Example sentences of "[pron] is [vb pp] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the substantive apple contains the lexical idea of a kind of fruit : this is its material significate , or lexeme , the import of meaning which is said of some object in the speaker 's experience . |
| 2 | A well-known example is ‘ controversy ’ , which is pronounced by some speakers as and by others as ; it would be quite wrong to say that one version was correct and one incorrect . |
| 3 | Change which is imposed by some form of ‘ authority ’ or ‘ expert ’ is rarely effective in the long run . |
| 4 | This terminates in a cervical groove which is followed in some species by broad cervical alae . |
| 5 | The term ’ conceptual ’ arises because each node is a ’ concept ’ which is defined by some predicate . |
| 6 | The proposed tax would bring carbon-rich fuels in line with natural gas , which is taxed in some countries but not others . |
| 7 | It is an approach which is developed at some length by Professor Ronald H. Preston . |
| 8 | The alienation of groups among the younger voters has perhaps received too much publicity but it is an attitude which is shared to some degree by other sections of the community . |
| 9 | Most EQ units have line inputs which are not suitable for direct microphone inputs , but these low level signals can be matched by feeding them via an amplification stage , a facility which is provided on some mixers . |
| 10 | This research gave rise to the school of ‘ contingency theory ’ which is discussed at some length in Chapter 6 . |
| 11 | Although publicly scathing about the student left and the anti-Vietnam movement , Healy none the less cultivated a discussion circle of London writers , actors and television producers , it is said with some charm and intellectual force , which was to presage his fixation with Equity , the actors ' Union which increasingly provided personnel and finance for the ERP . |
| 12 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 13 | It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters . |
| 14 | It is said in some circles that Morrison is alive and well and living in Des Moines , so perhaps we will one day have to sit through Doors II : the Incognito Years . |
| 15 | But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements , and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation . |
| 16 | It is negotiable , and if the drawer is of financial substance or if it is supported by some sort of security , cash may be raised by discounting it , selling it , or lodging it as collateral for a loan . |
| 17 | It is viewed with some suspicion by staff anxious about the standards of care provided , but there is undoubtedly an advantage to clients , who are able to be cared for in more homely environments rather than long stay wards . |
| 18 | Since perfect competition does not exist in practice — at best it is approximated in some markets — the stringent conditions for efficient resource allocation by the market are not met . |
| 19 | Furthermore , it is argued by some commentators that , if an attempt were made to trace the redistributive consequences of other types of government policy , e.g. subsidies that are part of industrial policy , then an already very fuzzy picture would become totally confused . |
| 20 | It is argued by some workers in artificial intelligence ( such as Boden ) , drawing analogies from neurophysiology , that consciousness is a function of the degree of complexity and connectedness of networks — neural or artificial — but this view has been strongly criticised by Penrose as simplistic and lacking the necessary objective evidence . |
| 21 | This arrangement secures a quiet legal life for the film industry in general , although it is resented by some film-makers who are obliged to tailor their product to BBFC standards in order to secure distribution outlets . |
| 22 | The way in which some modern political leaders exploit envy for their own purposes , and the way it is built into some party programmes , positively suggest that this is a powerful current of feeling which can be readily and effectively exploited . |
| 23 | It is estimated with some reliability that one in five of those aged 85 and over now suffer from dementia ( Norman 1987a : 2 ) . |
| 24 | Most of it is preserved in some way ; it is transported and various methods are employed to change and enhance its appearance ; it may be prepared or pre-cooked for convenience and finally aesthetically packaged for maximum appeal . |
| 25 | It is feared in some quarters that television destroys family life but with us it 's the Opposite way round . |
| 26 | Although it is less widely used than it once was , it is found in some bronchodilators and cough mixtures . |
| 27 | The original trophy that went with the first prize disappeared — it is thought at some time during the eighteenth century — and there was never enough money to replace it . |
| 28 | It is supplied with some stories on the disk that could be used by age 4 and upwards . |
| 29 | It is obscured to some extent by the heavily didactic purpose of Masterman Ready and this may partly account for the fact that young readers have always claimed the adult novel , Mr Midshipman Easy , as their own , even though it must always have made considerable demands on their reading skills and their understanding . |
| 30 | The second major defect in the relative clause proposal is that it does not actually explain anything unless it is supplemented by some account of what a relative clause is . |