Example sentences of "of some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Under these acts , the Alkali and Clean Air Inspectorate was responsible for ensuring that the emission of some pollution from industry was no more than ‘ practicably reasonable ’ , a level so ambiguous and vague and capable of numerous interpretations by corporate lawyers that the actual amount of pollution was frequently allowed to rise above a level found tolerable by local residents . |
2 | This is prima facie convincing in the case of some communities , where a rigid diglossia obtains . |
3 | A ‘ dramatic retrenchment ’ and the closure of some manufacturing facilities could not stop TI falling into losses in 1981 . |
4 | Other staff changes would mean the county would have 14 more firefighters at the expense of some middlemanagers . |
5 | The first has been the link between the work of some tribunals and the development of a fully-fledged system of administrative law in England and Wales . |
6 | The speed of decision making of some tribunals is broadly comparable with that of magistrates ' courts and the county courts . |
7 | On the first limb of the response , the Royal Commission rather lamely noted that the procedures of some tribunals have become ‘ legalistic ’ , mainly because the law governing their work has become more complex , and recommended that procedures be reviewed ‘ to ensure that applicants in person are able to conduct their own cases wherever possible ’ . |
8 | Indeed the decisions of some tribunals are not subject to any appeal . |
9 | Daddy , she said , had had to spring some people ori them for dinner , and she was out of some basics . |
10 | Despite the fact that this may seem too crude a way to proceed this rationale has governed the operation of some testing programmes in the USA , most notoriously , that of Michigan State . |
11 | A survey identified high levels of consensus around key areas for change in acute services which has made the setting of some priorities for change easier . |
12 | Clustering of high fertility families , and geographical and social isolation of some estates , may be important too . |
13 | There remains the problem of detached pieces of parishes ( and , in some cases , of counties [ Fig. 1– ] ) or fragmented boundaries on the edges of some estates . |
14 | The feeling of some councillors was that the accompanying contract was somewhat ‘ one-sided ’ . |
15 | There was a clear feeling on the part of some Councillors that , since the School was no longer under their sole control and since they now had their own Technical School to worry about ( they had been responsible for its organization and financing from March 1892 ) , they need no longer be too concerned about the Grammar School . |
16 | By this standard Meades ’ standard , Pompey is a work of some genius . |
17 | The British secret service came up with a a stroke of some genius when the stopped having our operatives shot when they caught them and simply turned them into double agents . ’ |
18 | Figures 1.3,1.4 and 1.5 , are examples of the management structure of some hotels , but it must be remembered that these diagrams are only examples and what is suitable for one type of hotel is not necessarily suitable for another . |
19 | In particular the lay movement , seeing the ill-life of some priests and the increasing grandeur of the Church , sought to insist on chastity , abstention from luxury and avoidance of meat-eating , and aspired to renounce property , or at least to hold goods in common . |
20 | There is no doubt that it happens , no doubt that some child sex rings use forms of ‘ ritual ’ , no doubt that many of them produce child pornography , and no doubt that at the centre of some rings are extremely powerful men . |
21 | Changes in focus have resulted partly from incorporation of some evaluation functions such as course perception sampling into routine mechanisms of modular and field management . |
22 | If the result of an indemnity basis taxation is , as we were told , the invariable loss of some percentage of actual costs , that may be a criticism of the taxing masters ' approach to taxation ( although it may also be a criticism of the excessive level of the fees and disbursements that are submitted for taxation ) ; but it is not a valid criticism of the indemnity basis criterion set out in Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) . |
23 | The obvious reply to this argument is that we need a reason to accept a decision reached behind this veil of ignorance , and the claim that no decision would be reached behind a differently constructed veil of ignorance is not such a reason unless it has already been shown , as it has not in fact , that we are bound by the results of some veil of ignorance , whatever it may be . |
24 | The Strategic Defence Initiative is rejigged for action against short-range rather than long-range missiles , at a saving of some $1.5 billion compared with the Bush plan . |
25 | Loch Doon was jilted during the First World War ; there were plans to build an important sea-plane base there , but after the expenditure of some £500,000 , the ill-conceived scheme was abandoned . |
26 | The company will meet launch costs of some £2.5 million . |
27 | Colour is intimately linked with light , so it is hardly surprising that changing light alters colours , enhancing the brilliance of some while causing other to fade almost into invisibility . |
28 | Professor Williams criticises the attitude of some courts as being that a person may use ‘ only force that is so mild as to be ineffective . ’ |
29 | Given the reluctance of some courts to convict on forensic evidence and the fact that terrorists do not usually leave a signed visiting card at the scene of the crime , will it not become more and more difficult to obtain convictions ? |
30 | SIR John Harvey-Jones knows his business but I ca n't stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers who have taken their companies to the brink of disaster . |