Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that in the late 1430s the English suffered some reverses and territorial losses . |
| 2 | The bistable has some important uses in information handling , some of which are to make a circuit latch , to make binary counters and frequency dividers also to store data — that is , to provide computer memory . |
| 3 | The British made some bad decisions , as did the Irishman Sean Lester . |
| 4 | This was not much of a promise , and Acheson himself was coming to the view that the British deserved some further reassurance . |
| 5 | Before that sanguinary campaign , in which the British lost some 450,000 men for an advance nowhere more than 8km/5mls , volunteers had poured in their hundreds of thousands to the recruiting offices . |
| 6 | In the place of the marble fantasies they tore down , the British erected some of the most crushingly ugly buildings ever thrown up by the British Empire — a set of barracks that look as if they have been modelled on Wormwood Scrubs . |
| 7 | One of the German pilots saw the state of their clothes and offered to fly over to Mudros with a message for the British to bring some of their personal belongings over to the camp . |
| 8 | Because German opposition was light in this sector , and because the Germans thought that , after their bleeding at Verdun , they were incapable of massed attack , the French made some gains . |
| 9 | The French have some amusing wedding customs . |
| 10 | A reasonable estimate is that the French lost some 377,200 , the Germans 337,000 , the only occasion in the war when the defenders lost more than the attackers . |
| 11 | The accused removed some of the metal . |
| 12 | Screening would have to be systematic and sensitive to what might be termed trouble indicators , of which the following provide some examples . |
| 13 | His main concern now is the protection of the valuable fish some worth more than £1,500 each so special ‘ unhooking mats ’ have been ordered so that the fish do not get damaged by mishandling . |
| 14 | But in November 1950 the Chinese sent some 250 000 " volunteers " across the Yalu , and the war swung back in favour of the North Koreans and their allies as they drove the UN forces back to the 38th parallel . |
| 15 | ‘ And the Tyrian has some rather good wine . ’ |
| 16 | Then the Philharmonic had some crisis and claimed they needed an extra rehearsal elsewhere . |
| 17 | The foregoing summarises some of the ideas and premises so far written about , and on which the conception of the Created God rests . |
| 18 | The godly had some success in severing their connection with the church by banishing them from the churchyard , but the old festal calendar survived and the activities associated with it — mumming at New Year , dancing at Candlemas , football and other games at Shrovetide , and maypole dancing on Mayday — were relocated in and around the village ale-house . |
| 19 | I think this book is worth having for a professional needing some facts in a hurry and for a student wanting an introduction to intersection control . |
| 20 | There was a street market here at weekends , and a few days ago there had been a fair to celebrate some local festival . |
| 21 | In a quiet setting some fifteen minutes walk from the resort centre is this comfortable four-star hotel . |
| 22 | Would love to write to , meet , any young ladies 16-30 , who would fancy an exciting rendezvous some time in the near future . |
| 23 | In an informal setting some reflections or movement of water can be equally desirable . |