Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sky was still grey and menacing and both sisters allowed their eyes to comb the white mantled slope of the moors for some evidence of life . |
| 2 | The attempt of the Communist Party to implement Comintern decisions naturally gave rise to the most widely publicized of the movements for some kind of co-operation on the Left . |
| 3 | Group chief facilitator said : ‘ Initially we have been successful in helping to establish teams in the personnel , training , public relations , sales and distribution departments at Barlaston , while Johnson Brothers have had five teams indifferent areas of the offices for some time now . ’ |
| 4 | That is the reasoning behind the pleas for some allocation of R & D Funds to basic research where this sort of behaviour would be encouraged ( the following up of leads for their own sake ) . |
| 5 | TRI-R hangers will not be available in the shops for some time , but we 're able to offer you a chance to try two different versions of this exciting wall-hanging system . |
| 6 | This can be seen in the demands for some form of parliamentary control of the making and carrying-out of foreign policy which became more frequent in one or two European states from the end of the nineteenth century and which reached a peak during and just after the First World War . |
| 7 | Three families in Ayrshire , for instance , who had eight children taken away in a raid in June 1990 ; little was heard of their situation until after the Orkney case had been in the headlines for some time . |
| 8 | In April they decided to devote no more than £10 , in addition to the income from bequests , for prizes , and to make a " direct and formal " application to the Goldsmiths for some assistance . |
| 9 | Professor Roesdahl , of Aarhus University , Denmark , who is one of the chief organisers , explains that Scandinavian scholars had been planning a major show on the Vikings for some time , and the French became involved because they had also wanted to hold such an exhibition , partly to examine the Viking role in Normandy . |
| 10 | The Chief Ringwraith stays on the Barrow-downs for some while before Frodo sets out , ‘ and the Barrow-wights were roused , and all things of evil spirit , hostile to Elves and Men , were on the watch with malice in the Old Forest and on the Barrow-downs ’ ( UT , p. 348 ) . |
| 11 | The EC Commission has had a directive on landfill on the stocks for some time . |
| 12 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 13 | ‘ These new premises have been on the cards for some time . ’ |
| 14 | Speaking to Irish state radio from Baidoa , Concern spokesman Michael O'Reilly said : ‘ Unfortunately this had been on the cards for some time . |
| 15 | Miss Bedwelty stood staring at the horses for some time , standing with her hand on her hips . |