Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] some [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which deliberate Acts of Parliament are able to contradict Community law is a more vexed question , although it found some answer in the case of the Spanish-owned fishing companies in 1991 . |
| 2 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 3 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 4 | The woman wore a dress that seemed very short when I recalled the picture through the next few years : broad shoulders , a straight skirt that hung the way it did — I know now — because it had some rayon in it . |
| 5 | ‘ Customers said it was great that we were open because it showed some normality in the town . ’ |