Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some strange reason bells have gone out of fashion with the young , but it only needs some careful marketing to bring them back in again ( something computer-controlled , with buttons ? ) . |
| 2 | The Bulgarian Telecommunications Co , which last week gave contracts to Siemens AG , L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Alcatel NV and Northern Telecom Ltd under its $300m modernisation programme , says it will announce two more foreign investors shortly : ‘ We will announce soon our partners for building up a surface satellite station and for introduction of a new digital overlay network , ’ Antoni Slavinski , deputy chairman told Reuter ; and a joint venture between Bulgarian Telecommunications Co and US Sprint International Inc will start operating on April 15 ; Sprint Business Telecommunications Co will enable customers in Bulgaria to link host and personal computers with others around the world , and says it already has some 50 applications , mostly from foreign companies operating in Bulgaria . |
| 3 | As Stubbs says : ‘ Although institutionalised writing is decontextualised in these ways , it nevertheless has some firm points of contact with social situations and social purposes , even if these are indirect and heavily conventionalised ’ ( Stubbs , 1980 , p. 109 ) . |
| 4 | This confession must he treated with scepticism , although it possibly has some factual substratum and is not merely a figment of Walsingham 's imagination . |
| 5 | It still had some major figures but no broad base . |
| 6 | The door was only pushed to , though it still took some fancy paw-work to haul it open . |
| 7 | Yet it also merits some careful criticism . |
| 8 | It also had some immediate benefits for the fusion programme in Britain . |
| 9 | Its main use was in medicine , but it also had some domestic application , and was a regular part of mediaeval life in Britain . |
| 10 | She admits the play is funny and vulgar , but it also raises some serious issues . |
| 11 | Prostaglandin E 2 promotes oedema formation and chloride secretion ( however , it also has some anti-inflammatory action such as inhibiting neutrophil degranulation ) . |
| 12 | It also has some promising projects applying its defence technology for civil applications . |
| 13 | Flavour is reminiscent of fragrant China tea , making it a most acceptable afternoon drink , but it also has some medicinal use . |
| 14 | Exploring our Shadow does not only reveal the gremlins of our subconscious mind ; it also uncovers some sparkling gems . |
| 15 | This is important if you are to gain a proper understanding of how to obtain the best results from your new machine , and it also contains some cautionary notes to help you avoid accidentally damaging it through misuse . |
| 16 | It has become more sensitive , as indeed makes sense , for if an Aplysia receives a dangerous stimulus naturally , it probably means some hazardous entity is nearby , and it will pay to be careful . |
| 17 | It now numbers some 40 people , as well as the Jersey cows , the Aberdeen Angus bull , the horse , three ponies , and a handful of fecund goats and breeding sows . |
| 18 | Whenever Emily started to screw her face up like that it invariably preceded some appalling confession . |
| 19 | It is found significantly more often in the coloured races , both male and female , and whether this is due to some actual racial difference in susceptibility , or whether it simply reflects some general difference in the social pattern of spread of the disease is not clear . |
| 20 | I mean , it actually has some four sections to it . |
| 21 | It certainly contains some substantial stonework but the outstanding feature is the cast-iron water trough which carries the canal across the masonry piers . |
| 22 | The upper house ( House of Lords ) is appointed on a partly hereditary and partly non-hereditary ( life ) basis and includes certain senior judges and 26 Church of England bishops ; it currently comprises some 1,200 members . |
| 23 | IBM has been counting up its hangers-on and finds that it currently has some 40 OEMs doing things like boards and systems with the PowerPC chip . |