Example sentences of "some [prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Whereas academic philosophers with a vested interest in preserving the Aristotelian world-picture were united against Galileo , there was no such unanimity among his clerical contacts , some of whom gave constructive advice . |
2 | When the police from the house rushed down and saw them riding away , they say some of them wore military uniform . ’ |
3 | There are still plenty of waters with relatively few people on them and some of them contain some eye opening fish . |
4 | The decision has left some of them facing financial hardship . |
5 | Some of them had crucial help from the Israeli secret service , Mossad ) Those army commanders who did not immediately his were not so lucky . |
6 | Some of them received high command in the mid-fifteenth century , and some introduced their own characteristics to the fighting of war . |
7 | Some of them took great satisfaction in provocative statements of their position : there is no such thing as law , they said , or law is only the prediction of what the courts will do or only a matter of what the judge ate for breakfast . |
8 | They have provided remedies for the treatment of some kinds of insanity , and some of them alter conscious experience in ways which are of great philosophical interest . |
9 | Their presence makes it difficult for the roof void to be used in the same way as traditional roofs , and there is often a temptation to remove some of them to gain extra space . |
10 | Last year 's survey was carried out with a group of practitioners at an audit regulation meeting run by the Southern Society , and in view of the continuing concerns about regulation , we repeated this exercise with 160 practitioners who attended a similar meeting in October 1992. 64 responses were received , some of which represented one response from several representatives of the same firm . |
11 | The twice yearly honours lists are the ones which attract most attention , but there is another raft of honours in the gift of Downing Street , some of which reflect professional excellence and others which confer real power and influence : jobs . |
12 | Moscow has some 80 old tips , some of which contain radioactive waste and have been built on . |
13 | The company is hoping that the work could also lead towards the protection of plants from pests more common in Britain , some of which show poor response to traditional pesticides . |
14 | There are other methods of dealing with floors , some of which require existing floor boards to be lifted . |
15 | A large collection of sun-hats hung on pegs in the entrance hall , bowls were filled with dried lavender and a huge pottery jar was crammed with walking-sticks , some of which had ornate silver handles . |
16 | There was such a variety of activities and competitions for all ages — tennis , windsurfing , dinghy sailing , table tennis ( some of which had free instruction ) . |
17 | The practitioners of different disciplines within the life sciences exploited the general idea of evolution in different ways , some of which bore little resemblance to Darwin 's own approach . |
18 | According to Jones and Lindsey ( 1988 ) the promotion of nitrogen fixation can be achieved in several ways , some of which involve genetic engineering . |
19 | Following the example of Mr Lee 's low-budget hit , ‘ She 's Got ta Have It ’ , young black directors began making small independent films , some of which earned national distribution deals only after their directors sweated to get the films made . |
20 | There Is a vast backdrop-like painting — 200 feet long by twelve feet high — against which is set up an array of further paintings , drawings and sculptures , some of which incorporate scientific writing . |
21 | The best viewpoint is from above , from the tall modern buildings nearby some of which have suitable access . |
22 | Yet public libraries offer a wide range of services to a diverse number of customers some of which have sophisticated information needs and problems . |
23 | Povey and Sir W. Batten and I by water to Woolwich ; and there saw an experiment made of Sir R. Ford 's Holland 's yarn ( about which we have lately made so much stir ; and I have much concerned myself of our rope-maker , Mr Hughes who represented it so bad ) and we found it to be very bad , and broke sooner than , upon a fair triall , five threads of that against four of Riga yarne ; also that some of it had old stuffe that had been tarred , covered over with new hempe , which is such a cheat as has not been heard of . |
24 | I hope that some of you reading this book will find yourself reflected in the images here . |
25 | Some of us contemplate this prospect with horror . |
26 | Some of us live that life cautiously , frightened to be ourselves , to be free . |