Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be [conj] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A further complication is that some products are doing exceptionally well while others are in decline . ’ |
| 2 | A further complication is that some plants , especially foliage houseplants , seldom flower in this country , or only do so when many years old . |
| 3 | The only difference when we open the economy to foreign trade is that some relief for I m could occur if an additional part of C m now comes from abroad . |
| 4 | The logical extension of this argument is that some form of interdependence might be possible , where Third World actors could carve out niches for themselves in the crevices that the hegemon TNCs leave unattended . |
| 5 | The results of this approach are that some individuals may be committed to lifelong drug therapy which they do not need . |
| 6 | A further concern is that some journals do not transmit the referees ' comments to the authors ; this wastes the referees ' time and fails to appreciate that they want to improve published articles not just act as gatekeepers . |
| 7 | A further consideration is that some variables such as occupation , industry and educational qualifications were only coded for 10% of non-imputed households . |
| 8 | But the unpleasant reality is that some holiday destinations are positively dangerous . |
| 9 | Another problem is that some synthetics smell , even when washed , so look for fibres coated with an antibacterial agent . |
| 10 | Another testable restriction is that some variables will affect only the membership and wage equations directly . |
| 11 | One reason for such differentiation was that some banks , e.g. the secondary banks , were and are much more dependent on foreign business , and such business is based on finer margins . |
| 12 | The second development was that some Basrah crude finally reached the open sea . |
| 13 | One effect of the early deadline was that some teachers claimed that their reports had to be rushed and that there was little opportunity for a considered appraisal : |
| 14 | An additional problem is that some drugs , notably diuretics which are commonly used with older people , cause a loss of potassium . |
| 15 | The cruel truth is that some animals put some humans to shame . |
| 16 | The net effect is that some plants should be more resistant to water stress ( and more tolerant of atmospheric pollution as partially closed stomata impede entry of potentially harmful air pollutants into leaves ) . |
| 17 | Another highly important fact is that some sets of cross- references taken together would actually reveal inadequacies in the way in which the material to which they refer is handled in the dictionary in its present form . |
| 18 | The plain fact is that some elements of the social charter would run the risk — indeed , would make it a real possibility — of this country returning to some of the trade union practices that did so much damage during the 1970s . |
| 19 | The general concensus is that some housework is required — car cleaning , bed making , one lad even tries his hand at ironing ! |
| 20 | Part of the alleged unfairness is that some plaintiffs in the United States courts will be denied the extensive discovery available to plaintiffs generally ; but that is to give absolutely no weight to the specifically international aspects present in particular cases . |
| 21 | The success of these individual desires not withstanding , general belief is that some form of compromise is most likely . |
| 22 | The only exception is that some mosquitoes prefer drinking blood from group A for some reason . |
| 23 | The only problem was that some fans broke the granny 's fence and scared the cat . |
| 24 | One possibility is that some patients thought to be stone free may , in reality , have had residual debris despite our use of the best available techniques ( ultrasonagraphy+oral cholecystectography ) to ‘ confirm ’ complete gall stone dissolution . |
| 25 | It is not surprising that the general trends for the indigenous population of the Russian colony of Siberia from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century were that some individuals , mainly ‘ chiefs ’ or traders , adapted to the ways of their conquerors and became successful according to the standards of Russian society , while the mass of their compatriots , exploited by the Russian system and lacking any means of redress , fell increasingly into poverty and degradation . |
| 26 | The main hypothesis is that some CSPs are socially differentiated in that they are not all used by every social group , and that people are more aware of these CSPs than of others . |
| 27 | A recurring comment was that some patients deliberately prolong treatment . |
| 28 | A third reason is that some bank managers feel threatened by a measure which could prove embarrassing . |