Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT MAY be of little comfort to Euro Disney 's shareholders , but all France 's leisure parks are struggling to make ends meet . |
| 2 | For example , it may be of little value that the authorities are able to control interest rates via monetary instruments if the relevant objectives are not very sensitive to changes in interest rates . |
| 3 | If , as is all too common , Scots lawyers have to apply in their own system a document imperfectly adapted to their own familiar terms , such as is the RICS scale in this particular , it may be of some advantage to know what ‘ rent reserved ’ means , at least in the country in which it originated . |
| 4 | I have told this story in the hope that it may be of some help to other adoptive parents , and out of the profound belief that love is the most important thing in the world . |
| 5 | It may be of some comfort to read some words written recently by Gaby Goldscheider , an experienced antiquarian bookseller , in the Antiquarian Book Monthly : |
| 6 | It may be of some interest that the club of Hercules should be so thoroughly integrated in a Celtic religious assemblage , but this requires a specialized and more detailed study than could be attempted here . |
| 7 | Erm I hope it may be of some interest . |
| 8 | It may be of some importance to provide in the expert clause that the parties have the right to make representations . |
| 9 | It may be of most value for occasional use , in known responders , to save embarrassment when sleeping away from home . |
| 10 | However distasteful it may be to some people , this does at least provide a rational explanation for the behaviour of those bystanders , even if it does not excuse them . |
| 11 | It is important to remember that there are risks attached to being kind to people in this state , and important also not to underestimate how difficult it may be for such people to reach out on their own . |
| 12 | It may be for this reason that Yugoslav official statistics of trade are frequently expressed in terms of dollars or , strictly speaking , in ‘ statistical ’ dollars . |
| 13 | It may be for this reason that governments committed to full employment are likely to allow the money supply to rise when faced with excessive wage claims or with rising import prices in the economy . |
| 14 | ( It may be for this reason that all South Met. |
| 15 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 16 | For example , it may be in some cases a more rigorous test to cycle 24 hourly at 45°C and room temperature , than to store continuously at 45°C . |
| 17 | The fact that some providers , including NHS trusts , have run out of money is not solely a problem of inefficiency or poor resource management ( although it may be in some cases ) ; it is also a reflection of the diversity and complexity of the demand for health care , which makes it so unpredictable . |
| 18 | A severe drought is not a common feature on the field but when it occurs it may be in any month from April to September . |
| 19 | It may be in these circumstances that moderation rather than liberation is more likely to achieve results , but it is a matter of interpretation whether the results achieved by good behaviour are worth the energy required . |
| 20 | Why do you always want outside , it should be in any case . |
| 21 | The insurance valuation of the contents was probably lower than it should be in these days of rising prices , but if it could be taken as a guide and the amount split in two it might be regarded as fair . |
| 22 | Whatever you write , it should be in some sense original . |
| 23 | erm I mean as I said before , I do n't have relatives out in the Gulf , but I feel immensely for these men that are out there , men and women , and also for the news reporters , I mean nobody 's actually said what an awful job it must be for these news reporters and sort of camera crews that are actually erm doing this sort of wonderful job of bringing us back here all this information . |
| 24 | I have just prepared a paper for my Executive Committee on this and I have enclosed a copy in the hope it might be of some value . |
| 25 | So therefore it might be of more interest to practitioners if I take some typical enquiries and describe the way they are tackled . |
| 26 | Quilts were what you lay on to sunbathe that summer , not for warmth on beds , but slung for lounging comfort as it might be on some Damascus rooftop . |
| 27 | To pick up David 's point now , if this is the client who 's already running the house , the mortgage , it 's , you know , a few years old , they want to take out a further advance , for some house improvements , or something , then obviously they now need more , so it might be at this stage we then want a P S P for the remaining , you know , ten years , eleven years , twelve years , or whatever , because they 've borrowed some more money from the building society . |
| 28 | Where sickness rates are high it might be in both employers ' and employees ' interests for the company to introduce private health cover , where swift treatment may mean an earlier return to work . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , at least it means that if we 're shot , it 'll be by another lot of guns . |
| 30 | There 's a Danish proverb , you know , that states that fish and guests smell after three days and er we all know the visits which have begun so successfully from friends and relatives , it need n't be Christmas , it could be at any time of the year , which are often ruined by people lingering on well past their sell-by date . |