Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may snap off from the arm |
| 2 | Well it may , it may stand out like a sore thumb , yeah . |
| 3 | As Herman explains , ‘ [ c ] ollective action may result from structural ties between firms that integrate their interest and facilitate coordination between them — such as a common ownership interest — or it may arise out of a recognized common interest or mutual business interdependence with minimal personal contact and communications among the companies and their officials . |
| 4 | Although it may hold back for reasons of cost and supply , and because the housing market is static , during this decade I believe we will see an increasing spread of relocation moves to those parts of the country which offer a better quality of life than London and the South-East . ’ |
| 5 | It may stop after one or two drinks or it may go on into a spree . |
| 6 | It may go on after half term because she may not be able to come down on those two days , if that happens then I 'll have other back up material for them |
| 7 | Erm , medium status it may go up to more like five minutes , very high status it may be approaching ten minutes , okay ? |
| 8 | Otherwise , if the wind is squally it may end up with the wrong wing down in a fierce cross wind . |
| 9 | ‘ It may start out like that — I 'm going to take this knife because when I produce it they 're going to crap themselves and run away . |
| 10 | The hardware to perform multiplication requires two n-bit registers to hold the multiplier and multiplicand , and a 2n-bit register to hold the product , since it may have up to ( 2n-1 ) significant bits . |
| 11 | Do not expect instant results , especially if the baby has diarrhoea or colic — it may take up to two weeks for the baby 's digestive system to return to normal . |
| 12 | It may take up to eight weeks to evaluate your program , so please be patient . |
| 13 | In fact , it may take up to a week before your bank actually receives the money . |
| 14 | It is considered that after large trees are felled it may take up to I 2 months for the sub-soil to achieve stability . |
| 15 | Clearance applications require planning as it may take up to 30 days to obtain clearance . |
| 16 | Having corresponded with the member or members concerned , the committee looks at the facts it has obtained and expresses a technical opinion , which it may follow up in various ways . |
| 17 | That way it may get out of the bat 's flight path before it enters the detection range . |
| 18 | This will enable us to ascertain whether pointing is an intrinsically social , communicative act or whether it may develop out of other non-social behaviour , such as reading . |
| 19 | It may turn out to be one or two meetings only or a much longer period of time . |
| 20 | While this instrument is in a way value-neutral and may be used for ends of which different commentators may approve or disapprove , it may turn out to be — is indeed intended to be — a powerful force for overdue change , increased coherence and strengthened accountability . |
| 21 | President Reagan 's Strategic Defense Initiative , announced in 1983 , has always been accompanied by a strong element of criticism of existing US nuclear policy , but it may turn out to be a good deal less than the promised means of freeing the world from the scourge of nuclear weaponry . |
| 22 | If you write it yourself it may turn out to be invalid , or there may be legal ambiguities in what you thought were clear requests . |
| 23 | Other Unix suppliers are said to be treating the IBM-Hewlett-Packard effort very cautiously — some are worried that it may turn out to be a Trojan horse for proprietary technologies . |
| 24 | Other Unix suppliers are said to be treating the IBM/HP effort very cautiously — some are worried that it may turn out to be a trojan horse for proprietary technologies ( UX No 423 ) . |
| 25 | If teachers believe that the National Curriculum can widen curriculum opportunities for all , and commit themselves to this cause , then it may turn out to be so . |
| 26 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |
| 27 | It is possible to interpret data this way and , if independent evidence supports the dual process hypothesis , it may turn out to be the correct one . |
| 28 | Of course the numbers would be limited , and it may turn out to be a load of crap what does anyone think ? |
| 29 | Of course if such an appeal is in effect a way of jettisoning the unexplained clause and opening the door to an explanation in terms of some other theory — say , a theory of relations — then it may turn out in the end to have been a step forward , but no credit can be claimed for the step until a reasonably clear , comprehensive , and persuasive account of the alternative theory has been presented . |
| 30 | So E is certainly an improvement upon many other substances on the market E may be a fad , or it may fall out of favour because somebody proves it makes your legs fall off or something . |