Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Again it may be chemicals produced by the brain which affect our moods , such as serotonin and endorphins , at work in these extreme cases . |
| 32 | Unfortunately , because most Amiga owners have Amiga 500s and 600s , it may be months before new games use these extra features , and while new games should all work , some older ones might not . |
| 33 | These articles are written well in advance of publication , so it may be months before you see one that you letter has prompted . |
| 34 | It may be months later , when naive expectations have become realistic beliefs . |
| 35 | It may be months or years before his work today makes an impact : in the case of a project failure it may never do so . |
| 36 | It may take weeks , or it may be months . |
| 37 | It may take weeks , or it may be months . |
| 38 | Timing and service are chaotic , but since this raises wine consumption it may be policy . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | It may be spring outside , but inside this cold storage shed it 's permanently Arctic . |
| 41 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 42 | ‘ It may be age , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm rather drawn to adversity and I like a good wash-out ; but nothing happens here except a steady loss of money . |
| 43 | If he goes and comes , it may be days yet ? |
| 44 | It may be rocks or caves , bogwood , the tank 's side or base , undergravel filter plates or gravel tidy ( once they have dug the gravel up ) , even an uplift tube or heaterstat . |
| 45 | In some countries if you miss a chance to fly it may be weeks before the weather allows you another opportunity . |
| 46 | It may be weeks , months or even years before slaphappy surveying methods are identified by management . |
| 47 | The compression figures , whilst not particularly low , suggest that it may be camshaft wear . |
| 48 | Exactly what causes it is unknown ; it may be virus or a bacteria , or many interacting factors may trigger the disease . |
| 49 | It may be information or it may be components for incorporation in the contractor 's activities . |
| 50 | A couple of years ago this would have sounded like fiction ; soon it may be fact . |
| 51 | It may be intervention in a crisis , or a task-centred plan sharing the problem-solving activities with the client . |
| 52 | ‘ It may be Grace Poole , ’ she answered calmly . |
| 53 | The exercise of cooperating with the other people , even though they 're in the same relative area than in this case it may be use of facilities for leisure , is not very easy and there may be a very very good cause to have a proper course in how to get on with other people , in these sort of cooperative ventures , so thank you for , for drawing our attention to it , it is an interes would be an interesting exercise to . |
| 54 | It it that it may be influences , er , at work there . |
| 55 | Until we know a lot more about it , obviously we 've got to assume that it may be murder . |
| 56 | Or it may be testimony relevant to the present conversation . |
| 57 | ‘ But if partners or those around you are n't able to help , then it may be time to seek professional help . ’ |
| 58 | It has been stoked primarily by Mr Alexander Rutskoy , the Russian vice-president , who has warned that it may be time to review Khrushchev 's gift of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 , and by President Kravchuk , a Communist Party boss turned Ukrainian nationalist . |
| 59 | ‘ It may be time to be a little flexible , ’ said her brother languidly . |
| 60 | It may be time for oilmen to cheer up . |