Example sentences of "some [noun pl] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some minutes it smoked its pipe and did not speak , but at last it took the pipe out of its mouth , and said , ‘ So you 've changed , have you ? |
| 2 | After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low . |
| 3 | But the company believes that it has some products it can sell new , notably software for diagnosing faults in computers . |
| 4 | In the birds , the brain has evolved so that in some groups it is comparable in size and complexity to that found in primates . |
| 5 | Like the other planets it travels around the Sun in an ellipse , which means that at some times it is closer to the Sun than at others . |
| 6 | Some times it looks like an old woman with a large hooked nose , at other times like a charming young lady with her face turned away over her right shoulder . |
| 7 | But at some times it 's apparent and at other times it 's not . |
| 8 | In some cases it also helped to underline the main moments in the action by emphasising gestures for greater strength and expression . |
| 9 | In some cases it was going to take years . |
| 10 | All the different interest groups have suddenly been allowed to come out into the open and in some cases it is a question of each for himself and damn the rest . ’ |
| 11 | But in some cases it seems more probable that they are deliberately engineered by the virus to help it to travel from one host to another . |
| 12 | However , reality intrudes on such constructions , as indicated by the gradual widening of the category ‘ inner city ’ to refer also to ‘ outer estates ’ and then to whole cities , like Bradford ; in some cases it is even used as a code for whole regions of deprivation in conjunction with that other metaphor , the North-South divide . |
| 13 | So for farming rare species : it depends how it is done ; avoid it if you can but in some cases it may be necessary . |
| 14 | In some cases it is possible for a district to be equated with a large town , but in other cases a desire for districts to be larger has produced curious and often locally resented combinations . |
| 15 | In some cases it may be necessary to resort to three or four injections of short-acting insulin . |
| 16 | However , in some cases it can be fatal , or may lead to permanent handicap such as deafness or brain damage . |
| 17 | In particular , either type of mapping can be established using ( other kinds of ) world knowledge , and in some cases it must be . |
| 18 | In some cases it may be necessary to refuse outright . |
| 19 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
| 20 | In some cases it has not been clear from the notes to the accounts whether the directors consider that they have departed from a specific statutory rule and that the true and fair view override is being invoked . |
| 21 | In some cases it will not help at all , and the flower will turn brown , but sometimes you will find that your problem has been solved and you have a perfect flower or leaf once more . |
| 22 | In some cases it helps to imagine the place where the picture will be hung , although this information is not always available , particularly if the picture is intended as a present . |
| 23 | In some cases it will be entirely successful , resulting in a ‘ healthy ’ form of constructive competence and creativeness in which , though outer-directed , the individual is not afraid to explore his or her inner world . |
| 24 | In some cases it is appropriate to choose other rewards that are more motivating to children , like a surprise bag with little gifts in it into which children can place their hands and find a surprise . |
| 25 | Other countries have followed India and Nepal 's lead , but in some cases it is already too late . |
| 26 | As a result , the more recycled materials are collected by keen governments , the more their price falls until in some cases it is negative : to persuade a company to take waste plastic for recycling , a large cheque has to be attached to each consignment . |
| 27 | In some cases it was necessary to return to the parental home even when parents were not wholly supportive , for lack of viable alternatives , as in the situation described by this respondent , |
| 28 | After all , the postclassical position recognises that variability in human criminal motivations plays a part in accounting for the prevalence of crimes : it would not be too damaging to the overall position to allow that in some cases it plays the major part ( provided that the exceptions only constitute a tiny proportion of total crime — which would certainly be the case with sexual abuse of children ) . |
| 29 | In some cases it could be worth making out a third party support agreement with a specialist maintenance company . |
| 30 | Although the analysis focuses on social class , other variables relating to the housewife 's own education and previous ( or present ) employment are also examined : in some cases it is these factors rather than social class itself which turns out to be important . |