Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may even give passers-by the impression of drunkenness , which is why some people carry a card or note to say , ‘ I suffer from bad attacks of giddiness . ’ |
| 2 | It may look to some extent like the original , it may even retain traces of the original , but the many pieces that make the whole were added at different times and have been the subject of change and much repair work . |
| 3 | Baldwin 's speech sets out the boundaries within which the press must operate : it can act as an adjunct of the political parties , it can be the mouthpiece of the parties or politicians and it may even criticize governments in power , but it can not transgress the real line which marks off dependence on , from independence of , the political parties . |
| 4 | An actively functioning organisation tends to generate its own dynamism so that it may eventually follow procedures and enter into transactions far removed from those envisaged by the treaty . |
| 5 | This source observes that although demilitarisation generally extends over a limited zone with the goal of separating potentially hostile parties it may also cover regions and even continents , such as the Åland and Spitzbergen archipelagos and Antarctica . |
| 6 | It may also disabuse ministers of the belief that people notice indirect taxes less than direct ones . |
| 7 | The profile may contain test scores or examination results ; it may also contain statements about personal qualities and attitudes . |
| 8 | It may also include instructions to observe particularly unusual sources ; to repeat collection of data that have been lost or spoilt in some way ; or to take corrective actions based on data already received . |
| 9 | On the other hand , it may also cause governments with weak domestic demand and severe balance of payments problems to reduce demand further and generate even higher unemployment to the detriment of the national economy . |
| 10 | While this may be seen primarily as a defensive kind of action , involving much routine work by civil servants who are required to produce the information needed for parliamentary answers , it may also provide opportunities for publicizing new policy initiatives . |
| 11 | That 's exactly what I was going to say , Mr Chairman , it 's , it might be as Mr says , or it may , it may well make matters worse , I do n't think we should get into the debate on how the national government are doing , |
| 12 | While the duty to support just institutions fails to establish an obligation to obey the law , it may well provide reasons to obey the law in circumstances where the law transcends the legitimate authority of the government . |
| 13 | The devolving of financial responsibility to schools , not only reduces the power and influence of LEAs , but it may well encourage schools at some future point to consider opting out of local authority control altogether . |
| 14 | It may then take decades for a long-lived species like trout to die out completely . |
| 15 | It may therefore provide opportunities for some implementing agencies to develop new initiatives that were perhaps not originally envisaged . |
| 16 | It is important that it should also have teeth . |
| 17 | It should explicitly amplify policies which have been agreed as part of the business plan . |
| 18 | It should only include items which increase tension as in Romeo and Juliet or give rise to more fun and happiness as in La Fille Mal Gardée , or enhance the general mood as in A Month in the Country where there is romance in the air and also a general feeling of frustration . |
| 19 | Even if a share does not pay dividends temporarily , it must eventually pay dividends to have any value . |
| 20 | It must surely increase tensions and expectations and put too great an emphasis on nationalistic feelings . |
| 21 | IF AN ANIMAL is to survive it must either confront predators or avoid them . |
| 22 | This point means that where a motor vehicle is required to be fitted with wipers it must also have washers . |
| 23 | The pedagogical grammar must not only be designed for a specific audience ; it must also teach materials that are culturally appropriate . |
| 24 | It must also reduce changes due to carelessness and miscommunication . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the register of charges which the company is required to maintain may be more illuminating than that at Companies House since it must now contain entries of all charges on the company 's property whether or not they require to be registered at Companies House and copies of any instrument creating or evidencing a charge must also be kept . |
| 26 | It must so conduct affairs so as to secure full or near-full employment and that the rate of inflation will be stable and low enough to be tolerable . |
| 27 | It must therefore help learners when they listen to a foreign language if they can see as well as hear what is going on . |
| 28 | Such a code would be concerned with a commonsense size of user party , but it might equally address issues such as litter removal ( incl. bags of salt and empty whisky bottles ) , defaecating against outside walls and the drawing of genitalia in visitors ' books . |
| 29 | It might even deter muggers from mugging people . ’ |
| 30 | He regarded it with suspicion , as if afraid that it might suddenly sprout legs and run off . |