Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the matter is not resolved by the small claims procedure it may go forward to a full hearing before a County Court judge in the normal way . |
| 2 | Erm , medium status it may go up to more like five minutes , very high status it may be approaching ten minutes , okay ? |
| 3 | If as a couple you own your home jointly , it may pass automatically to the survivor , but you should check the position with the solicitor who did the conveyancing for you . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It may take up to eight weeks to evaluate your program , so please be patient . |
| 7 | In fact , it may take up to a week before your bank actually receives the money . |
| 8 | It is considered that after large trees are felled it may take up to I 2 months for the sub-soil to achieve stability . |
| 9 | Clearance applications require planning as it may take up to 30 days to obtain clearance . |
| 10 | It may turn out to be one or two meetings only or a much longer period of time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Of course the numbers would be limited , and it may turn out to be a load of crap what does anyone think ? |
| 20 | In the end , it may come down to who makes the better speech at the convention — and who the delegates believe can beat the Liberals in the election , probably in September . |
| 21 | In such cases it may come down to allocating liability beween the parents and the occupier . |
| 22 | ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram . |
| 23 | The debate on the Bill to bring back whipping was a thoroughly undignified affair in which the principles of the matter seemed to count less than considerations such as the size and weight of the flogging instrument to be used : calculations made necessary no less by the desire to limit the discretion of ‘ judges infected by maudlin sentimentality ’ , than by the requirement that it should measure up to the brutes who were ‘ so degraded , that they could only be deterred by forcible appeals to their fear of physical pain ’ . |
| 24 | He will also tell the island 's planning committee that it should go forward to public consultation and a public meeting . |
| 25 | If you do end it should go down to the end . |
| 26 | ‘ If it should turn out to be true that God did intend males to exhibit strength in leadership roles and females to excel more as the guardians of society 's emotional resources , why should this be viewed ipso facto as an evil arrangement ? ’ |
| 27 | The fact of the matter , at the same time , erm , as you yourself have said , Chairman , we are in a situation where we have four communication rooms coming down to two next year hopefully , I personally think it should come down to one , but lets recognise that they 're costing the police authority one point six million pounds , they 're tying up forty-one uniformed police officers , and something like fifty er , civilian officers on those exercises . |
| 28 | Touche Ross thought that the requirement was appropriate in relation to partnerships , but recommended that it should apply only to cheques made out for an amount greater than a specified sum — a suggestion also made by a number of others . |
| 29 | It should hit home to people to take precautions . |
| 30 | Well erm in our organisation and it was in our submission that we felt that it er it should belong wholly to erm the employer erm it should belong to the beneficiaries as well , because we feel very strongly that the pension is deferred pay , it is deferred salary , and therefore they should have an ownership of part ownership in that fund . |