Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For objects which need some thickness of metal , like ingots or axes , casting is the obvious method , while others , like fine wire or thin sheet metal , need extensive working . |
| 2 | What we will end up with , no matter who wins , is a Minister for Sport who sits some distance from the corridors of power , who will likely be attached to some other ministry like Agriculture and Fisheries ( file ‘ Sport ’ under ‘ Codswallop ’ ) and who will spend a parliamentary career powerless , penniless and potless . |
| 3 | Of course they had some value , in an informal way , as precedents , but the precedent here might easily be not that non dubito is now admissible , but that some relaxation of wording is allowed where family property expectations are involved . |
| 4 | As a result of that contract of course you have some rights er but the shop have some rights as well . |
| 5 | Like the woman 's no good Of course I told some things about Wendy . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I know some men find me attractive ! ’ she snapped . |
| 7 | ON August 25 , 1992 , in a report about the large amount of divorce legal costs , we inadvertently stated , due to a typographical error , that average costs of cases which take some time amounted to £250,000 , when the correct figure should be £25,000 . |
| 8 | Indeed , as we shall see later , a rise in total output accompanied by a change in the distribution of income which makes some people better off and others worse off can not necessarily be interpreted as an improvement in the country 's living standards . |
| 9 | Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) . |
| 10 | Japan ( not the United States , as suggested last week ) still boasts the world 's biggest official foreign reserves : at the end of January it had some $79 billion-worth ( including foreign currency , SDRs and its reserve position at the IMF , but excluding gold ) . |
| 11 | Since it involved a fresh assessment of wealth it encountered some hostility . |
| 12 | There is a further topic in connection with Locke 's complex ideas of substances which needs some discussion . |
| 13 | Its practical bearing follows from these aims ; for by constructing concepts , forms of argument and criteria of evidence which attain some degree of objectivity and universality , political sociology , to the extent that it is diffused through society , has an effect on ideologies and on political consciousness generally , and so contributes to the shaping of political action . |
| 14 | There have been earlier references to the changing and elastic notion of priorities which takes some time to come to terms with . |
| 15 | In these a method of recruitment which combined some elements of the old arrière-ban and the new feudal bond seems to have operated . |
| 16 | A group of people who entered some state at about the same time and whose life histories are thereafter studied is called a cohort . |
| 17 | One often reads of jealousies , of quarrels , of friendships , of instances of patronage , of pique and of loyalty which illuminate some aspect of a man 's character , of the nature of the society in which he lived or of the system in which he worked . |
| 18 | I know , but I mean like I 've got a lot of bollocks I 've some bollocks on it about erm er and shit like that . |
| 19 | Two rooms of paintings , including further work by Boltraffio as well as superb panels by Tiepolo , are divided by a room of jewellery which includes some Renaissance bronzework . |
| 20 | Again we can ask whether the special needs of girls are attributed to their biology or to a notion of femaleness which implies some form of cultural unity ? |
| 21 | But now suddenly he came out with it violently , almost in the manner of Hotspur himself over-riding some constraint that tied his tongue : |
| 22 | When scientists draw graphs they typically plot a scattering of points which show some pattern . |
| 23 | The psychologists attempted to polarise various issues such as massed versus spaced learning , whole versus part learning and transfer of training which had some face validity in appearing to identify general principles , but in practice it always seemed that the generalities vanished into the enormous variety of specific issues . |
| 24 | Shearwaters and petrels belong to a group called the tube-noses , for their nostrils are protected by a pair of tubes which extend some way down the beak from its base and these give them a much better perception of smell than other birds have . |
| 25 | To achieve this end , however wide the variety of ways in which ill-health is dealt with , it is vital to establish a single focal point of faith for all that area of healing which involves some power of the mind , and this is probably , most of it . |
| 26 | Any kind of measurement which gives some idea of the size of the problem is suitable . |
| 27 | This ethos contributed to the desexualisation of lesbianism and also ignored a whole range of inequalities which erode some lesbians ' choice of lovers . |
| 28 | She is looking for applicants who have some experience in child care and can be contacted today at Belfast 629274 , or at the same number from May 29 to June 1 . |
| 29 | A Fresco ‘ canvas ’ on to which gliffs can be ‘ painted ’ will allow developers create things like two-dimensional geometric figures : like X it has some difficulty with three dimensions at the moment . |
| 30 | Consequently , the pattern of dividend payouts for firms which follow some target may resemble a ratchet effect which is only broken when the firm 's performance is bad for several consecutive periods . |