Example sentences of "[pron] is some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm using ‘ happy ’ in one specific turn of phrase , which is some kind of extension of its basic meaning . ’ |
| 2 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission is currently investigating the pre-tax price of cars , which is some 30% higher in Britain than in , say , Belgium . |
| 3 | I mean , John , who was a local builder , sold a house a day for five years , which is some building . |
| 4 | A reservoir had to be constructed to drive the wheel , which is some distance away from the pump shaft . |
| 5 | Stig makes a full recovery which is some compensation . |
| 6 | What we do need is the equivalent of what we 've got in the documents which I 've given to you which is some sort of allowance for every bit of control of the thing . |
| 7 | 639 to ‘ this day ’ , that is , Adomnán 's time of writing , c . 700 , which is some time after the power of the northern Angles beyond the Forth had been shattered at Nechtanesmere in 685 , and the reference is rather to the failure of the kings of Scottish Dál Riata to regain control of Irish Dál Riata in Antrim . |
| 8 | The client will not necessarily understand , particularly a first-time buyer , that the deposit has to be paid on exchange of contracts , which is some time before the mortgage advance becomes available . |
| 9 | This is one of the reasons why we are saying to the government that they should consider what our competitor countries do , which is some form of temporary credit management ; some form of temporary credit controls to squeeze off this surge in demand before it really gets going and pushes inflation up again . |
| 10 | Mr Blair-Gould said : ‘ The prosecution clearly suggest … that she is some kind of dreadful rebel on a crusade against censorship . ’ |
| 11 | planning for you but what I can show you is some sketches which the gentleman who bought the plot at Grey Lane brought to show me asked my opinion . |
| 12 | No one wants to feel owned by another person , and perhaps what Matthew needs from you is some breathing space , some freedom , a demonstration of trust in him . ’ |
| 13 | That in itself is some indication of the influence his life and work still bring to bear — and , perhaps , an equal indication of the lack of progress which makes it still necessary . |
| 14 | Even if this wo n't always happen , it will certainly happen often enough for the range of my knowledge to be considerably reduced , and this itself is some sort of an objection . |
| 15 | One character remarks , ‘ everything is some kind of a plot , man ’ ’ , and the sentiment is echoed , though less cheerfully , by the novel 's main protagonist , an American intelligence officer called Tyrone Slothrop ( Pynchon 1975a : 603 ) . |
| 16 | Although there is some experience of contracting in such services as catering and cleaning , the scale of the programme set out in the White Paper is of a different order . |
| 17 | This really requires a book in its own right , which would be more useful when there is some experience of implementation to draw on . |
| 18 | There is some experience in the side and we know what we have to do . |
| 19 | So there is some history , erm , to it . |
| 20 | Perhaps the least interesting is the possibility that the change of context modifies the way in which the CS is perceived , either because of some change in the physical nature of the signal ( the properties of an auditory cue , for instance , are likely to change according to the shape of the space in which it is presented ) or because there is some change in the way the cue impinges on the animal ( if different contexts promote different patterns of orienting behaviour , the same cue , defined physically , may be experienced differently in the contexts ) . |
| 21 | there is some change going on in the rural economy and perhaps he does want to interpret it as er a revolution which the communists can actually get involved in so he 's writing his paper and saying look , this is happening it may not be a rel revolution , but it |
| 22 | So there is some overlap . |
| 23 | At stages where there is some overlap in requirements for different mixtures it is better to use the higher oxygen mixture if cultures are to continue beyond 24 h . |
| 24 | Of course there is some overlap between the two ; there are some black people in professional work just as there are whites in unskilled labouring jobs . |
| 25 | As to the question of lower earnings paid in rural than in urban areas for the same industries , four reasons can be suggested for this , although there is some overlap with the earlier discussion of low agricultural wages . |
| 26 | I mean there is some overlap between biology |
| 27 | Each is suitable for a particular application , though there is some overlap . |
| 28 | The exclusion clauses which may be incorporated into contracts between firms and their customers may conveniently be divided into three types , although there is some overlap between them . |
| 29 | There is some promise of geothermal energy . |
| 30 | Where there is some coloration of the water or fine silt settling very slowly , the water can be dosed at this stage with an agent such as aluminium sulphate , to produce a flocculent precipitate that settles fairly rapidly and carries down colour and silt . |