Example sentences of "on some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On some corners now you 're talking about five Gs lateral . |
| 2 | Perhaps most alarmingly of all from a Russian point of view , the population of these republics had been increasing very much more rapidly than the all-union average and on some projections was expected to account for 25–30 per cent of the total Soviet population by the end of the century ( the USSR was already the world 's fifth largest Muslim state ) . |
| 3 | But Evans suggests that on some newspapers speed is valued more than polish and on a busy evening a deskman will find stories arriving faster than he can edit them . |
| 4 | The moulded plastic capping prevents the broken nails which occur when changing belts on some sanders . |
| 5 | It is difficult to pick up a magazine these days and not see an article or item of news about the latest attack on some computer or other . |
| 6 | The two General or World Anti-Slavery Conventions of 1840 and 1843 , held under the aegis of the BFASS in London , tried to influence the British government on some questions of policy . |
| 7 | So they 'd say erm write down the I mean if you 're lucky they 'll give perh perhaps on some questions they 'll give it to you and on others they 'll say write it down . |
| 8 | The Halifax said : ‘ Any recovery in the housing market remains dependent on recovery in the economy generally and particularly on some easing of the rate of growth of unemployment . |
| 9 | ‘ Better lay on some Fernet Branca for the morning , ’ said Dommie . |
| 10 | We have to go out on a call — kiddy stuck on some railings . |
| 11 | They had met each other on some trip early on their travels and been together ever since : two people cutting their own swathe through the continent . |
| 12 | The company has seen haulage rates on some contracts in 1987 at little more than 1977 levels . |
| 13 | " I do n't see how you can go too far , in the right direction , " said Clara , not for the sake of saying it , but because , on some level , she profoundly believed it to be true . |
| 14 | I speak it , and appear to understand it , and give and take orders in it , but on some level it just is n't sinking in . |
| 15 | Tony Benn is right to be dismayed at the talk of ‘ firework displays bigger than the Fourth of July ’ , but he 's wrong to deny that on some level this is what war has become . |
| 16 | As Feldman told him : ‘ ( It was ) making it obvious that the Establishment and the outrageous could meet on some level . ’ |
| 17 | erm well I mean I think there 's a problem for adults as well as children in that we I do n't think it 's helpful to cover ourselves in guilt about erm what happens to the suffering that other people experience , arguably erm in order to maintain us in the living standards , you know , we 've learned to expect , but at the same time I think that the situation in the world is only tolerable to us psychologically because on some level we convince ourselves that erm those people who are starving and those children who are in a hysterically trying to keep themselves out of the way of shrapnel and hiding night after night in freezing cold shelters in Baghdad are not really people and not really children in the same way that we 're people and our children are children , and do n't feel things in the same way . |
| 18 | BR says strenuous efforts are being made to improve punctuality , but admits overcrowding and cancellations on some services has reached unsatisfactory levels . |
| 19 | It is immaterial that the accused uses force on some person other than the one from whom he takes the item . |
| 20 | On some waters you can gain a degree of selectability by using harder and larger diameter baits . |
| 21 | Fishing for carp at long range is , on some waters , essential for success . |
| 22 | On arrival , she was distressed to find only Jock Hallett working on some papers . |
| 23 | ‘ She 's only been here a couple of times , when I needed to work on some papers very urgently . ’ |
| 24 | Thomson has managed to hold its own on some soil , but it has done lamentably in selling domestic video equipment . |
| 25 | Brittle rock on some pitches , otherwise good . |
| 26 | But I shall still have to draw on some capital Brenda , nevertheless . |
| 27 | Its anxiety and the pressure that was placed on the safety committee representatives speak volumes : they reveal that not everyone is treated equally in the North sea , and that , on some North sea installations , there is still a marked divergence between the recourse available to those working for the operator and that accorded to those working for contracting companies . |
| 28 | I think legislation is merely catching up on some policies . |
| 29 | Her cheeks were pink with excitement , her eyes shiny and bright , as though she was getting ready to go off on some adventure . |
| 30 | It is very different , and as you can see has to be based on some knowledge or understanding . |