Example sentences of "[vb mod] turn [adv] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 2 | If vampires are capable of recognizing their friends , the experimentally starved bat should turn out to be fed only by those from its own original cave . |
| 3 | Only 0–40 per cent of pentads should turn out to be of this length or less in this context , so that the expected number of pentads like Saintbury is only about 0–0040 × 0–042 = 0–00017 — which is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level . |
| 4 | Often he has to interpret a badly worded question , with no hope of redress if his guess as to the examiner 's meaning should turn out to be wrong . |
| 5 | ‘ Nothing is impossible , ’ she cried furiously , disappointed that Lucenzo should turn out to be so lacking in integrity . |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that there will be swift Government action to remedy that situation and will he commiserate with the Leader of the Opposition about the fact that his and his party 's principal supporter should turn out to be a crook ? |
| 7 | He should turn out to be a very useful right/full back . |
| 8 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 9 | Air transport was ruled out because of the danger of crashes on land , which in this case , because of the route , might turn out to be US soil in Alaska . |
| 10 | They might turn out to be the truth , for all Mungo knew , but he was not yet ready to take the shabby magician fully into his confidence . |
| 11 | The beam weapons that might seem invulnerable in 1983 might turn out to be no more potent than peashooters in 2033 . |
| 12 | No matter what the truth might turn out to be it would not affect Mark . |
| 13 | What that something might turn out to be he had no idea . |
| 14 | It clearly precludes the collection of data for its own sake , or just in case it might turn out to be useful ; and it requires that information shall be kept for only as long as it remains relevant . |
| 15 | And a fine mess it might turn out to be . |
| 16 | Later scholars contented themselves with trying to find an abstract basis on which gender might turn out to be logical after all . |
| 17 | Most claims about markedness involve comparisons across languages ; for example , a particular word order might turn out to be much commoner , less unexpected than the alternatives in the languages of the world or of a certain language family . |
| 18 | The danger is that they might turn out to be entirely different from how you expected them to be . |
| 19 | It was the incident of the heat sink which made Yeremi pray that he should no longer stay in his place , but might somehow enforce … a different sort of order , however paltry his contribution might turn out to be . |
| 20 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
| 21 | She felt Nick had made an enemy of Mr Evans and that might turn out to be dangerous . |
| 22 | Thus what at first appeared to be evidence in favour of one hypothesis might turn out to be evidence against it . |
| 23 | ‘ He might turn out to be set of sub-atomic particles bouncing around in a box in intelligent wave formations , ’ the Doctor fumed . |
| 24 | He had feared that Hope might turn out to be one of those weary and self-righteous young men who thought it witty to mock the great old institutions . |
| 25 | it might turn out to be cheaper |
| 26 | Betty thanked her for the bucket and smiled at her , and Lydia , who , if Betty went on like this , might turn out to be quite human , decided that she would take her her breakfast in bed in the morning : thin crispy toast with a scraping of butter and golden clear jasmine tea , and an egg-cupful of harebells to remind her of the sky . |
| 27 | " Well , you might turn out to be a nuisance to Edward . " |
| 28 | But grasses also have other enemies in the plant world , competitive weeds , which , if allowed to grow unchecked , might turn out to be even more severe enemies of grasses than cattle . |
| 29 | Let's say an Upper School boy , doing what might turn out to be a six week long project , he will mark it at the end of every session , well not mark it but assess it — which is slightly different — and staple little bits of paper on it with comments and suggestions , and so on . |
| 30 | With any luck this might turn out to be the workshop she was looking for ! |