Example sentences of "[modal v] in [noun sg] [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is to pick up changes in the cells on the cervix ( neck of the womb ) which might in time go on to become cancer . |
| 2 | Cable & Wireless , whose Mercury subsidiary yesterday heralded a phone war with the introduction of a new service for London , dipped 3p to 848p over fears that the new project might in fact turn out to be a drain on profits . |
| 3 | This tale about Swegen 's Slavonic wife may fit with Thietmar 's statement that he had Cnut and his brother Harald by a sister of Boleslav whom he later abandoned , which may in turn tie in with the Encomiast 's story that after their father 's death Cnut and Harald brought their mother back from among the Slavs . |
| 4 | The priority system which has raided and impoverished the civilian economy for military benefit may in retrospect turn out to have been the scourge of military and civil progress alike . |
| 5 | But theoretical analysis suggests that credible punishment strategies may need to be quite subtle and sophisticated , which leads to the conclusion that so-called ‘ tacit ’ collusion may in practice turn out to be ‘ secret ’ collusion . |
| 6 | But an event which lowers the probability of a second event , on the informal or any other theory of probability , may in fact turn out to cause it . |
| 7 | But , ironically , there is evidence that these ‘ efficient ’ methods may in fact turn out to be less reliable than their less efficient counterparts . |
| 8 | Higher rates of discount on bills would in turn drive up interest rates on other types of borrowing and lending that compete with bills ( e.g. short-term bank loans ) . |
| 9 | Fourth , it stipulated that once Saddam Hussein had been overthrown " direct and free " elections would be held to a constituent council , which would in turn draw up a new constitution . |
| 10 | Left to itself , however , a vine ( grafted or ungrafted ) would concentrate all its energies into sending out suckers , which would in turn push down roots to start the cycle all over again . |
| 11 | In those early days , was there a feeling that withdrawal of labour would in fact bring about the effect that you wanted ? |
| 12 | That is not in doubt , because no one can actually imagine that ‘ we ’ are not going to ‘ win ’ , though nobody ever analyses exactly what ‘ winning ’ would in fact mean out there in the real world of the Middle East , beyond the political and economic leverage it will give the United States . |
| 13 | They can hardly avoid suggesting death and life ; in that case his song says there can be no defeat — even if the wanderers die in the dark wood , the real Old Forest , they will in death break through to sunlight and out of a hampering shade . |
| 14 | Though I have never heard of any one collaboration between restaurateur and artist proving more lucrative than the next , there does not seem to be any shortage of artists who will in effect take on certain risks in order to get their work out on the town . |
| 15 | Some kind of social democracy in Russia , erm on the other hand in central Asia as for example , I think it 's quite likely that former communists , although they may disavow their former allegiance , will in practice take over as national communist parties and continue to run their economies , well there will be private economies but with a large state sector and run on a pretty tight reign . |
| 16 | They will in fact get off to a good start and produce that few more eggs , ( an added bonus ) . |
| 17 | Baby deaths will always be referred to the local victim Support team , which can in turn bring in specialist help . |
| 18 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 19 | And Thoburn 's research has shown that persistent social work can in fact bring about the return of children to natural parents who previously could not cope . |
| 20 | You c You can er you can in fact have up to er you can find in you ex in your will as many people as you like but no more than four executors can prove at any one time . |