Example sentences of "[vb base] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 2 | A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time . |
| 3 | I crept in beside him and lay for some time with throbbing head . |
| 4 | Fabia awoke on Friday with a smile on her face , and lay for some while with thoughts of Ven in her head . |
| 5 | Many good exercise programmes stop when life and the usual routine starts to get chaotic or change for some reason . |
| 6 | Investigation revealed the sale of at least 63 works in the past six months ; yesterday a source close to Charles Saatchi was prepared to concede that the volume of sales was higher than previously stated , and that the works disposed of account for some 10 to 12 per cent of the collection , which suggests a true figure of between 70 and 100 individual sales . |
| 7 | Abu Dhabi has major oil reserves which account for some 8% of |
| 8 | Introduced populations now feral in southern England probably account for some Sussex records , making the status of truly wild birds very difficult to assess . |
| 9 | The figures suggest that some 1200 excess cases of leukaemia may have been caused in Britain by the Windscale accident , since leukaemia deaths account for some 15 per cent of cancers attributable to nuclear accidents , the total toll of cancer deaths suggested is 8000 . |
| 10 | What the figures do n't show is the effect of the overall increase in labour turnover on standards : it ca n't have been good , and this helps account for some of the loss of business . |
| 11 | The differences in design account for some of the differences in safeguards . |
| 12 | Filter tip cigarettes , which account for some 97% of cigarettes sales in the UK , yield less tar than plain cigarettes although some filter brands yield more carbon monoxide . |
| 13 | ‘ Human capital ’ variables such as education and employment experience help account for some , but not all , of the variation within and between the sexes . |
| 14 | Patients with suspected iron deficiency anaemia account for some four per cent of the patients referred to our gastroenterology clinic . |
| 15 | Market loans account for some 26 per cent of banks ' sterling assets and are thus a major source of liquidity to individual banks . |
| 16 | All the major firms in the industry are members of the SWA , who consider they account for some 98% of the industry 's employment . |
| 17 | Critics of Balling 's work have suggested that , rather than showing that deserts account for some of the world temperature rise , the results may simply be demonstrating the fact that different types of land — notably desert — respond varyingly to the greenhouse effect . |
| 18 | First of all turn one 's back on the bloody war , then qualify for some career . |
| 19 | In the mind 's ear , one hears the patient cry : ‘ Send for some 66-year-old ambulance men and women : they 're the only ones certified as healthy . ’ |
| 20 | They should only be used on paths , etc , or to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear but not replant for some time . |
| 21 | The aim is to invest in a distance learning system and materials appropriate for some 70,000 NHS managers at the threshold of their managerial careers , with a take up of 3000 participants per year , at a cost somewhere between £ 100,000 to £300,000 for initial development . |
| 22 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |
| 23 | But as Peters says when tired executives yearn for some reassuring words : ‘ You are alive during what is at least a once in 200 year revolution and just possibly a once in 2,000 year revolution . |
| 24 | Keating 's gospel breeds hope for some , frustration and despair for others . |
| 25 | I had known that this was pending but when , over the last few weeks , I had enquired when they were going to start out , the reply was always the same , ‘ Oh , I think we 'll wait a bit and hope for some warmer weather . ’ |
| 26 | He might decide to cross-examine both of us in an attempt to detect inconsistencies in our replies , or hope for some slip-up on our part which might enable him to make the correct identification . |
| 27 | ‘ We hope for some sort of strengthened glass and double locks , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Above all , they will need your loving understanding and support for some time to come . |
| 29 | Though generally they are only out by one grade , that can be make or break for some . |
| 30 | I think that man 's insane , and cunning — and the mixture of insanity and cunning is what you mistake for some deep wisdom . |