Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may even come as a surprise to some to learn that fish and chips is opaque at all ; but one needs only to consider that not any kind of fish , nor any method of cooking and presentation , will qualify for the description , and that this is not true of , say , chips and fish or even fish with chips , both of which are transparent . |
| 2 | The problem is that although the typeface may have the same name — indeed it may even come from the same original — it may not have been coded up in the same way . |
| 3 | It may also come to the rescue of ailing banks . |
| 4 | The new church should not be dismayed at trouble within or without in the early stages : it may well come as a result of being on a collision course with the forces of evil who , putting it bluntly , do not want the new church to survive ! |
| 5 | For instance , you may like the look of a sofa but think it too small ; it may well come in other lengths from 137 cm to 229 cm ( 54 to 90 in ) . |
| 6 | Be careful , señorita , to catch that love when it comes , because it may only come to you once . ’ |
| 7 | It may therefore come as a surprise to learn that there are some species which are not only not ‘ rock-dependent ’ , but are also relatively peaceful , even when breeding . |
| 8 | It should perhaps come as no surprise that the Assessment of Performance Unit ( APU ) in England and Wales has some of the characteristics of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ( NAEP ) in the US ; or that new moves in the UK to establish procedures to make incompetent teachers liable to sanctions ( reported in the Times Educational Supplement . |
| 9 | It should therefore come as no surprise that gentle washing and drying of feet promote a feeling of wellbeing at the very least . |
| 10 | It should therefore come as no surprise that inefficiency , persecution , and terror are the order of the day in Marxist countries . |
| 11 | It should always come to two seven two seven should n't it ? |
| 12 | Alternatively it might well come through environmental research , including work in environmental geomorphology . |
| 13 | It might even come to be accepted that the discovery of flaws in the original investigation need not necessarily lead to the dropping of charges but may , instead , strengthen the case against the suspect through discovery of fresh evidence or by plugging of gaps in the original investigation . |
| 14 | it might never come to that stage . |
| 15 | It 's been developed in C++ and is known as Interviews , though it 'll probably come to the market as Fresco . |
| 16 | And it 'll probably come to you . |
| 17 | I , I know where it come from , it 'll probably come from East Sussex down at er , the vineyard near erm |
| 18 | turning the output into mono because at the moment it 's stereo and it 'll only come through one earhole . |
| 19 | So , in a week that found Hooker registering his fourth UK album success , it could hardly come as a complete surprise to find ol' John Lee celebrating 43 years of chart activity by appearing on Top Of The Pops . |
| 20 | ‘ Who knows , ’ she added , eyes out of the open window , unable to look at Rory for a moment , ‘ it could still come to that . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I knew at the time it would probably come to nothing , ’ he said . |
| 22 | It would probably come in the next shipment from Toronto . |
| 23 | But it had been inconceivable that it would really come to such a point . |
| 24 | Sitting there in the London bound train ( I had thought it would never come into the station , that the whistle would never blow ) , I saw myself in a play , a melodrama perhaps — I felt I had Runaway Daughter written all over me … |
| 25 | And it would always come at weekends . |
| 26 | If the case had been one of estoppel , it might be said that in any event the estoppel would cease when the conditions to which the representation applied came to an end , or it also might be said that it would only come to an end on notice . |
| 27 | If somebody had put a match to it , it up there you see , it would then come under S S A , |
| 28 | Thus 1848 and 1849 were the years of great reform of the Austrian school system ; the defeat of the army by France/Piedmont in 1859 was followed by the establishment of constitutional government ; and the defeat of the army by Prussia in 1866 brought liberalism to as close as it would ever come to full state power and led to the establishment of the dual monarchy the following year . |
| 29 | But it would all come under Newcastle really , because it was a parish . |
| 30 | Anyway it will probably come on itself anyway , so |