Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either the Psalm gives a very different version of the events of 167 or it refers to some other trouble which has left no trace in our tradition , for instance during the wars of the successors of Alexander at the end of the fourth century . |
| 2 | It goes through some wonderful scenery and St-Jean itself is quite picturesque , plenty of things to paint … not exactly designed by Nature I know , but … ’ |
| 3 | So the Trust , as a voluntary , charitable organisation receiving no direct government subsidies , is very dependent on the help it receives from some 20,000 volunteers annually , working on a great variety of projects . |
| 4 | You need an iron stomach as it tastes like some awful medicine . |
| 5 | However , the fundamental theorem says that any efficient BFS is optimal in LP ( w 1 , … , w p ) for some w 1 , … , w p > 0 and so it corresponds to some efficient tableau ( Section 3.6 ) . |
| 6 | A flat , oblong mound fifteen feet high , about thirty feet wide and forty feet long , it stands like some horrible pimple outside Paris on the road to Saint Denis . |
| 7 | Another difficulty facing this definition or scope for pragmatics , is that it calls for some explicit characterization of the notion of context . |
| 8 | This is for the really keen seamstresses , as it calls for some tricky work assembling five risers or ribs within the top and bottom panels , and two combined riser/keels at either side . |
| 9 | Though it travels through some wonderful hill country the Way is n't a tough route — much of it follows level footpaths with plenty of riverside walking . |
| 10 | Well , I know it applies in some European countries . |
| 11 | But it is not clear from the list , or indeed the document itself , whether it relates to some real organization , namely the BBC , or to some underlying philosophy which such an organization is identified with . |
| 12 | For if it relates to the BBC per se then it conveniently overlooks its seedier and more questionable aspects , whilst if it relates to some imaginary institution it ignores the real pressures on institutions which make them somehow less ideal than one would desire . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters in the Foreign Office as much as it does in some other spheres . |
| 14 | The Foundation says there are now 1,500 applications available for Motif , and with over 1,000 licensees , it runs on some 145 hardware platforms and 47 different operating systems . |
| 15 | Still , it makes for some interesting innuendo as he admits he has something the other girls have n't . |
| 16 | Perhaps it comes from some dubious bloodsport practised here , although one writer suggests it 's due to the equally dubious behaviour of the local land-owning family , the Cocks , but this surely ca n't be true . |