Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should a main branch be broken off for some reason ( by vineyard machinery , for example ) , it is permissible to bring out a shoot half-way along the next branch to fill the gap . |
| 2 | It only requires behaviour to be broken down into some specifics , the equivalent of building blocks , and for those specifics to be cast into a coherent plan of action . |
| 3 | He and Philip Burton conducted what could be looked on as some kind of elaborate courtship ritual which would result in his hurtling on to a world stage . |
| 4 | The state is to be rolled back in some areas and rolled forward in others … |
| 5 | Although conservatories not exceeding 30m 2 in floor area at ground level are still exempt from the regulations , there is a proviso that exemption is only permissible if the glazing satisfies the new Part N. In practical terms , this means that all low-level glazing must be carried out with some form of safety glass or similar product . |
| 6 | Drake at rest distinctive with shortish bill , chestnut head , buff crown , grey underparts and white line on wing ; in flight can be picked out at some distance by conspicuous white forewing . |
| 7 | Instead , both position and velocity would have to be smeared out with some probability distribution around the nucleus . |
| 8 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
| 9 | I am not yet wholly sure about the specific terms of the policy taken out , but it appears that in the eventuality of the jewel being stolen , either before or after her death , the insurance money is payable to her husband — and is not to be syphoned off into some trust fund or other . |
| 10 | So , expecting to be whisked off to some faraway hot spot for a mild spell of brainwashing , we duly prepared to bring you next week 's Unigram from under the shade of a palm tree on a secluded sandy beach — or at least somewhere nicer than four storeys above the Charing Cross Road in rainy central London . |
| 11 | Seeming contradictions can be explained in situations where conservation policies may be drawn up in some areas ( perhaps financed by foreign aid , and attached to prestigious foreign fellowships and enhanced salaries for senior officials ) — but in a neighbouring area a carte-blanche logging contract is offered to a transnational company . |
| 12 | Group leaders can easily be bought off in some way , and once co-opted can usually deliver a quiescent membership in support of the status quo . |
| 13 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 14 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 15 | Manager Graham Taylor was expecting Shearer to be laid off for some while , but the extent of the injury will be worrying for all concerned . |
| 16 | It may be that those aspects of a curriculum , such as skills which are readily expressible in behavioural terms could usefully be laid down in some detail while other aspects , such as problem solving would be more loosely specified or , perhaps , not specified at all . |
| 17 | The focus on fragmentation as a problem suggested that it will be focused on in some detail . |
| 18 | This needs to be spelled out in some detail . |
| 19 | Mains electricity was supposedly going to be brought in at some stage , but God only knew when that would be . |
| 20 | The document stated that the arguments for and against would be set out in some detail . |
| 21 | The unit should not be cut or dismantled in any way — but there is no room for the heater ( or control box ) to be passed through in some tanks . |
| 22 | But during this period , in order that the school 's reputation remain intact , he should be taken on in some capacity and paid a salary , that of a youth employment officer 's assistant , for example . |
| 23 | Sabine had half expected to be taken round to some tradesman 's entrance , but Marie-Christine led the way to the main door , chattering nineteen to the dozen , clearly relieved that her mission was almost accomplished . |
| 24 | However , when ice crystals form , they will have definite positions and will be lined up in some direction . |
| 25 | In practice , most people , however good or bad their employer 's scheme , will be contracted out for some part of their working lives . |
| 26 | This is really a matter of personal preference and the sort of facilities available in your building ( or area because , of course , nearby gas can be piped in at some cost , or use gas from cylinders if you really prefer gas ) . |
| 27 | Even if there never will be any easy answers to such questions , and certainly not ones which could be read off from some kind of ‘ correct analysis ’ , it is still the case that the better informed we are about the complexities which underlie them the quicker we will be able to learn from our mistakes . |