Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this instance apart , there were presumably some official functions which the sites in this category possessed and which were physically concentrated within the defences and probably unrelated to local needs . |
| 2 | The Remmelink Commission , set up in January 1990 , published its conclusions on Sept. 10 , 1991 , calculating that in the Netherlands there were annually some 2,700 cases of euthanasia or assisting the death of patients , and some 1,000 cases of intervention to terminate the life of patients unable to express their wishes . |
| 3 | France , Australia , Hong Kong , South Africa , Italy , Canada and USA were only some of the nations represented . |
| 4 | Suits , coats , dresses , boots , shoes , bicycles , tools , furniture , companion sets , china , ornaments , pictures , stuffed parrots , music-boxes and linen were only some of the things that caught the eye and sometimes an elbow . |
| 5 | Disposition of territory and offices , public works , enforced residence in Edo , were only some of the means used to prevent daimyo from becoming too powerful . |
| 6 | To him , the " checks and balances " of Natural Selection were only some of the forces operating in what he saw as the evolution of spirit or mind through matter . |
| 7 | What is more , at the nearest point , they were only some thirty miles from Rome . |
| 8 | There were obviously some men in Hollywood who wanted to make films with sociological relevance and there was obviously an audience for contemporary films as long as they were made according to the normal dramatic conventions and satisfied more general audience expectations . |
| 9 | Now that she knew they were there , they stuck out because they were obviously some different language . |
| 10 | One , what were the differences when you say that they chose them , so even though the basic shape was the same there were obviously some , there were some variations ? |
| 11 | While the film industry was leading with innovative techniques , there were nevertheless some developments conducted by the sound industry on its own . |
| 12 | Sir Nicholas Goodison , the group chairman , tried to soften the blow of continuing bad debt provisions by telling shareholders that there were finally some signs of economic recovery after three years thanks to the fall in interest rates and the value of sterling . |
| 13 | These vehicles , or ‘ rigs ’ as they are normally called , were just some of those in use with 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment on that stifling June afternoon , and the troop was nearing the end of a three-week Commanding Officer 's Exercise . |
| 14 | These were just some among the denizens of B.P. : Angus Wilson , the novelist ; Alan Pryce-Jones , later to become editor of The Times Literary Supplement ; J. H. Plumb , destined to be the Professor of Modern English History at Cambridge and Master of Christ 's ; Roy Jenkins ; Asa Briggs , future Vice-Chancellor of Sussex University , and subsequently Provost of Worcester College , Oxford ; and Dorothy Hyson representing the theatre . |
| 15 | Barbara La Marr , Alma Rubens and Juanita Hansen were just some of the stars whose drug addiction ended either their lives or their careers , whichever came first . |
| 16 | They are furious that some people thought they were just some zany fashion experience , a house group , Seventies revivalists . |
| 17 | These were just some of the questions poised by quiz master Nigel Harvey at a recent Rentokil quiz night . |
| 18 | Very , very large solicitors firms , insurance companies , and very large multinationals , these were just some of the customers of which the private detectives who visited us boasted . |
| 19 | In the 1970s there were already some moves in this direction , reflected in the formation of regional agencies , such as water authorities and health authorities ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 , Ch. 7 ) . |
| 20 | There were usually some vegetarian pasties and things going cheap . |
| 21 | None the less , despite these general trends in perceptions there were always some voters who felt the Conservatives were not stressing defence , just as there were always others who felt the Conservatives were stressing defence . |
| 22 | There were always some in the State Department who thought the policy might be pushed a little further : who thought that a unified Germany might become a big partner for America in the same way as is ( say some ) Japan . |
| 23 | After they had left the tavern , there were always some globules of mercury on the floor which the charitable thought had spilt from their bottles , but the waiters knew had come from the men themselves . |
| 24 | After supper there were always some musical items provided by supposedly talented guests , and I remember once being requested to recite . |
| 25 | In 1873 , Edward Dannreuther talked on the music of the future ( meaning Wagner 's ) and Sidney Colvin on taste and artistic judgement ; and in succeeding years there were always some Discourses essentially on the arts-a word which by this time had come to mean literature , music , painting and sculpture rather than crafts and techniques . |
| 26 | We quickly made the acquaintance of everyone in our lane which was part of a very scattered village , and after the children started school there were always some of their friends around the house . |
| 27 | Staff Nurse Target needed to be back for visiting hour , as there were always some visitors asking questions . |
| 28 | When the CNAA took over the DMS there were nationally some 6600 students enrolled on courses , and that was to be the order of magnitude of enrolments through the late 1970s and 1980s . |
| 29 | It is around this time that the demand for films began to increase substantially and producers built larger studios to produce pictures that , while longer than before , were still some way short of what would become established feature length . |
| 30 | Most Tibbu lived in Zawiya , the central administrative settlement of Kufra ; but there were still some fifteen households at Qadr Fi , a marginally cultivable area which possessed Kufra 's only remaining palm-fronded houses , the only houses which did not have electricity and , in the central group of oases , the only ones without running water . |