Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't think Hank realizes how devastating it may be to his mother when his book comes out , ’ Isobel went on . |
2 | For example , if you have the situation where you want to put two occasionally-used machines quite close to one another , it may be to your advantage that their heights are exactly the same so the job can run across both tables . |
3 | I think there 's one advantage in letting the Paymaster know because he deducts tax at source , whereas your second employer may not , and it may be to your advantage to be paying tax |
4 | Even in a larger group , so long as a few actors stand to benefit disproportionately from the group 's success , then it may be worth their while to bear the costs of collective action , although less-involved people will free-ride . |
5 | If your conference has a significant attendance , it may be worth your while to stage an exhibition and sell stands to related groups . |
6 | Unfortunately , I think it may be beyond my powers as a programmer to set up such a counterfeit world . |
7 | It may be during your first week at work when a colleague asks you to join him or her in a group activity , such as a drink after work with friends . |
8 | It may be through their particular knowledge , abilities , experience , or contacts — or all of these . |
9 | And many older people may be quite right in refusing the prospect of change — it may be in their best interests . |
10 | But at some point we are bound to stop and ask if what we are studying , however important it may be in its own terms , is sufficiently central to its presumed subject . |
11 | I most heartily wish it may be in my power to serve and save so much innocence , beauty and merit . |
12 | However , it may be in your best interests to make full use of all the options rather than miss some of them out . |
13 | Well unacceptable it may be in your present state of mind , but |
14 | Hobhouse saw the end-point of this direction in ‘ a co-ordination of thought and conduct … in which the whole experience of the species would be used in furtherance of one end that can embrace all human action , the development of the human species towards whatever perfection it may be within its power to attain . |
15 | If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’ |
16 | It should be over her head . |
17 | Charlotte 's bringing them in , oh he sat there playing I notice his button I presume it must be off his cardigan |
18 | No one knew it — although it must be on her medical records somewhere . |
19 | No it 's , he he was sitting he had , it must be on your shoes . |
20 | And so it must be for your test , you see ? |
21 | It must be of their inward mental and subtle structure . |
22 | Dorothea realised that she did not know how old Alida was but it must be around her own age . |
23 | How dispiriting for Father Watson to tell her this , Nenna thought , and how far it must be from his expectations when he received his first two minor orders , and made his last acts of resignation . |
24 | It must be by his death ; and for my part , |
25 | Brutus is certain of what he intends as the speech opens : ‘ It must be by his death . ’ |
26 | ‘ It must be by his death ; and for my part , |
27 | It must be by his death ; and for my part/I know no personal cause to spurn at him/But for the general . |
28 | ‘ It must be in our hands within seven days , ’ one of the men wearing the gold rings insisted angrily . |
29 | it must be in my dreams or |
30 | ‘ It must be in my blood . ’ |