Example sentences of "may [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Estimates suggest that between a fifth and a quarter of children may spend some time in a one-parent family . |
| 2 | A key worker may spend some time with her or his clients , listening , asking simple questions and rehearsing facts like the day , the month and the weather . |
| 3 | You may forget about this entirely , or you may spend some time exploring possibilities in a rather inconsequential way . |
| 4 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 5 | The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all . |
| 6 | It may take some time ! |
| 7 | The bank itself conceded in its ‘ financial sector operations policy ’ published at the weekend , that ‘ public offerings also require a fair degree of investor sophistication which may take some time to develop in some of the bank 's countries of operation ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ We are going through the process of making forensic tests and taking statements , which may take some time , and the inquiry is now mushrooming out from the house . ’ |
| 9 | It may take some time before a beginner experiences it , but performance will not become efficient until she does . |
| 10 | Because he does n't drive a car , it may take some time . |
| 11 | The potential mobility of non-motorized persons is also enhanced , though it may take some time ( and , probably , more measures ) for the modal split to change significantly . |
| 12 | It is good for leaders to be aware of these if only to see that to gather together towards the Lord may take some time . |
| 13 | If so , this may take some time and finance to organise , and planning permission may have to be obtained from the local authority . |
| 14 | Even if in the long run ostlers and grooms become garage mechanics and assembly-line workers , this may take some time and the social dislocations could be very severe . |
| 15 | Jockey Club senior steward Lord Hartington said last night : ‘ We will certainly continue the campaign until we win but , sadly , it may take some time . |
| 16 | ‘ It may take some time . ’ |
| 17 | At that point — and discovering such identity of meaning may take some time — children should give up their form in favour of the conventional one for that meaning ( Clark , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 18 | It may take some time to program this technique as it has to take into account all foreseeable circumstances . |
| 19 | If the file is large the query may take some time to answer ; meanwhile the computer is occupied processing unwanted records rather than doing useful work . |
| 20 | Trading a basket of 100 or more shares may take some time , and during this period prices may move from those at which the arbitrage transaction was initiated , and the futures position established . |
| 21 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |
| 22 | It may take some time before matters settle down again and action proceeds quasi-automatically according to revised schemas . |
| 23 | Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive . |
| 24 | That may take some time , and in a waterway as busy as the Thames a floating body is likely to be seen . |
| 25 | So I think it may take some time . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It may take some time to discover anything — if I can discover anything , that is . ’ |
| 27 | There are a number of questions to investigate , which may take some time . |
| 28 | It may take some time to get the team of volunteers together again . |
| 29 | Right , in the long run , they 've got to cover all their costs , right , they will be driven out of business , but that may take some time . |
| 30 | The line which divides takeover from merger can admittedly sometimes be rather hard to detect where solicitors in acquired firms are introduced into partnership with the enlarged practice , and the true nature of the arrangement may take some time to develop . |