Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for some " in BNC.

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1 Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time .
2 The discrepancy between job-specification and status became acute for some coordinators , and remained a problem in some schools , not just for coordinators but also for many other staff with significant cross-school managerial responsibilities .
3 And although unemployment is likely to remain high for some time , many economists believe that pay settlements are influenced less by the absolute level of unemployment than by its rate of change : as unemployment starts to fall , the perceived threat to job-holders dwindles , so they push harder for pay rises .
4 Several pointed out that the mining issue was only one of a number of considerations , particularly given the fact that commercial exploitation would remain unviable for some time to come .
5 Except on North America voyages , and despite falling unemployment and rising real wages in the country as a whole , seamen 's wages rose little for some years .
6 The problem of meeting the probable needs and wishes of the wider constituency which might now be considered eligible for some sort of formal association with the University after obtaining a qualification therefore needs to be addressed .
7 Up to this time , Leith had not been considered suitable for some of the larger excursion steamers .
8 It would be foolish to make a strong claim about the salience of the JC STRUT vowel for LE speakers on the strength of limited data like this , but it does appear that for some speakers , this point of difference between LE and JC falls below a " salience threshold " which leads it to be ignored for adaptation purposes , while for other speakers it is salient enough to be adapted , but not consistently .
9 Erm what I have in mind to do my Lord , is to open the case now for you to indicate the scope of erm and will you then know , agreed that we would invite you to adjourn that for some time to enable you do some reading of the witness statement and expert 's reports because of course they are long and that would take considerable amount of with your Lordship is able to familiarise himself with the matter which is contained therein .
10 I 've seen that for some time .
11 Homesickness and disillusionment came later for some of them .
12 But I did n't feel comfortable for some reason . ’
13 You 'll feel better for some fresh air . ’
14 After living rough for some time she decided that we offered the best chance of a home , and moved in Fizzy 's attitude is ambivalent .
15 Only when transport was made available for some other reason did journalists — meaning , as a rule , Government journalists — get a chance to report news from Zambia 's rural areas .
16 The first was for a private hospital and the area for cleaning was not made available for some time .
17 The result was that the union became subordinated for some time to the hierarchy and a breakaway union of protestant teachers was formed .
18 It is possible to imagine that for some people such consolation might make it easier to reconcile the two , and to wonder what it was that made the difference in Fraser 's case .
19 ‘ You do n't appear to have used this for some time . ’
20 Access to Microsoft 's technology , which Insignia has had in-house for some time , is expected to make SoftPC run MS-DOS and Windows programs at near native performance probably by the end of the year .
21 Access to Microsoft 's technology , which Insignia has had in-house for some time , is expected to make SoftPC run MS-DOS and Windows programs at near native performance probably by the end of the year .
22 Around 1900–1901 , the mill was closed and put up for sale , remaining unoccupied for some time .
23 I just look tired for some reason .
24 It may be that the injuries are such that their full effects will not become apparent for some time and a hasty settlement might lead to an underestimation of the damage , but generally delay is on the side of the defendant .
25 If the tool has be lying idle for some months it is likely the charge has partially drained , so it is a good idea to regularly use these tools .
26 THE GLOOMY jobs market will stay sluggish for some time after the recession ends , Essex Tory MPs warned at the weekend .
27 Material presented to people during sleep is not remembered unless they are woken up by it , and remain awake for some time .
28 Many City offices are likely to remain closed for some months and at least two — the Baltic Exchange Chambers and the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange — are expected to be demolished as a result of the most powerful IRA explosion since the mainland terror campaign began more than 20 years ago .
29 Yet it was also to emerge that for some antislavery controversialists ‘ impolicy ’ itself arose from abrogating the natural order in the form of the laws of liberal political economy ; consistency and principle together would bring greater prosperity .
30 Beyond the perimeter wall ran a vein of the Bradford Beck , its filthy waters gurgling below ground before breaking free for some distance to pass Old Ashfield 's wooded hillside .
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