Example sentences of "things [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think what what Mr Wincup was saying at the end of the day , is that the Inspector 's report and the conclusions on the greenbelt local plan will go back to the parent authority , the originating authority , which is North Yorkshire , equally my rec report , out recommendations on this alteration go back to North Yorkshire , they have to take regard to whatever we recommend , ultimately they will take a decision on that , erm depending on the decision other things may flow from it , and I ca n't really speculate on what those are at the moment , but effectively the final decision as to what they accept or reject will rest with North Yorkshire . |
| 2 | But things may improve . |
| 3 | It was one of the worst years ever for the construction industry and many a card this Christmas carried a message that 1992 was a good year to see the back of and the hope that in 1993 things may start to look brighter . |
| 4 | Things may change after April 2nd , when retail prices are to rise by 60% , though most workers are too afraid of plunging the country into chaos to give the miners whole-hearted support by staging their own strikes . |
| 5 | Some things may change , but at least fundamental truths remain . |
| 6 | But today , after the disaster that has befallen a very traditional Labour strategy , things may change . |
| 7 | In a few years things may change , I ca n't promise that , but they may . |
| 8 | ’ You know things may change a little today , ’ the uncomfortable but professional PR had explained that morning . |
| 9 | Things may change now but we 've working on that basis |
| 10 | However , the Bank recognises that even in the best-run organisations , things may go wrong . |
| 11 | FAILURE TO DO EITHER OF THE ABOVE THINGS MAY MEAN THAT YOU WILL BE CONTRAVENING THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABOVE LEGISLATION . |
| 12 | Here , the recent literature suggests that four main things may affect the initial selection of graduates . |
| 13 | Two things may protect us : first , the Lord Cardinal treats me as his favourite nephew and that will afford us some protection ; secondly , our investigations safeguard us . |
| 14 | Many things may cause you to be joyful . |
| 15 | Starting with Aristotle , elaborate classification systems have been built up to show that things may belong to the same class ( and therefore have common features ) even if their appearance is different . |
| 16 | So Bill Gates is n't having a great time at the moment and things may get worse once the US Federal Trade Commission reveals its findings about Microsoft 's business practices . |
| 17 | If , however , the church has not met mid-week and if , in addition , since their previous gatherings there have been difficulties of relationship , things may take longer . |
| 18 | Other things may play their part in helping us to understand , but nothing can take its place . |
| 19 | Great things may come of it . |
| 20 | A triangle is not a material thing , but a shape which material things may have , an arrangement into which they can be put . |
| 21 | Things may have been different under another Minister , or under the same one in happier and healthier days , but it seems doubtful . |
| 22 | Things may have reached breaking point following the disclosure that Sunderland approached Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell over Crosby 's job as Roker boss . |
| 23 | Things may have gone a bit quiet on Intel Corp 's joint venture with VLSI Technology Inc to develop chips that include iAPX-86 cores for use in handheld devices , but Intel says that the effort is quietly progressing and that early next year it expects to see manufacturers offering small , lightweight hand-held computers based on the new chips ; Intel is currently preparing fully functional samples of the chips for shipment to manufacturers in the second half . |
| 24 | Anyway , things may have changed . |
| 25 | But if the act does n't get success , two things may happen : the record company will probably drop the act , though they may try one more record ; and the finances of running the band will probably cause the act to go bust . |
| 26 | Irregular things may happen on the next stage , the 200 kilometres to Strasbourg . |
| 27 | When the negatives outweigh the positive , then dramatic things may happen . |
| 28 | In areas of readily eroded rocks the rivers may carry so much load that one of two things may happen : either the estuary may be filled soon after it is formed or the aggradation may keep pace with the rising sea level so that there is not a stage of actual ria or estuary formation . |
| 29 | Then , considering a fibril embedded in a matrix strained in the direction of the fibril axis , three things may happen : ( a ) The matrix may extend elastically while constraining the fibril so as to cause plastic deformation in it . |
| 30 | When the information in a computer memory has been read from a particular location , one of two things may happen to it . |