Example sentences of "[v-ing] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report suggested that sulphur dioxide emissions , mainly from industry and power stations , but also volcanoes , most notably Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines , were leading to the formation of a thin film of sulphate particles in the atmosphere , which were reflecting some sunlight . |
| 2 | Having researched extensively into critical writings on Thomas since the publication of the first edition , Anstey has retained seven of the original essays , adding a further seven to give a comprehensive collection reflecting some reappraisal of Thomas 's writings and also responses to new work over the past ten years . |
| 3 | Written premiums for the quarter were up from $282.0m to $333.6m reflecting some volume growth and a significantly higher average premium across the whole account . |
| 4 | erm so erm I do n't know it 's just down to generating some questions . |
| 5 | The price would only be fixed at the end of the selling period , generating some uncertainty for the issuer . |
| 6 | Becker hints at the inside model when he concludes , not without generating some confusion , that ‘ whether a given act is deviant or not depends in part on the nature of the act ( that is , whether or not it violates some rule ) and in part on what other people do about it ’ . |
| 7 | This collaboration was not only about generating some ideas which could become possible policies , it was also designed to allow a sharing of a common challenge and to promote understanding of the fact that everyone in an LMS environment has a vital role to play . |
| 8 | Horse riding is a significant part of the economy , generating some £350 million a year in business for ancillary trades . |
| 9 | The latter reform can not be introduced without hazarding some risks . |
| 10 | During his visit Hammadi reportedly attempted to persuade Iran to press SAIRI into accepting some form of power-sharing deal . |
| 11 | Leaving aside here the more extreme version of the theory of elites as expounded by Pareto or by Ortega y Gasset ( 1930 , p. 49 ) in his distinction between the inert masses and ‘ the select men , the nobles , the only ones who are active and not merely reactive ’ , we can identify two types of political theory which , while accepting some aspects of modern democracy , are concerned to limit its significance . |
| 12 | What price seeing some cricket at the Olympics ? |
| 13 | And Frye is sceptical about the possibility of women looking to their foremothers as a source of inspiration ; of seeing some women , at least , as having led lives that were not wholly male-mediated . |
| 14 | Indeed , a single success if it is too costly in terms of time , commitment , motivation or any other resource , may be at the expense of future changes — and we may be seeing some evidence of this at the moment in terms of the reactive stance of large parts of the service . |
| 15 | Your mind became numbed to everything about human beings except that they pressed close around you all the time , that they slept above or below you , that you could never turn your head without seeing some evidence of their closeness — their clothes or their books or their photographs — that they made it impossible for you ever to be alone . |
| 16 | About 200 people reported seeing some kind of craft landing near the base in 1980 . |
| 17 | Unfortunately it is often the case that writers do not allow themselves to be so free in autobiographical disclosures as to say exactly how they felt on seeing some work of art . |
| 18 | ‘ For the first time since the start of the recession , ’ said Mr Hayward we may be seeing some glimmer of light , particularly as the figures tie in with the slight decrease in receiverships this quarter and with recent reports of an increase in business optimism . |
| 19 | Personally , I 'm just not looking forward to seeing some Roseanne Arnold look-alike corseted into a catsuit . |
| 20 | Britain 's only racer , Mike Browne — owner of the Snow and Rock chain of outdoor clothing shops in London , actually looked forward to seeing some snakes en route . |
| 21 | None had been seen at that time in the Harwell experiments that preceded ZETA but Kurchatov announced that the Soviets were seeing some neutrons which were due to fusion occurring , but were unlikely to be from thermonuclear fusion because the rate of their production did not vary with current in the expected way . |
| 22 | ‘ He was seeing some woman , like mother said . ’ |
| 23 | We shall be seeing some comparisons of developments with controlled and uncontrolled disturbances in Figs 18.9–18.12 . |
| 24 | I feel that somewhere over my head is hanging some kind of spirituality . |
| 25 | I feel that somewhere over my head is hanging some kind of spirituality-ometer , and that I have been found wanting . |
| 26 | As we rode on and emerged into open country a mist was hanging some feet above the ground , as if suspended by a conjuror . |
| 27 | Cut out about a quarter of the old bare wood from established trees by shortening some branches back to suitable side branches and severing others at the base . |
| 28 | Sniffing some coke |
| 29 | The younger age group have taken up conspicuous consumption , presumably as a means of recouping some esteem in terms of the apparently dominant and universalistic class criteria . |
| 30 | Further down the table the priest tapped the table gently , singing some hymn softly under his breath . |