Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their ability to demand high wages was by 1790 causing some employers to dislodge their hold by introducing machinery : " we are determined to destroy all sorts of Masheens for printing in the Kingdom " , runs one of the milder sentences in an anonymous letter from the journeymen received by one employer . |
| 2 | Under this heading some arguments will be considered to the effect that corporate power can be legitimated by reference to the rights of the corporators . |
| 3 | After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome . |
| 4 | Some coming some going |
| 5 | To begin with , one can discern in this thinking some confusion between what is authoritative and what is authoritarian , and to suppose that because some preconceptions are used in the exercise of power , all preconceptions , no matter how conceived , and no matter how prudently used , are to be rejected out of hand . |
| 6 | As it so happened , emerging civilisation created communities in various parts of the world , spaced at intervals covering long periods of time , each community being unaware of the others , and each developing some form of religion and worship . |
| 7 | The transition from rookie to fighter pilot starts with two days of selection tests at Cranwell where computer games , each testing some facet of an entrant 's abilities , quickly turn frustratingly impossible . |
| 8 | At the side was a large gateway having two massive pillars from which hung double gates , each measuring some six feet in height by eight feet in width and constructed of heavy matchboard . |
| 9 | The statute of Gloucester in 1278 with its fifteen chapters mainly concerned with land law ; of Acton Burnell in 1283 resolving some aspects of credit ; of Wales in 1284 extending to the newly conquered territory the advantages of English common law ; the statute of Merchants in 1285 drastically revising the statute of Acton Burnell ; the statute of Winchester in 1285 which was concerned to protect society from robbery and violence ; the statutes of Quo Warranto and Quia Emptores in 1290 which respectively clarified a resented enquiry and terminated subinfeudation : all these constitute a staggering corpus of law-making in a matter of fifteen years . |
| 10 | Apart from road accidents , cancer is still the major killer of children , with one in every 600 getting some form of the disease . |
| 11 | For the first time conceding a measure of Chinese control , he proposed a " self-governing democratic political entity " to be set up " in association with " China , with the latter maintaining some control over foreign affairs and defence . |
| 12 | Includes many listings of comparative aircraft , fighter pilot films , fighter aces , and fighter terms , the latter describing some of the slang used by fighter pilots over the years . |
| 13 | Again , advice and assistance may be different with the latter requiring some positive action on behalf of the client . |
| 14 | I mean , it 's not a great , from a computing point of view , it 's not great having some erm you know vast faceless organisation which is going to make sure everything 's alright , because it means that when something goes wrong , it takes weeks and weeks and weeks to get it sorted out , because you have to fill in a form in triplicate , get it signed |
| 15 | Shopwatch only started at the beginning of the year but is already proving effective deterring some casual shoplifters . |
| 16 | ‘ They were all drinking some stirrup cup or other , you said . ’ |
| 17 | The results of this trial were reasonably encouraging showing some improvement in efficiency , but nothing spectacular . |
| 18 | It is also not the kind of company that throws its money around so it must be confident making some on Unix . |
| 19 | Would you not be better throwing some of , you 've read them ? |
| 20 | But if there is someone else waiting with you , and you feel shy doing some of the more noticeable ones , disappear to the cloakroom for a few minutes and do them there . |
| 21 | Today , such exemptions have been extended as governments understand more fully just how much of a deterrent ownership restriction is to certain types of investor , especially those pursuing some form of global strategy . |
| 22 | Considerable public attention has been focussed on the policy intentions of local councils over the last few years , especially those pursuing some unorthodox , radical or new policy aims . |
| 23 | And yet those very same employees who once heaped praise on him will be too busy eulogizing some new figure to stop and examine their sense of judgement . |
| 24 | Not until the appearance in United Nations World , dated May 1951 , of an article by Professor Hans Thirring , entitled ‘ Is Peron 's A-bomb a swindle ? ’ , was Richter spurred to put pen to paper But his rejoinder , ‘ Argentina has no atom bomb ’ in the July issue of that journal , was a disappointment to those expecting some scientific enlightenment . |
| 25 | Table 5.9 Usual source of help by those requiring some help with ( a ) shopping and ( b ) cutting toe-nails by type of household ( percentage receiving help ) |
| 26 | She was busy giving some final touches to . |
| 27 | The difference between those spending all and those spending some of the last twelve months in a home persisted when the analysis is confined to those for whom relatives responded . |
| 28 | The wave of protests which resulted from the incident included a demonstration in Seoul on April 29 involving some 30,000 students . |
| 29 | In fact , everybody seemed to be busy finding some job to help with the war effort , except Mum who continued to clean at the Gingold 's chip shop . |
| 30 | In an informal setting some reflections or movement of water can be equally desirable . |