Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And many older people may be quite right in refusing the prospect of change — it may be in their best interests . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is quite obviously a twentieth century excrescence , however good it may be in itself as such . |
| 4 | I most heartily wish it may be in my power to serve and save so much innocence , beauty and merit . |
| 5 | However , it may be in your best interests to make full use of all the options rather than miss some of them out . |
| 6 | Well unacceptable it may be in your present state of mind , but |
| 7 | So it should been in it ! |
| 8 | It should be in you by now Gail . |
| 9 | ‘ It must be in our hands within seven days , ’ one of the men wearing the gold rings insisted angrily . |
| 10 | it must be in my dreams or |
| 11 | ‘ It must be in my blood . ’ |
| 12 | My mother left me a property in Lesotho when she died , and they insisted that it must be in my husband 's name . |
| 13 | It must be in your tray cos I 've only just got that today . |
| 14 | ‘ I think , Miss Everett , ’ he cut in before she could tell him that Travis had only called to apologise when he 'd stopped by for his car , ‘ that it might be in your interests not to see him again . ’ |
| 15 | But that morning she had discovered just who ‘ Cousin Naylor ’ was , and , even though she was feeling more than a mite rebellious at his ‘ … it might be in your interests not to see him again' , she did n't want to put her job in jeopardy should Naylor Massingham happen to be passing , and observe Travis 's car again parked at her apartment block . |
| 16 | So I 'm going to attempt in very quick terms a a rationalization for why it might be in your interest to do so . |
| 17 | It might be in our best interests to amalgamate . ’ |
| 18 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 19 | Any minute , she thought , and it 'll be in my mouth . |
| 20 | ‘ It 'll be in your log , ’ said Control . |
| 21 | This may not always be on a personal level — it could be in your work when you make an inner stand refusing to accept what is dished out to you by shutting that inner door . |
| 22 | It could be in your contract . |
| 23 | Or again , a strong mothering need may motivate a nurse to dress patients when it would be in their best interest to re-learn dressing skills . |
| 24 | When the regiment was about to leave , the same little posse returned to the centre of the town to tell tradesmen they were on the move , and it would be in their interests to stop giving further credit immediately . |
| 25 | Green it would be in its day . " |
| 26 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 27 | It would be in everyone 's interests if the plans were quietly dropped . |
| 28 | After much thought , I have decided that it would be in everyone 's interests to terminate the lessons . |
| 29 | ‘ The biggest challenge was convincing the government that a change in policy was necessary — and that it would be in everyone 's best interest , ’ commented Rupert Kidd . |
| 30 | ( It would be in my own ‘ Desert Island Discs ’ — Ed . ) |