Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the calf grows older the bond with the mother weakens , although it may last 2 or 3 years . |
| 2 | It may involve one or more of a range of assessment activities from informal observation to oral , practical , or written procedures . |
| 3 | It may involve three or more subjects studied separately but in parallel , as in the Scottish general degree or some polytechnic/college ‘ combined studies ’ degrees ; or it may integrate several subjects in relation to some area , period , theme or problem , in which case it may be called interdisciplinary ; or it may consist of a more open , modular system of requirements and options . |
| 4 | If fleeing and hiding have failed and the prey finds itself cornered by its would-be killer , it may make one last desperate attempt to save itself , by throwing caution to the wind and attacking the predator physically . |
| 5 | If another cat is given a much more interesting and varied diet , with a different kind of canned food each day and many other titbits , then , paradoxically , it may refuse one of its old , favourite foods from time to time . |
| 6 | If one of the big parties wins something close to a majority of seats , it may have two ways of avoiding dependence on either Catalans or Basques . |
| 7 | It may take two kilometres to overtake one other rider . |
| 8 | Yamamura said it may take two or three years until the positive effect of the yen 's rise appears . |
| 9 | Evaluation of potential new varieties held in such gene banks is a long-term affair ; for example , it may take 10 to 15 years to prove disease resistance . |
| 10 | It may take five years , he wrote , or it may take ten , or a hundred or a thousand , but sooner or later everything in the mausoleum will be affected and everything in all the other mausoleums in the city , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the country , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the world . |
| 11 | It may take five minutes of real time to play the match . |
| 12 | But it may take three months , so you are three months possibly on a ventilator . |
| 13 | It may take five years , he wrote , or it may take ten , or a hundred or a thousand , but sooner or later everything in the mausoleum will be affected and everything in all the other mausoleums in the city , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the country , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the world . |
| 14 | It may suit one of the parties at the time of the reference to exploit the uncertainty created by poor drafting , either by delaying matters by a construction summons ( see 8.17.7 ) or by insisting on a particular definition of the issue which is to that party 's advantage . |
| 15 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 16 | It may include three courses taken at the first year level only , or a second double or less frequently a second treble , ie |
| 17 | If the wood is very badly stained , it may require two applications of bleach . |
| 18 | If the warren system is a big one it may require two guns to do the killing . |
| 19 | The programme received financial assistance from UNICEF and it was intended that it should perform three basic tasks : |
| 20 | It should cover three weeks at a time , with allowance for holiday and sick leave . |
| 21 | Built into the fabric of this entitlement is the requirement that it should embrace five curriculum characteristics , the first three being that it must be broad , balanced and relevant . |
| 22 | It should last four hours , the inventor claims . |
| 23 | A more explicit example of a contract suggests that it should contain three elements : |
| 24 | It should take 23 weeks for all 23 goals to be accomplished . |
| 25 | There are many reasons for co-operation , but the main concern should be that whatever is to be done by clearinghouses , it should have one prime effect — that the quality of user education should be significantly improved . |
| 26 | Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two |
| 27 | well it should n't have , it should have sixty on it , it 's only single carriageway |
| 28 | The best new piece of equipment at the Royal Welsh Show this week suitable for upland farming conditions sounded as if it should have four legs rather than four wheels . |
| 29 | and this particular project , a lot of hard work has gone into it by members of the parish council and er I think it 's perfectly appropriate , and the ground was bought , it was n't donated , er it 's come of the er erm the funds that parish council receives from er residents and I think that it 's perfectly appropriate that it should mark one hundred years of parish local government . |
| 30 | It should produce 5000 tonnes of the metal per year . |