Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] some [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Consider this brief passage , from an essay by a non-native speaker ( numbers have been added to identify sentences ) : [ 1 ] One of the functions of a literary work is to pass on some crucial truths or information , give some didactic indications , or convince the reader of some general laws .
2 While Chorus is signing up some impressive allies , including the Santa Cruz Operation , Tandem , ICL and Inmos , Carnegie-Mellon 's Mach has found favour with the US defense industry .
3 In suggesting ways in which the shifting structures of repetition and difference can be traced , what it has attempted to do is to open up some new contexts , both theoretical and institutional , in which texts and genres can be thought , and to reopen some old points of difficulty which still serve as sticking-points against the slide into accommodation .
4 Once that problem is solved , the next hurdle is to put forward some practical suggestions on how they might improve their diet .
5 Apart from this , the 1994 budget 's main feature is to put off some hard decisions on weapons-procurement .
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