Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now he conceded that individual rights for Jews , as in the western democracies , would not meet the needs of the Jewish masses in eastern Europe , for whom some form of group ( though not ‘ national ’ ) rights would be essential . |
| 2 | The other unauthorised absentees were a mixture of small numbers of ‘ ghost ’ pupils , wrongly on the register , or pupils in trouble and out of school — but they were largely pupils for whom some authorisation was expected . |
| 3 | On the whole , the new families seem to be quite affectionate units and through them some elements of the moral tradition are being handed on . |
| 4 | But if motherhood is for them some sort of liberation , it is n't in the image of the " liberated lady " stereotype , Cosmo girl , sexy , single , childless and employed . |
| 5 | Well you should y I I I er these la these these labels are so difficult to fit because if you say , Moving to the right , you then have to show me what policies the government is pursuing and you 'll probably find that I either play the part in thinking off argu arguing for them some years before some of my colleagues . |
| 6 | She has a part of me inside her , and I know she will come for me some day . |
| 7 | ‘ Any chance of your taking a video for me some time ? ’ |
| 8 | During the evening the females are placed in the aquarium , after which some brine shrimp and sifted Daphnia are added . |
| 9 | This seemed to me to be one of the most perceptive remarks in the essay , about which some elaboration on his part would be of considerable interest . |
| 10 | What Keenan & Schieffelin ( 1976 : 380 ) emphasise is that ‘ discourse topic is not a simple NP , but a proposition ( about which some claim is made or elicited ) ’ . |
| 11 | He peered into the sack and produced a cooked ham , three dark bottles about which some dust and cobwebs still clung , a loaf , and some cheese . |
| 12 | After a couple of hours , during which some sticks and other items were thrown at the police and insults were shouted , a mounted police line was drawn up behind the police cordon and a row of police vans . |
| 13 | during which some part of the story was told in conventional gesture , e.g. the casting of Carabosse 's spell and the Lilac Fairy 's response in the first scene of The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 14 | In general the move towards wage supplementation in the rural South and East enabled the old Poor Law just about to cope with the problem of subsisting the poor in a period of unprecedentedly high bread prices , during which some years can only be described as desperate . |
| 15 | The characteristics of the main grants available are summarized in Table 4.1 which includes grants made available by the European Community , for which some areas in the UK , characterized by industrial decline , may be eligible to apply . |
| 16 | This includes the possibility of ‘ trade-off ’ arrangements between various duties ( for which some funds have now been set aside ) , comparative financial incentives for the different kinds of teaching , and resource allocation questions related to these matters . |
| 17 | A very special index , for which some practice is needed before it works properly , is the Social Sciences Citation Index . |
| 18 | I have in front of me some photographs from a collection of settlers ' memories . |
| 19 | Some of them some areas , some areas are nothing where |
| 20 | I dare say she 'll marry one of them some day soon . |
| 21 | We used a wages robbery for a couple of them some time later . |
| 22 | The whole project would cost £50 million , of which some £6 million has been spent . |
| 23 | In the final communiqué stress was laid on the importance of concluding a treaty on conventional forces in Europe ( CFE ) in 1990 , as a result of which some reduction in overall defence expenditure could be expected . |
| 24 | However , the South African presidential delegation did have some informal meetings with members of the caucus , of which some members wanted all US sanctions sustained until the fifth condition was met — repeal of the Group Areas Act and of the Population Registration Act . |
| 25 | Whereas the user of surface water had once to cope only with changes due to weather ( i.e. , silt in storm water ) , of which some warning was obtained , in future the change may occur without warning in mains water . |
| 26 | In Haringey London borough v. Piro Shoes Ltd. ( 1976 D. C. ) the defendants owned shoe shops in one of which some shoes were sold which were not made entirely of leather but were labelled ‘ all leather . ’ |
| 27 | Finally , this background provides an explanation of the idealization and occasional vagueness of which some writers , like Dickens and Mrs Gaskell , are sometimes accused . |
| 28 | During the first thirty-six years of the century the pope had taxed the English church to the tune of almost £450,000 , of which some £360,000 was earmarked for the king , a sum more than three times the amount produced in that time by direct royal taxation of the clergy . |
| 29 | Eastern Europe 's total convertible currency debt is estimated at $134billion , of which some $43billion is owed by the Soviet Union ; $39billion by Poland ; $17billion by Hungary ; and $22billion by East Germany . |
| 30 | Costs are set against an annual Library estimate , currently totalling £500 , of which some £285 has been spent so far this year . |