Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be some time before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the opposition has no experience of sheltering such a prominent figure underground , Mr Devaty 's move appears to have caught by surprise not only his friends , but the country 's creaky legal machinery , and it may be some time before his non-appearance prompts a full-scale police hunt for him . |
| 2 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 3 | Mr Patten said this would put Britain in front of Europe but acknowledged that it may be some time before it can be implemented . |
| 4 | It may be some time before the movement is strong enough to help the environmentalists in any significant way , both to save the Adriatic and to reinstitute sustainable and more human agriculture in the Po Valley . |
| 5 | Due to the much poorer state of play areas throughout other parts of the district it may be some time before improvements can be achieved . ’ |
| 6 | Although the project can provide advocates , Hickson says it may be some time before mothers want this service , and even then , ‘ we may have to keep the counselling and advocacy work separate ’ . |
| 7 | Herons generally fish at dawn before the gardener has stirred and it may be some time before the pool-owner is aware that his fish are disappearing . |
| 8 | By its very nature , when delivered , bespoke software often contains errors and it may be some time before they can all be traced and corrected . |
| 9 | A post mortem on the body found yesterday has already been carried out , but it may be some time before it 's formally identified . |
| 10 | But it may be some time before shoppers confidence is restored . |
| 11 | Because of the amount of work needed to put out the burning tip , it may be some time before this area of outstanding natural beauty becomes a smoke free zone . |
| 12 | With their team on the verge of relegation and Boro pushing for promotion , the Argyle fans savoured their beer , contemplating the prospect that it may be some time before they drink in the Tap ‘ n ’ Barrel again . |
| 13 | Joan and Malcolm , both 51 , of Cooks Court , Ormesby , realise it may be some time before Bogdan goes back to Romania . |
| 14 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 15 | If I were to bring in everybody else within the United Kingdom , it might be some time before we foregathered . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'll be some time before she 's traced and identified anyway . |
| 17 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 18 | The way the Minogue sisters are likely to carry on working , it could be some time before they get the chance of another shopping trip . |
| 19 | Following his interview , I wrote an urgent letter about his circumstances to the local housing department , although I recognised that it could be some time before he received any offers of accommodation . |
| 20 | The Foreign Office is trying to play down the row but officials concede it could be some time before both sides talk again . |
| 21 | The company said that complex negotiations were proceeding quickly but it would be some time before there was progress to report . |
| 22 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
| 23 | Though it would be some time before he was released from hospital , he was already better and we were all able to relax with relief . |
| 24 | Sarah soon began to recover , although it was clear that it would be some time before she was completely well again . |
| 25 | Paige found her appetite quickly satisfied , and knew that it would be some time before they would be eating normally again . |
| 26 | While BT can be pleased that it bought into McCaw at a much lower price than today 's going rate and that it will be difficult for other overseas companies to enter the US domestic market , it will be some time before its investment begins to yield a return . |
| 27 | The small group of diplomats — the first foreign envoys in the republic — arrived two weeks ago , but it will be some time before their presence is felt . |
| 28 | It will be some time before Stewart can begin on the interior decor , but the furnishings are likely to be medieval in flavour , if contemporary in colour , with heavy tapestries draped from the walls and fittings boxed into the panelling . |
| 29 | It will be some time before I forget the sight of Greg Hicks in a mini-skirt , fishnet tights and Rod Stewart wig , first furiously threatening Lillibet with a knife and then chewing up a wine glass in his torment . |
| 30 | ‘ It will be some time before the results of the experiment can be applied ; not until the child reaches maturity can we evaluate our findings . |