Example sentences of "it may be some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Although the opposition has no experience of sheltering such a prominent figure underground , Mr Devaty 's move appears to have caught by surprise not only his friends , but the country 's creaky legal machinery , and it may be some time before his non-appearance prompts a full-scale police hunt for him . |
2 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
3 | Mr Patten said this would put Britain in front of Europe but acknowledged that it may be some time before it can be implemented . |
4 | It may be some time before the movement is strong enough to help the environmentalists in any significant way , both to save the Adriatic and to reinstitute sustainable and more human agriculture in the Po Valley . |
5 | Due to the much poorer state of play areas throughout other parts of the district it may be some time before improvements can be achieved . ’ |
6 | Although the project can provide advocates , Hickson says it may be some time before mothers want this service , and even then , ‘ we may have to keep the counselling and advocacy work separate ’ . |
7 | It may be some time yet before Mansell 's services are surplus to requirements . |
8 | Herons generally fish at dawn before the gardener has stirred and it may be some time before the pool-owner is aware that his fish are disappearing . |
9 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
10 | By its very nature , when delivered , bespoke software often contains errors and it may be some time before they can all be traced and corrected . |
11 | A post mortem on the body found yesterday has already been carried out , but it may be some time before it 's formally identified . |
12 | It may be some time coming . |
13 | But it may be some time before shoppers confidence is restored . |
14 | Because of the amount of work needed to put out the burning tip , it may be some time before this area of outstanding natural beauty becomes a smoke free zone . |
15 | With their team on the verge of relegation and Boro pushing for promotion , the Argyle fans savoured their beer , contemplating the prospect that it may be some time before they drink in the Tap ‘ n ’ Barrel again . |
16 | Joan and Malcolm , both 51 , of Cooks Court , Ormesby , realise it may be some time before Bogdan goes back to Romania . |
17 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) . |
18 | It may be some comfort to know that short-termism is not exactly a new concern . |