Example sentences of "[noun] that [verb] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 These comforted her , not because she had any faith in their message , but because they were phrased with some beauty ; they were made up of words that seemed to apply to some large and other world of other realities , and they bore witness , also , to the fact that somebody had thought it worth his while to put them up .
2 The nature of the implicit political ideology of criminals is well illustrated when we consider what happens when they become organised and powerful , as in the case of the Mafia in the United States , and the smaller-scale , localised organisations that have appeared in some of our cities .
3 In short , an action succeeds when it fulfils ( i.e. achieves the object of ) the desire that has combined with some belief to cause that action .
4 Some 45 per cent of British households drink water that has passed at some stage through lead pipes .
5 The title of this work suggests that it is an essay in the sociology of transport , a subject that has crept into some degree and other courses at University level .
6 It has been said that at the court of Poitiers " the gilded youth of Poitou and Aquitaine breathed an air that seemed to belong to some tale of chivalry " .
7 Our society too still has recognized ways of marking the change in status that has occurred for some people .
8 In our view , particularly because of the extravagant results that have arisen in some cases by applying the literal rule , there can be no doubt that in the modern context the object and intent rule is much fairer .
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