Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greenpeace has warned that it may demand a legal review . |
| 2 | although through speculating about the role of the unobservable ‘ anticipated reactions ’ of one actor to another or considering the values and interests which failed to emerge in the policy making process , it may entertain the possibility of hidden power processes its main weakness may be that it is a description rather than an analysis of power relationships . |
| 3 | It may lend a certain dignity to the whole transaction but is notoriously slow . |
| 4 | In a particularly perverse mood it may assume the shape of a naked man flapping a white sheet , or a chanting girl , or a giant , singing white cat . |
| 5 | If , for example , the Gnat 's Water Brewery , which operates three inns in a small country village , wishes to close and sell off one of these inns so as to improve the profitability of its remaining inns , it may insert a restrictive covenant into the conditions of sale of the inn in question , whereby the purchaser of the inn covenants not to use the premises as licensed premises . |
| 6 | Bogwood is semi-fossilised , and should not contain harmful substances , but it may stain the water dark brown . |
| 7 | It may train its advisers sufficiently to be able to give para-legal advice in those cases which do not require professional assistance ; it may refer the client to a solicitor ; it may arrange a rota scheme whereby a solicitor attends at the CAB office to see clients ; it may try to appoint its own solicitor . |
| 8 | If the Earth is indeed a living being , it was argued , then It may possess a subtle body corresponding to the human aura , with chakras and flows of energy as well . |
| 9 | It may last no more than six months . |
| 10 | This is a shame since it may relegate the service to purely commercial outlets , such as flying schools and airfields who will doubtless find it very useful if someone persuades them to take a look . |
| 11 | The issue of equities , although it may improve the creditworthiness of the company , will also reduce the gearing ( leverage ) in its financing mix and also reduce the tax-shield effect of interest payments due to debt holders , thus lowering the potential rate of return to the owners . |
| 12 | The obligation to state reasons , being contained in the Treaty , is a basic requirement , and failure to comply with it may invalidate the instrument concerned . |
| 13 | He says it may cost the council a lot , but they 're only acting as guarantor . |
| 14 | It may stir a few ghosts . ’ |
| 15 | What an international perspective can add is a sense of the contradictions or points of stress in the new structures : the attempt to shift the whole system by floods of detailed description and prescription and the consequent overloading of channels of communication ; the preoccupation with assessment to the point where it may overwhelm the teaching ; the ambivalent character of statutory syllabuses as being at once central regulation and individual entitlement ; the potentially disruptive and anomalous role of governing bodies which may act simply as local guardians of centrally determined norms , but may also be educated to accept more subtle and flexible views of what schools can and should do , and may develop the political clout to do something about it . |
| 16 | It may settle the other two down and prevent one individual from being continually picked on . |
| 17 | The Burmese government has warned that it may place a ban on all exports of logs to Thailand , in the face of reports that some traders are exporting logs illegally . |
| 18 | First , it may explain the meaning of the word " miscarriage " used in the nineteenth century cases for mistake and , secondly , it raises the public policy issue discussed in Chapter 17 . |
| 19 | Garden Jack Oil Patch Cleaner ( available from DIY stores and garden centres ) will remove the grease , but it may leave a stain . |
| 20 | It may prevent extraordinary powers , like that of compulsorily acquiring land , from being abused for unauthorized purposes ; it may prevent a corporation , constituted for purposes of public utility , from endangering those purposes by engaging in other activities ; it may protect the creditors of a company from the dissipation of the company 's capital , to which alone , in the case of a limited company , they can look for payment , and the members from seeing their contributions applied to purposes for which they did not bargain . |
| 21 | The fear is that when Raytheon has completed its overall review of the Corporate Jets business , it may move the entire operation to the US . |
| 22 | The fear is that when Raytheon completes its overall review of the Corporate Jets business it may move the entire operation to the US . |
| 23 | Equally , if a real photon collides with an atom , it may move an electron from an orbit nearer the nucleus to one farther away . |
| 24 | Nevertheless their rebellion is paradoxical — it may mean a baby and a home and an income , but it also means exile from the culture of their own generation and the political resources available to the employed , respectable working class and its representatives . |
| 25 | It may mean a 5 a.m. start from the country if she is to have her regular swim before going into the office , but if she is going to see WHS in Swindon or Heathcote in Warwick , it is more convenient for her to stay in Gloucestershire than to come back to London . |
| 26 | This may simply mean a better understanding of historical sites , including those abroad in this age of mass foreign travel ; it may lead to active participation of an archaeological nature ; it may mean a better guide by which to judge or understand the paperback or so-called " historical novel " or the historical play on television . |
| 27 | For a monolingual speaker , it may mean a shift of style within what is perceived to be the same language . |
| 28 | The work will take about two weeks to complete — and for children at Osyak school , it may mean a draught free winter . |
| 29 | On the LME , however , it may mean no more than the matching of positions , since LME contracts are not " closed " , in the sense of being liquidated , until their prompt date . |
| 30 | It may mean the detention of innocent people and indeed their imprisonment . |