Example sentences of "[noun pl] sometimes [vb base] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the music and lyrics by Birkenhead entrepreneur Duke Minks , who also fixed the finance , Tommy and Greg Moeller , both with a Liverpool background and Russell Dunlop apes early Andrew Lloyd Webber , less the rock beat , while the words sometimes deny sense or logic . |
| 2 | Manufacturers sometimes introduce changes to the terms and conditions of sale to make their lives easier . |
| 3 | Horsebreakers and trainers sometimes equate willingness with lack of intelligence , and intelligence with a lack of cooperation . |
| 4 | The younger animals sometimes have trouble navigating ( nor surprising , if you 're walking backwards and your own rather large bottom is blocking your view ) , and frequently get into quite a pickle , backing into fences , down ledges or into trees ! |
| 5 | Having to work from different angles makes it extremely difficult to maintain an even symmetry throughout the design , and it is therefore not surprising that nomadic rugs sometimes contain motifs of slightly varying sizes ; the fact that so many are perfectly balanced and symmetrical is a glowing testament to the weavers ' skill . |
| 6 | Overtones and combinations sometimes give rise to unusually strong bands in IR or Raman spectra by stealing intensity from a nearby fundamental of the same symmetry . |
| 7 | Implicit is the idea that A has some form of control over B , or at least a strong bargaining position that enables A to score a ‘ victory ’ over B. Companies sometimes have power of this kind over suppliers , as where the company is one of only a limited number of buyers of a supplier 's goods or services , and even to an extent over governments , manifested , for example , in negotiations over subsidies or in successful attempts to dilute the content of regulation . |
| 8 | Moreover , this may be why Æthelred 's charters sometimes take care to describe the legitimacy of the way the King had acquired the land being granted away . |
| 9 | His statements sometimes defy credibility . |
| 10 | Organisations sometimes have age discrimination thrust upon them by the vicissitudes of insurance . |
| 11 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 12 | Artists on their travels sometimes write letters which are good value , whether in praise or censure of what they see . |
| 13 | Many of the shops are branches of multiple stores and , though their managers sometimes take part , they obviously do not have the same interest in it as the traders who were born and bred in the town . |
| 14 | The percussive nature of some of the playing and ‘ rat-at-tat ’ rhythms sometimes suggest Prokofiev ( the pianos take a fair bashing ) , and at various points Messaien , Villa-Lobos , and Ligeti came into my mind . |
| 15 | Foster agencies sometimes place advertisements in the local newspaper describing children who need homes . |
| 16 | Changes in storage practice , materials and containers sometimes take place without due regard for their effect on protective systems and the possibility of other forms of improvisation can never be eliminated . |
| 17 | Accountants sometimes pretend interest in the figures , but this subsides when the dealer tells them what they want to hear : " I earn my living by making people money . |
| 18 | Children and foreign language learners sometimes take figures of speech literally ( ‘ Was Queen Victoria really made of iron , Mummy ? ’ , |
| 19 | This explains why old cats sometimes fall victim to fast cars . |
| 20 | Patients sometimes make demands on a therapist which exceed what can reasonably be expected of a therapeutic relationship and which do not appear likely to help solve their problems . |
| 21 | Patients sometimes refuse treatment that the therapist thinks potentially helpful . |
| 22 | Of course , these corporate crimes against other organizations ultimately have human victims , such as shareholders , taxpayers , Third World poor , and so on , but none the less it is important to see that corporations sometimes commit crimes against other corporations because this focuses our attention on a vital factor in the cause of such behaviour — namely competition under conditions of scarce or diminishing resources and markets . |
| 23 | The society says badgers sometimes climb trees to take fruit , may raid vineyards , take sweetcorn , and eat or roll on cereal crops . |
| 24 | In view of the near perfect fungibility ( i.e. financial interchangeability ) of financial instruments , modern financial futures exchanges sometimes specify settlement by cash . |
| 25 | Dwarfs sometimes wear uniforms appropriate to their province or city state in the same way as men . |
| 26 | Publishers launching new materials sometimes produce demonstration tapes showing the materials being taught . |
| 27 | If you believe , as I do , that miracles sometimes take place between the brain and the writing hand , that we do not always know what we want to write until we have written it , then you will be gratified when the unconscious makes one of its surprise and glorious forays onto the page and not seek to suppress what has been given without your asking . |
| 28 | This approach also explains why engineers and ergonomists sometimes have difficulties in reaching agreement . |
| 29 | National rules sometimes impose conditions on business activity which make no reference to nationality , but nevertheless have the practical effect of discriminating on grounds of nationality . |
| 30 | Although adult herons sometimes catch fish using these particular baits , they are much more successful when using insects . |