Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this complication is unlikely to cause overt clinical problems it may result in diagnostic confusion particularly with peritoneal malignancy . |
| 2 | ‘ It may recover with careful treatment . |
| 3 | No one can tell what stimulus it may bring or the fruit it may bear in creative work by later generations . |
| 4 | Once the day care centre is no longer suitable we may introduce the sitter service ; link in with the local day hospital or it may lead to long term care . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If he was involved in competitive sports before , aiming from the start at tournaments and championships places a lot of pressure on the patient , and it may lead to bitter frustration when he can not reach his previous standards as quickly as he might hope . |
| 7 | Whatever uses it may serve within descriptive linguistics , and there is clearly some advantage in dividing up and abstracting fields of study for specific purposes , it is quite a different matter to then take such abstract categories as ‘ language-systems ’ rather than language uses as the basis for cross-cultural comparison , particularly when what is being compared is such a socially charged concept as ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 8 | However it may appear to modern man , the measure of ruthless cruelty that may be manifest in the evolutionary processes , can not be labelled ‘ evil ’ . |
| 9 | It was the first of such actions , however vague it may appear in remote retrospect , which introduced the concept of ‘ evil ’ . |
| 10 | The ‘ stop ’ rate is the rate below which the Bank will not buy — it may differ for different maturity bands . |
| 11 | It may smack of undue determinism to suggest that only this system 's replacement will achieve anything and that its renovation will achieve nothing . |
| 12 | It may call for assertive behaviour in dealing with others to get the matters cleared up . ’ |
| 13 | The emergence of the Data Protection Act 1984 gave rise to controversy and one complaint has been the burden that it may cause for small business computer users . |
| 14 | It may come through ecstatic utterance , as when the Spirit of the Lord came upon King Saul and he joined a band of wandering prophets . |
| 15 | This provision does not appear to have been formally invoked but it may prove of particular assistance in some federal systems where there can be constitutional problems in appropriating funds for these expenses . |
| 16 | It should differentiate between indisputable fact , firm opinion , and speculation included for guidance or prognosis ; and finally , it should include a statement of rebuilding costs for insurance purposes . |
| 17 | The second factor is important because it should lead to improved productivity of application developers , as it is no longer necessary for them to know diverse languages , environments and command sequences . |
| 18 | It should come through day-to-day teacher contact , and through language specialists ' involvement in support teaching and in helping their colleagues to use appropriate language consistently across the curriculum . |
| 19 | Such support would be based on the following principles : adjustment should be economically viable as well as socially and politically bearable ; it should conform with long-term development objectives ; it should be based on a joint assessment by the EC and the country concerned ; and it should be undertaken in close co-operation with the international financial institutions ( primarily the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank ) . |
| 20 | It comes in a slimline ‘ mini ’ tower casing , which is common among file server designs as it should allow for maximum expandability . |
| 21 | They supported the plan , but insisted that the money for implementing it must come from economic growth and cuts in spending on welfare and education . |
| 22 | When Professor Supasinee Tantistisuk was troubled by an acrid smell hanging over her village in Thailand , her first thought was that it must come from nearby industry — specifically the ICI Paints plant . |
| 23 | Only a few exceptional women were likely to take advantage of equal education opportunities , though on grounds of utility alone , Mill argued that it was important for this small pool of female talent to be permitted free choice of occupation so that it might contribute to human development . |
| 24 | Well , I have practised yoga for many years , but then I met a Jesuit priest who had been sent to the Far East by the Catholic Church to experience the Buddhist way and see how it might relate to Catholic worship . |
| 25 | It might work at international level but at club level you need a hardworking manager with a good business head . |
| 26 | It might sound like classic fringe fare , inaccessible and wilfully marginal . |
| 27 | My wife and I loved a challenge in those days and we could see what it might become with hard work , but it was a real challenge , no mistake . |
| 28 | The US State Department 's response was that it needed to see the blueprints on European defence before it could think of pouring concrete . |
| 29 | Construction of a massive hydro-electric project on one of Tibet 's largest freshwater lakes is proceeding at speed despite fears that it could lead to ecological disaster . |
| 30 | But the Consumers Association and banks are concerned it could lead to excessive surcharging . |