Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] some [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principle of salvation may be theological , as in the case of religious fundamentalism ; or it may be purely secular , as with ethnic nationalism ; or it may involve some combination of the two . |
| 2 | Much of this story will necessarily be unfamiliar to them but it may offer some understanding of how the work of God here has developed and of what there is that is worthwhile in the legacy of the past . |
| 3 | The classification may be an organizational one , arranging detailed criteria into lists , or it may represent some kind of conceptual hierarchy of increasingly higher order objectives . |
| 4 | This range expresses the resourcefulness and imagination of user education librarians , but at the same time it may express some uncertainty with orientation techniques and , indeed , library orientation itself . |
| 5 | An analysis of the age and sex structure of unemployment and its locational distribution is of value because it may throw some light on the reasons for the growth of unemployment and the policy measures which may be most effective . |
| 6 | If the nature of such a vibration can be established it may throw some light on the nature of the electronic band . |
| 7 | Again , however , one wonders how far this was mere rhetoric in the original or mere gesture in the repetition ; although it may have some influence on the ‘ mission statements ’ that some institutions are now struggling to formulate . |
| 8 | ‘ It may have some connection with certain other matters we are investigating . |
| 9 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |
| 10 | Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive . |
| 11 | It may take some time before a beginner experiences it , but performance will not become efficient until she does . |
| 12 | Depending on how it is achieved , natural language indexing based upon the full text of a document may be very detailed ; alternatively , it may establish some mechanism for deciding which terms are the most important in relation to a particular document . |
| 13 | When the press is sued over a reported quotation , it may obtain some relief by joining the speaker as co-defendant thereby making the real libeller liable to contribute to costs and damages . |
| 14 | They 've had additional training in in erm filling in correctly the the the form and will pick up erm for example on the erm the principal accountabilities — every accountability should have three parts , it should be an action verb to help , or to do , or to ensure , or whatever and it should be what it is you 're doing and thirdly it ought to have some sort of erm target in in in doing it . |
| 15 | Explaining how he had instituted a series of business briefs , which go out to CBI members by fax every week , he said each message ‘ should be conversational , it should be easily accessible and it should have some value to the reader or the listener ’ . |
| 16 | If it is harmless , tasty , or soft-bodied , it must find some way of concealing itself . |
| 17 | If roads were contained within a perspex tunnel and regularly patrolled by wildlife wardens , armed with splints and bandages and trained in every kind of veterinary first aid , I suppose it might go some way towards reducing this tragic toll . |
| 18 | And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now . |
| 19 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought it might take some while for the outside world to learn of . |
| 21 | If this were all that Goody claimed he was saying there would still be problems of definition but it might provide some insight into the specific nature of classical Greece and the specific forms of literacy developed there . |
| 22 | I 'd say publishing in The Square Ball does n't bring us ‘ overground ’ , as you put it Tim , but publishing in the programme might to some extent — it could imply some sort of ‘ official ’ status . |
| 23 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 24 | I would hope it could work some miracle for myself also but I fear the burden I feel upon my back will not be helped by fine weather . |
| 25 | It would make some sense for friends of the Ford camp to push the Jaguar shares upwards simply to make a link with GM more difficult . |
| 26 | And if the faculty chose to go down the specialist qualification route , he added , it would go some way towards restoring credibility in the auditing profession by ensuring that standards are raised . |
| 27 | A governing party is apt to claim that it has a mandate for doing something which it said it would do in its election manifesto , or which it simply said it would do some time before being elected . |
| 28 | The inspector expressed his wish ‘ that some of the poorer types would take on homework , as it would indicate some desire on their part to improve their circumstances ’ and give him an opportunity of trying to improve the sanitary conditions of their dwellings . |
| 29 | Probably wondering if it would have some sort of adverse effect on his investment ! ’ |
| 30 | It would take some time for the news to get around . |