Example sentences of "[verb] to be [prep] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the parent bird can appear to be at some grave physical disadvantage , the killer will find the tempting proximity of the vulnerable adult irresistible and its concentration on the location of the nest-site can be broken . |
| 2 | The record seemed to be of some unremarkable string music . |
| 3 | Any bird watcher worth the pinch of salt he always carries in his pocket to sprinkle on the bird 's tail , yearns to be on some jutting peninsula at spring migration time . |
| 4 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 5 | In Precedent 2 there are two such special clauses which are , however , felt to be of some general application . |
| 6 | These arms are indeed going to have to be of some considerable length as your excellent photograph appears to be of Tweedmouth , Berwick-upon-Tweed , in Northumberland ( England ) ! |
| 7 | Well , equally you could n't have an A T C Squadron in every small town or village in the country , and therefore they 've got to be , I mean , just as much as Otter Valley Boxing Club has extended its range to get more people , so the A T C have to be in some particular place . |