Example sentences of "to be the [noun] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it continued to be critical of what it felt to be the excesses of some of TANU 's more extreme and strident members and officials . |
| 2 | The choice of buffer distance would need to be the subject of some experiment . |
| 3 | Jack is thought to be the GHOST of some poor manacled prisoner who died in a dungeon and has henceforth sought to torment other humans . |
| 4 | This certainly seems to be the case with some kinds of gambling . |
| 5 | Such has been reported to be the case by some authors ( Subirana , 1969 ; Luria , 1970 ) but not by others ( Russell and Espir , 1961 ; Newcombe and Ratcliff , 1973 ) . |
| 6 | The reverse was found to be the case in some instances , with some larger companies being slowed down in their introduction of new technology because of bureaucratic organisations and industrial relations arrangements . |
| 7 | This seems to be the position of some of the pharmaceutical plants in the modernizing sector . |
| 8 | I thought , what 's worse : to be the lover of some guy on screen , even see the relationship in bed , or to shoot somebody else on the screen ? |
| 9 | what 's going to be the outcome of some of this . |
| 10 | Tribute payment could be compatible with autonomy , because ‘ autonomous but tribute-paying ’ is to be the status of some cities in the north after the Peace of Nikias ( Thuc. v. 18 ) . |
| 11 | Meanwhile Queen Charlotte had asked to be the dedicatee of some of Mozart 's works which Leopold duly had engraved at his own expense ( K.10–15 , sonatas for keyboard and violin or flute and 'cello , published as op.III ) . |
| 12 | The islands were well-known for their beauty to the passengers of the steamships passing up and down the Straits , but few of those who leant on their ship 's rail on sultry moonlit evenings , gazing out at the serene islands could ever have conceived that they were to be the site of some of the most catastrophic events that the world has ever seen . |
| 13 | Nor , more abstractedly , could it be the result of a perspective on the informational content of the brain ; for , in either case , the perspective would have to be the occurrence of some further brain or informational state and to both of these the scientist has complete access , and the problem reoccurs . |
| 14 | For women characteristically experience change in their lives in a way which is only experienced by a man if he is unfortunate enough to be the victim of some mutilating accident or illness . |
| 15 | I 'd like to be the leader of some gang , if there 's a good profit to be made in that kind of work . ’ |