Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb mod] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , psychologists have even claimed that ‘ the world will be saved by the psychologists , or it wo n't be saved at all ’ ( Maslow quoted in Pečjak 1985 : 268 ) . |
| 2 | That is not to say that they do not have particularities , for a particular instance of a shirt has to be of a certain colour , and have pockets or not , or it would not be a shirt . |
| 3 | It may be that the patient feels gratified by someone taking his or her illness seriously , or it may simply be the power of suggestion — because they feel they are being offered a cure , they actually begin to get better . |
| 4 | Foregrounding may be QUALITATIVE , ie deviation from the language code itself — a breach of some rule or convention of English — or it may simply be QUANTITATIVE , ie deviance from some expected frequency . |
| 5 | This might be because building societies have developed some new product which personal savers prefer to National Savings certificates or it may simply be that interest rate differentials have changed in favour of the societies . |
| 6 | The high correlation between accident estimate and risk rating observed , r(46)=0.75 , p<0.01 , may reflect the objective correlation that should exist between these measures or it may simply be that subjects were not completely successful in dissociating the two scales . |
| 7 | Violence may be the erm scenes that we 've been witnessing of terrorism lately , or it may simply be a boxing match , or a rugby match , or something like that . |
| 8 | ‘ Or it may not be , but we wo n't know till we sue them . ’ |
| 9 | Firstly there may not be time or it may not be physically possible to suddenly introduce a high level operator , for example we can not put a different pilot on the flight deck when an aircraft gets into trouble . |
| 10 | If the brand name is standardised worldwide in English it may be found to have an unfavourable meaning in some countries , or it may not be pronounceable in other countries that lack certain letters of the alphabet . |
| 11 | The isotope most commonly used for measurement of colonic transit is 9 9 m Tc-DTPA in liquid form , or it may also be incorporated into ispaghula husk to simulate the physical properties of faeces more closely . |
| 12 | This bonus may be given because the employee concerned has no pension rights and does not have an enhanced salary already reflecting this or it may just be a reward for satisfactory completion of the contract . |
| 13 | Specialist animal insurance companies usually offer such cover at little cost , either separately or built into a health protection policy for your pet , or it may even be incorporated into your household insurance . |
| 14 | If it has been discovered during the course of earth-moving for construction or other work , however , the site may be totally unknown ; in this case , it is important that local archaeologists are alerted as soon as possible , so that some kind of record of the site can be made before it is destroyed , or it may even be excavated if found to be important . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) For this purpose regard shall be had to such display , publication , showing , playing , broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service as he has , or it may reasonably be inferred that he has , in view . ’ |
| 16 | We 'll put it in the boot or it 'll just be sickening on the way home . |
| 17 | Or it might just be nothing . |
| 18 | Moreover , to be gravitationally bound a cloud must be dense as well as massive or it will not be able to withstand the strong galactic tidal field near the centre . |
| 19 | Do not disturb a caterpillar while it is moulting or it will not be able to complete the process properly and may die . |
| 20 | In a business sale , the buyer will be less likely to be able to take advantage of the implied warranty , particularly because he may well be as expert as the seller in dealing with the goods which are the subject matter of the contract , and so will not ( or it will not be reasonable for him to ) rely on the seller 's judgment and skill . |
| 21 | Seed will be ripe in late summer , and should be watched carefully in the last week or two , or it will easily be lost . |
| 22 | The evangelical Hannah More , in her Thoughts on the Importance Or the Manners of the Great to General Society in 1788 , noted that : ‘ Reformation must begin with the GREAT or it will never be effectual . |
| 23 | Or it could simply be activity in the digestive tract . |
| 24 | Sooner or later ( and it 'll probably be sooner ) your different beliefs will come between you . |
| 25 | And now you 're taking it back to S A and it 'll probably be left out there . |
| 26 | It should be quite a , I mean it 'll be a funny party and it 'll just be it 'll be good music . |
| 27 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 28 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 29 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 30 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |