted to it . |
| 14 | The whole approach then , though it may in helpful ways mitigate an authoritarian image of the male , does not change our understanding of women . |
| 15 | As Hassan 's comment half-implies , it may in some areas be time for criticism to move on from the task of defining postmodernism in relation to its antecedents . |
| 16 | At home it may in some cases be the parents who notice something ‘ odd ’ about their baby 's eyes or feel an unease about the baby 's visual behaviour . |
| 17 | Because you know both parties were there to make sure that er there was going to be a mutual agreement or it may in some instances be referred back to domestic level for resolution , or alternately , the employers just said , no and that , that was the end of it at that stage . |
| 18 | It may in some sales be appropriate to issue full details of the sale procedures with the Investment Overview . |
| 19 | The part of the procedure that it may in some cases be desirable to include will be a provision that the parties will disclose confidential documents or authorise production of documents by a third party ; see clause 2 of precedent 1 in Appendix A. |
| 20 | The consensus is that the world is not yet ready for it , and it may in any case never be necessary . |
| 21 | As far as the make-up of the commission is concerned , the Russians want it to be composed of professionals and specialists , while the Germans believe that it should above all have a strong political element ’ . |
| 22 | The Committee is quoting the Heilbron Report , and appears to be saying that if the public thinks that a particular law covers certain activities and in fact it does cover these activities , then it should for that reason continue to cover only these activities . |
| 23 | I determined that it should not happen again and it seemed impossible that it should for this time I should carry with me the foundation of happiness which I had found behind the wire . |
| 24 | Participants should be assured of this anonymity at the outset of the research , and particularly in view of the kind of material which can emerge in the course of participant observation it should at all times be preserved absolutely . |
| 25 | THE Bank of England remains concerned that underlying inflation is still running at least 2 to 3 per cent higher than it should at this stage of the economic cycle , and repeats its belief that there is no real room for further cuts in interest rates while the pound remains so sensitive , writes Clifford German . |
| 26 | It should in any case use the total-chromatic consistently . |
| 27 | It must above all be clear that perestroika was taking place under the auspices of the CPSU and that it would be conducted within the framework of socialism . |
| 28 | To achieve this , Poulantzas says , it must to some extent be independent of all classes , or as he puts it , it must be relatively autonomous . |
| 29 | In this way , following Marx , they contend that if military expenditure and involvement in society and politics has increased , then it must in some way be functional for the survival of capitalism as an economic system . |
| 30 | This is not as ridiculous as it might at first seem . |