Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may even be possible to obtain approval from opposing groups for a set of moral maxims such as peace , justice , and freedom — see the lists of values in McKernan 's ( 1980 ) research , for which he found a high level of acceptance among both Northern Ireland communities . |
| 2 | The right moment to begin , he wrote , is the moment when right and wrong are no longer an issue , it may even be the moment , he wrote , when the realization dawns and is at once accepted that another moment might have been equally valid , and when this no longer matters . |
| 3 | We have n't been able to locate anyone who makes exactly that bird house ( it may even have been especially made ) . |
| 4 | If the spin is unexpected , it may even be difficult to tell in which direction it is going . |
| 5 | It may even present a comic , frivolous or bawdy joke to arouse laughter or attempt to reveal the workings of a composer 's mind . |
| 6 | In 1944 it took courage to write so favourably about Pound ; and it may even be that Phyllis Bottome foresaw , and was trying to guard against , the peril that Pound would be in as soon as hostilities should be over . |
| 7 | It may even have been — for he was quick to spot poetic talent — that he could see where Betjeman 's true genius lay . |
| 8 | If an applicant 's programme quality is deemed ‘ exceptionally high ’ , it may even win over a higher bidder . |
| 9 | All in all , it seems to have diverted De Niro 's energies away from the more serious and interesting business of Tribeca Productions , and in future , it may even start to eat into company funds . |
| 10 | It may even have been the case — a suggestion emanating , admittedly , from a piece of post-war testimony — that the Reich Propaganda Ministry deliberately started off a rumour that the Führer , on discovering what was taking place ( in an ‘ action ’ which , in reality , he himself had authorized in writing ) , had given the order to halt it immediately . |
| 11 | It may even totally refuse to eat unless it knows a familiar food to be especially nice — and poor quality hay can never be put in that category . |
| 12 | It may even claim that it has had more complaints of bias from the Labour Party . |
| 13 | It may even exceed those standards ’ . |
| 14 | It may even threaten human health , mainly by contaminating water . |
| 15 | It may even be possible for background , contextual stimuli to interact with the pattern of nervous activity evoked by the target stimulus in the early stages of sensory or perceptual processing ( Hull 's ( 1943 ) notion of ‘ afferent neural interaction ’ ) . |
| 16 | It may even be that just here is where I have to stop . ’ |
| 17 | It may even be morally permissible to kill the child ; but the criminal law neither now nor in the future will countenance this , though it may look the other way from time to time . |
| 18 | Further , it may even be appropriate to debate again whether consent is appropriate as the governing concept in the medical-legal context . |
| 19 | It may even turn out that these growth factors are the signals from the organizer which specify the main body axis . |
| 20 | The finest material may be carried for tens of kilometres down-wind , and some of it may even stay suspended for many months , eventually falling back to earth on the other side of the globe . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In the latter case it may even be a matter of reading one page in one session , whereas in the former you may be able to read and study a chapter — or even two . |
| 23 | Rarely , it may even be unreasonable to select you for redundancy on the basis of length of service , for instance if doing so entails retaining another employee past retiring age when you are much younger and still have plenty to offer . |
| 24 | It may even be possible to make neat little ‘ scale-model ’ houses from normal wood , transport them cheaply around the country , and then ‘ puff ’ them up to final size on site . |
| 25 | It may even be specific , such as a lung problem . |
| 26 | It may even be fair to say that if this were not so , then surely there would never have been any life experience at all . |
| 27 | It may even become over-affectionate , refusing to leave its rescuer alone , but this is simply a measure of its inner anxiety concerning the possibility that it may be betrayed once again . |
| 28 | It may even appear unfair to elevate such a document as the Guidance notes on the Code of Professional Conduct when it declares |
| 29 | It may even be that despite taking care with matching yourself to the job before making an initial application you may find out further information that will make you less enthusiastic about the job . |
| 30 | it may even be safer if elderly , infirm or disabled persons do not use high street cash dispensers , they are too easy a target for opportunistic thugs . |