Example sentences of "and [verb] some sort " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned . |
2 | Happily all four engines had been spared the attention of the Ju88 but I was soon to learn from the flight engineer that the aileron control cable had been severed and he went into the wing root to find the two ends and make some sort of connection . |
3 | In the last section of this chapter we will examine the attempts that have been made to find out more about the actual extent of crime , and to provide some sort of indication of the ‘ dark figure ’ of crime and to discover the ‘ real ’ rather than the recorded rate and character of crime . |
4 | The panel also hoped that a tutor/carer , possibly an older man , could be assigned to the family to teach the child Mr and Mrs M had taught , and to provide some sort of male role-model . |
5 | Amidst a diversity of close-up film analysis and theoretical arguments from all angles then , it might be useful to try and present some sort of an overview . |
6 | Er the three options were joint authorities er this would mean er unitary authorities within an area joining together and forming some sort of er joint committee arrangements and joint staffing arrangements to prepare a plan over a wider area . |
7 | Alison wanted to talk , to negotiate , to exhibit her guilt feelings to Franca and receive some sort of absolution . |
8 | Okay , so to negotiate and achieve some sort of compromise what are your objectives ? |
9 | I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence … |
10 | Advances in pathology brought accurate descriptions of the different kinds of new growth and allowed some sort of classification , but gave little help in suggesting remedies . |
11 | We are in that situation and all we can do is try and do the best we can to survive and keep some sort of service going to help people who desperately need it . |
12 | ‘ We can all put photographs , pictures and words together and create some sort of image . ’ |
13 | Okay so we are , w w we 're now in a position of , certainly by nineteen forty nine we 're , we 're on the verge of power , we want l we , land reform is not taking place any more , there are still some areas in the north it has n't taken place out in the far north west it has n't taken place , so we , we , we are going to need a new land reform document based on all the experience we 've got which will carry us through and , and it 's really that land reform document , document that we are going to implement for the whole of China , and it 's going to be that document which really is going to abolish feudalism and create some sort of equality . |
14 | But they all counted as pieces on the diplomatic chessboard and enjoyed some sort of self-government ; it is convenient to regard them at this point as comparable entities . |
15 | Mm yes , erm since the home office secretary 's initiative it 's progressing quite well , with interest from certainly Bassett , Newark Stanton on the Wolds Tollerton and some other of the rural Coldfield areas were interested in going forward , Bassett looked very very interested , we went to a meeting last night , eighteen parish councils were represented , er Beckingham is going to be the first one , they 've got a special that lives there who 's gon na take up the work , Superintendent came down last night to do a circular of em a questionnaire around the village and parish to get find out what people want , and then go and see what the specials able to provide and meet the two together and get some sort of contractive agreement , he 'll work from the police house there , he 'll have access to the car , when it 's not being used by the rural officer , also his radio . |
16 | Now what we want to do is try and draw some sort of picture for that . |
17 | Tt and what else did I put , erm yeah when you are writing things down try and maintain some sort of eye contact , the only time , the eye contact was fine but there were |
18 | I chose a situation close to a hedgerow and was soon scouting around for logs or pieces of wood to cover the trench and to give some sort of protection against shrapnel . |
19 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
20 | She had a startlingly dashing necklace and wore some sort of a uniform cap in a jaunty way . |
21 | So I think I 've got ta just get in and get my erm head down and and do some sort of home training |
22 | In this regard , the presence of members of the coordinating committee was resented by some members , even though it was a member of that team who eventually filled the vacuum and gave some sort of leadership . |
23 | For Europe , infinitely the most important thing is to help eastern Europe to have a social market economy , and to have some sort of pluralistic democracy . |
24 | The paper asks whether bigger customers , including buying groups and consortia , should be able to buy for their own use and sell any surplus and suggests some sort of ‘ credibility test ’ should be imposed on companies . |
25 | Well , I think for the children 's sake , I 'm going to stay put until Christmas , but after that I 'm really going to have to try and find some sort of stability for my children . |