Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adj] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expected to be unfishable for some time . |
| 2 | One can not be critical in the abstract : one has to be critical of some thing , And the act of criticism takes place in the context of standards . |
| 3 | But you asked me to comment on potential weaknesses , and this is one area which you may consider to be worthy of some serious attention . |
| 4 | somebody wants wants to be late for some reason . |
| 5 | It did n't matter to be honest in some contracts whether we won or lost against other people low paid workers , exploitation by the contractors . |
| 6 | Non-tournament expenditure is also felt to be excessive in some areas . |
| 7 | What is perhaps more disturbing is that many existing IT specialists do not appear to be aware of some fundamental principles involved in designing reliable , " user-friendly " and " environment-friendly " information systems . |
| 8 | He was also said to be unpopular with some members of the profession , although he was elected president of the London Veterinary Medical Society . |
| 9 | She took no notice , and I began to hate her , not because I was having to apologize — she looked so old and sad that I was genuinely sorry — but because she would n't listen and it was such a-terrible physical struggle for me to talk ; my mouth seemed to be full of some sickly , sticky stuff , like chewing-gum . |
| 10 | This can be done only if the whole body is seen to be involved in some way or other . |
| 11 | Rational thought and behaviour are generally thought to be dependent in some ways upon an ability to reason logically . |
| 12 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |
| 13 | 7.1 You shall indemnify us against all loss , actions , costs , claims , demands , expenses and liabilities whatsoever ( if any ) which we may incur either at common law or by statute in respect of personal injury to or the death of any person or in respect of any loss or destruction of or damage to property ( other than as a result of any default or neglect of ourselves or of any person for whom we are responsible ) which shall have occurred in connection with any work executed by you against this Order or shall be alleged to be attributable to some defect in the goods . |
| 14 | Unless something happens swiftly , the market is going to be uncertain for some time . ’ |
| 15 | There have been three other spawnings since — I think the male is going to be busy for some time yet ! |
| 16 | It seems that public concern is mostly raised when the pollutant is easily observed and can be shown to be due to some organisation flouting the law . |
| 17 | Recombinant interferon alfa has been shown to be effective in some patients with chronic hepatitis C. There are now 13 published randomised controlled trials of interferon alfa ( dose : 1–10 MU ) in chronic non-A , non-B hepatitis . |
| 18 | Serum triglyceride levels are generally unaltered in both short- and long-term studies ( Dodson et al , 1985 ) , providing unrefined carbohydrate is used , as opposed to refined carbohydrate which has been shown to be hypertriglyceridaemic in some studies ( Reaven , 1980 ) . |
| 19 | Actress June Brown , 65 , had been rumoured to be unhappy with some storylines and upset when market stall holder Pete Beale played by Peter Dean was axed . |
| 20 | For example , the regional distribution of residential and foster care services in the United Kingdom is known to be uneven with some local authorities using EBD schools and residential care far more frequently than others ( Fuller and Stevenson , 1983 ) . |
| 21 | In terms of users , the system would have to be uncommon in some respect . |
| 22 | Even so , if the sequence is to come off it will have to be stage-managed to some extent : children who are young enough to believe in Santa Claus are not old enough to carry the action on their own without the help of an adult to keep things moving . |
| 23 | However , the same has again been found to be true of some normal schizotypal individuals and , notably , the genetically related children of schizophrenics . |
| 24 | Something which seems to be soluble at some stage and the water gets hot and it 's not soluble , so we 're looking for things here that are not not soluble . |
| 25 | Specifically in Highways and Planning , if you look at the previous report , the enclos following profile one , you will see that in the Highways Planning Department excepting the offices , it is almost entirely male , and I think this is , it 's for the Director of Highways and Planning to say in the end , I think this is an acknowledgement by him that in the way that you mentioned nevertheless it seems to be apparent in some way , shape or form , women are not getting equal opportunity in that department . |
| 26 | and I try to be serious on some and I look miserable . |
| 27 | This was distinguished from a card which merely had written or printed material on it , intended to convey information to the human eye or mind , and not meant to be ancillary to some machine by being specially shaped for that purpose . |
| 28 | Virtually everywhere today , democracy is taken to be synonymous with some kind of representative system . |
| 29 | Are they taken to be prepresentative in some way ? |
| 30 | In the earlier regime it was accepted that rules had to be general to some extent , and open to change to allow for adaptation to changing circumstances . |