Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data .
2 Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data .
3 Impregnation under pressure has been advocated , but comparative tests have shown that it may damage pores in sandstones , particularly those lined with delicate clay minerals .
4 The client will often be promising less than it hopes to be able to deliver : although it may exclude liability for defects in goods , the client will generally seek to deliver goods free from defects , in order to establish or maintain its commercial reputation and protect its trading relationships .
5 Where the rivers have flowed transverse to the structure rias formed in them will have a much more irregular plan : the main arm of the ria may not be straight and it may possess branches developed along weaker beds followed by the courses of previous subsequent streams .
6 Bull , developing parallel Unix boxes with IBM , says it may license technology it developed for the EDS project to big blue .
7 Most experts are hard pushed to explain why normal , healthy people should not take E. Some suggest that it may promote Parkinson 's disease — after all , the symptoms are fairly similar : short-term memory loss , the shakes , jaw-ache and constant chewing .
8 Or , it may change position in the word , as in " I am fourteen " and " I have fourteen classmates " .
9 The information transmission will inevitably be two-way but the main purpose may be transmission from interviewer to interviewee as in an appraisal interview , from interviewee to interviewer as in an opinion survey , or it may change direction during the course of the interview as in a patient-doctor interview .
10 The interpretation put on these results was that the latter may have an optimum level which facilitates creativeness ; though beyond that point — as seen in the seriously psychotic — it may hamper creativity .
11 The converse of barriers to entry are barriers to exit : it may cost firms more to quit than to stay in the market .
12 It may carry genes for large size but remain stunted through starvation .
13 It may carry genes for delicate surface ornament , yet be worn smooth by abrasion .
14 It may carry fittings for stand-offs , in which case the cross-spar must be rotated so that the fittings point In the correct direction , then the spar can be inserted into the vinyls .
15 I suspected it may leave holes somewhere else .
16 together that it hurts : it may leave marks
17 Article 86 prohibits the abuse of dominant market positions within the Common Market in so far as it may affect trade between member states : the fact that a business has a dominant or monopoly position is not in itself prohibited .
18 Article 86 provides that : any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the common market or a substantial part of it shall be prohibited as incompatible with the common market insofar as it may affect trade between Member States .
19 It will affect jobs in British brewing and long term , it may affect jobs in British retailing .
20 It may involve complaints about the methods used to investigate the offence : see Reg. v. Heston-Francois [ 1984 ] Q.B .
21 It may involve role-play , or skills of presentation .
22 It may involve compromises , for instance over the frequency with which comprehensive large-scale mapping data is preserved .
23 It is not clear why there should be such a high proportion of woodworking tools from Kent , especially the cemetery at Sarre beside the Wantsum Channel , but it may reflect ship-building and repairing as much as more general carpentry .
24 Since manufacture always has to be practised upon materials , its first implication is that it may show signs of the constraints these materials bring to the technological process ( Gombrich 1979 : 63–94 ) .
25 Second , that by impeding the market mechanism it may restrict consumer choice .
26 The local press in Malta have responded to growing international criticism of bird shooting by warning that it may deter tourists and hamper the country 's efforts to join the EC .
27 John Willis , Channel 4 director of programmes , said of the game show : ‘ It may offer contestants a dream home , but it poses the audience fundamental questions about society 's attitude to the homeless and the problems they face . ’
28 The irony of organizational control in a compliance system is that it may impede performance and efficiency at field level , where enforcement is a matter of negotiation and bargaining demanding the flexibility of high discretion .
29 If the test proves successful , it may enable physicians to start therapy for the condition before the diabetes causes irreparable damage .
30 It may represent humanity coming to terms with a godless world .
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