Example sentences of "that it [vb mod] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But it , I can quite see that it would bother some people .
2 The project has drawn heavy criticism from environmental and human rights activists , who warned that it would submerge some forests and erode others , disrupt fisheries , increase the risk of malaria and other insect-borne diseases , and fail to supply useful amounts of water to those areas of drought-stricken Gujarat most in need of it .
3 It was fully recognised by the Government , moreover , that it would take some years for normal conditions to be restored .
4 And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now .
5 I wanted to choose for myself , yes , but I also wanted to escape into a world of certainties , which I knew to be unreal while desperately wanting to believe that it might have some reality .
6 There is a danger that it may displace some trouble elsewhere , but on balance it is a great step forward .
7 Except , of course , for the fact that it may take some while before the matter particle falls into the black hole — in which case the Universe has a temporary and minor energy surplus .
8 Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive .
9 What 's certain is that it will cost some promoter a lot of money .
10 In our electronic technology the discrete , digital locations have only two states , conventionally represented as 0 and 1 although you can think of them as high and low , on and off , up and down : all that matters is that they should be distinct from one another , and that the pattern of their states can be ‘ read out ’ so that it can have some influence on something .
11 I hope that the day when European defence does not rely solely on British and French deterrents will not come to pass , but there is clearly a risk that it could happen some time .
12 Put simply this means that it must have some means of accepting information from the user , normally a keyboard , and giving results back , traditionally a screen of some kind .
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