Example sentences of "is [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 31 | James Smith from Leeds recently purchased a copy of the legendary Elite , and is after some tips that work . |
| 32 | This failure of latent inhibition to transfer from one context to another is of some theoretical significance , being uniquely predicted by Wagner 's ( 1976 , 1981 ) theory ( see below , p. 81 ) , and it has subsequently been sought and found in a variety of other training procedures ( e.g. taste aversion , Hall and Channell ( 1986 ) ; conditioned suppression , Hall and Minor ( 1984 ) , Lovibond , Preston , and Mackintosh ( 1984 ) , Swartzentruber and Bouton ( 1986 ) ) . |
| 33 | The ratio of the proportions of lavas and pyroclastic rocks in any area is of some intrinsic interest , but the total rate at which new pyroclastic rocks and lavas are erupted at destructive plate margins is of more fundamental significance . |
| 34 | The point is of some importance since a number of rules of procedure are growing to be applicable to Cabinet Committees and we ought to know where there is a real , useful distinction or whether it is merely the pragmatical difference that some are serviced by the Cabinet Office and some are not . |
| 35 | The effects of this on the bones is of some interest for comparison with the effects of gnawing of larger bone by larger predators ( for example , see Bonnichsen , 1973 ; Sutcliffe , 1970 ; Hill , 1975 , 1976 ; Binford , 1981 ; Haynes , 1980 , 1983 ) , for there is direct correspondence between , for instance hyaena gnawing on large antelope bones , wolf gnawing on smaller bovid bones , fox gnawing on small bovids and lagomorphs and shrew gnawing on rodent bones . |
| 36 | So , perhaps philosophy even from the sidelines , is of some use , at least as a cognitive stimulant . |
| 37 | The motives described by these authors are little more than romantic inventions , but the fact that the dying cat 's actions have been recorded in this way by very different writers is of some interest . |
| 38 | The Methodist chapel , 1861 , along with other buildings in the village , is of some architectural interest . |
| 39 | We hope their heartfelt advice is of some use to the grand old man . |
| 40 | I hope that all this is of some help to the new knitters and will encourage them to learn to lover their Duomatics as much as I love mine . |
| 41 | Exactly how the controlling group agrees on common interests and actions is not specified , though the implication is of some quasi-conspiratorial corporatist process . |
| 42 | Nevertheless , it is of some importance to try to establish what the effect of this learning environment is on the actual communication between deaf and hearing people . |
| 43 | This is of some interest to me , working as a teacher of outdoor pursuits with girls ( and boys ) on Merseyside . |
| 44 | The impression given is of some sticky , viscous , unpleasant material which has to do with the satisfaction of obscure and uncontrollable personal needs . |
| 45 | The idea is of some set of things which was required for the occurrence of the effect , which is not to say that the set includes all the things prior to the effect that were required for it . |
| 46 | This process , which is of some antiquity , depends on the very low solubilities of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide . |
| 47 | However , there is a distinction that can be made within ‘ expected ’ status which is of some significance in lexical semantics . |
| 48 | Nevertheless , since the subject is of some general importance in Hong Kong the Board was invited to express an opinion upon it . |
| 49 | I consider that Bingham L.J . 's rationalisation of the failure of Morris to disapprove of Lawrence is of some significance . |
| 50 | In the absence of such direct evidence , a study by Lefevre , Stark , Lambert and Genese ( 1977 ) is of some interest . |
| 51 | The point is of some significance because a duty to balance the interests of present and future members would involve an expansion of the directors ' discretion , in effect , allowing them to justify their actions by reference to the well-being of the enterprise even though they are contrary to the interests of the existing members . |
| 52 | Although the American Anthropological Association 's statement on ethics is of some relevance to sociolinguists and is easily accessible as an appendix to a book which deals specifically with ethical problems in fieldwork ( Rynkiewich and Spradley 1971 ) , linguists do not in general have recourse to a widely accepted ethical code . |
| 53 | It is of some interest that these attachments are very similar to those of Lewis Carroll ( Charles L. Dodgson , q.v. ) , whom Kilvert is said to have known at Oxford . |
| 54 | Hope this lot is of some use to you — the essay was probably the best part of this dissertation ( well I think so ! ) so I hope it 's a help . |
| 55 | The point is of some importance : it would seem to follow that the end of the book was a hasty afterthought . |
| 56 | The fact that the power of was not confined to the Mufti alone is of some importance in assessing the nature of the Muftilik in general and will therefore be dealt with in greater detail further on ; suffice it to say for the moment that Mustakimzade 's argument is disappointing in its lack of development and of positive evidence in support of it and that , in the terms in which it is stated and in view of the material he seems to have used in compiling his book , his argument might equally well apply to Molla Fenari . |
| 57 | The fact that it is at least possible that Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi held office contemporaneously for part of their respective appointments is of some help in trying to establish the identity of de la Broquière 's " grand caliph " ; for although Molla Yegan should have been Mufti in 1433 if his Muftilik and that of Fahreddin Acemi are viewed as successive rather than contemporaneous , de la Broquière 's statement applies rather better to Fahreddin Acemi than to Molla Yegan for several reasons . |
| 58 | The prominence of temples in the small towns is of some interest . |
| 59 | The uninscribed tombstone from Murrell Hill is of some interest since it shows in relief a mother dressed in a tunic and seated in an upright chair , while holding an opened fan in her right hand . |
| 60 | Its opening shot is of some character walking , walking across a featureless landscape . |