Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [vb pp] [verb] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in this article an attempt has been made to extract some guiding principles which underline good goldfish keeping . |
| 2 | What information has been gathered contains some subtle but ominous signs . |
| 3 | The demarcation itself can be finally ratified by the president after the land has been physically staked out , a large and time-consuming task for which the Brazilian congress has been asked to provide some 42 million . |
| 4 | This leaflet has been designed to provide some basic information . |
| 5 | My contemporary interest in the case is in the argument that Parliament could not sensibly have intended to frame its enactment in these terms simply for the purpose of dealing with the rare and improbable case of a crooked solicitor and , therefore , the provision must have been intended to have some wider operation . |
| 6 | Progress towards this happy state would be hindered by revolution ; some of those who read his book might have been inspired to take some practical action , so in order to make clear his position Godwin produced a pamphlet in 1795 entitled Considerations on Lord Grenville ‘ s and Mr. Pitt 's Bills in which he supported the government 's repression of ‘ agitators and democrats ’ . |
| 7 | But if MAFF 's original assessment for the UK 's LFA had been based on an objective survey rather than merely regurgitating the ‘ hill line ’ drawn up under the 1946 Hill Farming Act , it would have had a more reliable basis to which the results of its Hills and Uplands land classification could have been added to determine some meaningful handicap zones . |
| 8 | Also , apparently , Matron had been overheard making some indelicate comment to one of the cleaners about the state of Harding 's sheets . |
| 9 | Small and poorly appointed as her ‘ place ’ was , it had been arranged to satisfy some inner need or order … |
| 10 | Lancashire 's Pakistani pace bowler Wasim Akram , for example had been found to generate some 15 to 20 mph from his wrist action alone . |
| 11 | The SOC government had been set to release some 400 political detainees and POWs on Jan. 3 but the move had been cancelled after Fresard denounced it as " a pure propaganda piece " . |
| 12 | Recently the castle remains , neglected for centuries and largely hidden , have been excavated to expose some solid stonework foundations and a few ancient arches . |