Example sentences of "[pron] to some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be content to keep the events locked away in my head , if only out of plain charity , or respect for those other characteristics of the person in question which to some extent balance or even explain the apparent iniquities of his behaviour . |
| 2 | I would be content to keep the events locked away in my head , if only out of plain charity , or respect for those other characteristics of the person in question which to some extent balance or even explain the apparent iniquities of his behaviour . ’ |
| 3 | It seems fitting to close this story — which to some degree has been the tale of redeeming the bonds , and a modest emancipation of the Ladies — with Robert Naish 's final , official words at the end of 1983 — the most auspicious year in all 80 of the Club 's history — ‘ the future is bright : let us go forward with good will and good fellowship , and enjoy it . ’ |
| 4 | In support of the proposition that the development of the nouveau roman corresponds to the transition from modernism to postmodernism , it can certainly be shown that the early productions of the nouveaux romanciers are susceptible to readings which to some extent meet the criteria of psychological realism so important in modernist aesthetics . |
| 5 | Each object is said to possess , or be part of the Akasha , which to some is a universal ‘ ether ’ in which the world 's events are said to be recorded . |
| 6 | In London , salaries have increased over the past six months , which to some degree reflects the calibre of the person sought within each grading . |
| 7 | While heterosexual feminists recognized rape as an important issue , they still had an investment in men , which to some extent meant not upsetting those men too much . |
| 8 | The deployment of a weapon system involves a threat that that system will be used in certain circumstances which to some extent can be deduced from the characteristics of the weapon system itself . |
| 9 | But in a more complex formation there might , for example , be a politically dominant class and a distinct economically dominated class , each divided into strata and fractions with interests which to some extent diverge . |
| 10 | Durkheim is generally regarded as the founder of modern comparative sociology ( a distinction which to some extent Marx and Weber must also be allowed to share ) . |
| 11 | The situation has recently become a great deal clearer , with the break in oil prices , which to some extent forces us to make up our minds . |
| 12 | A Meissen armorial sugar-box and cover from the Swan service modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler , circa 1738 , was sold for £44,000 ( $75,200 ) , estimate £25–35,000 : bidders were undeterred by the putto finial which to some appeared to overburden the more delicate moulded oval shell form with flower and armorial decoration . |
| 13 | Gail Rebuck talks about Gould 's ‘ master plans ’ , which to some extent included her . |
| 14 | Finally , there are the identifiable skills which they may or may not possess , such as numeracy , computing , communications and foreign languages , which to some extent cut across different degree subjects , and may be acquired on the growing number of ‘ employment skills ’ courses in higher education . |
| 15 | This has not remained altogether true of rock , which to some extent has developed more individual formal patterns , especially in progressive rock . |
| 16 | It is , in short , a land of astonishing geographical and climatic diversity , as befits its size , which to some extent belies the rigid , frigid snowscapes of the popular imagination . |
| 17 | They will share a similar life style which to some degree will distinguish them from members of other social strata . |
| 18 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
| 19 | They began to see him as an increasingly unreliable tyrant — which to some extent was true . |
| 20 | Thus these issue networks provide a kind of intellectual community in specific policy fields which to some extent transcends traditional political boundaries between Congress and the executive and between the layers of government in the American federal system ( this is examined in more detail in chapter 16 ) . |
| 21 | The contributions that were to be offered with the study of process may be surveyed from the viewpoint of soil science and the biogeographer , from that of the climatologist and the geomorphologist and then from the field of hydrology which to some extent provided a new focus of interest for physical geographers and one that proffered a link between at least the geomorphic and climatic aspects of physical environment . |
| 22 | Income taxes are more ‘ visible ’ to individuals than expenditure taxes , which to some extent are hidden in product prices . |
| 23 | Any conversation at that period was bound to touch on the state of the world , and the question of social reform at home ; and the allusion to the New English Weekly , which to some extent we regarded as ‘ our ’ paper , led to some talk of similar minority reviews , including G.K. 's Weekly . |
| 24 | In considering this important subject , it would be churlish not to congratulate the Select Committee on Energy on the report that it has produced , which to some extent analyses the current position of the mining industry and its position in the future . |
| 25 | It was the thoroughness of English government which to some extent caused its defeat . |
| 26 | The starting point is the amount of wages which the deceased was earning , the ascertainment of which to some extent may depend on the regularity of his employment . |
| 27 | As far as Wales was concerned , Warwick also took the opportunity offered by his control of Edward IV to help himself to some of Pembroke 's key offices : justiciar of south Wales , constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire . |
| 28 | He could perhaps have submitted himself to some army medical board , but whether they would have enthused over the application of a 48-year-old epileptic syphilitic with no military experience except that acquired while shooting wild-life in the desert |
| 29 | He helped himself to some more wine . |
| 30 | He helped himself to some more lamb tikka masala . |