Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moreover , includes mention of a certain number of scholars of the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries who were known chiefly as muftis : for example , Molla Bahaeddin omer and the three following scholars , all listed under the ulema of the time of Bayezid I , about none of whom , however , is much more information given than that " he was consulted in matters [ involving ] fetvas in his time " ( Taskopruzade ) or " he became mufti " and , indeed , in the case of these scholars it is simply not deducible in what way they were recognized as muftis , whether simply by popular acclaim or rather by some sort of official recognition . |
| 2 | The ‘ authoritarian populism ’ of the 1980s , the corporatism of the 1960s and 1970s or presumably of some other form of nationalism in the 1990s are simultaneously a product of both capitalist social relations and the instinctive support which people , especially those least certain of their and their family 's future , give to parliaments and their leaders . |
| 3 | It might seem that fax 's current growth in popularity is attributable to a technological breakthrough or perhaps to some new commercial need to communicate pictorially as well as texturally . |
| 4 | Whatever aspect they present — whether written for scientific or commercial purposes , or perhaps for some voluntary organisation — they will follow the lines of this chapter if they are to be of use . |
| 5 | In Eastern Europe , meanwhile , new nation states are being formed out of the debris of the old system and nationalist feeling is exceptionally strong , and it is an open question whether some of these states will in due course be incorporated in an enlarged EC or perhaps in some still wider , but as yet only vaguely conceived , ‘ European homeland ’ ( to use Gorbachev 's expression ) . |
| 6 | It is as though these translators were each construing the poem by supplying a vocabulary reflecting a personal perception of the poet 's intention — or perhaps in some cases caught from other translators . |
| 7 | Or perhaps from some different moral climate , like a war , or a revolution . |
| 8 | It was a national union , but it was a crime more or less with some bosses to belong to a trade union . |
| 9 | Sometimes it can be difficult to decide whether a statement relates only to the future and therefore can not infringe section 14 or whether on the other hand it relates partly or entirely to some past or present fact . |
| 10 | Still in his pyjamas and with his foot in plaster , he would hobble 500 metres or so across some fields until he reached a track , then carry on for another 500 metres or so until he reached a proper road . |
| 11 | There are usually very many muscles — up to 2000 or so in some Lepidopteran larvae — and the system is bilaterally symmetrical . |
| 12 | We 're looking for about two big paragraphs or so plus some photographs , to go onto one of these . |
| 13 | If so , ought it to use that weapon in all cases or only in some ; and if only in some , on what principle should it distinguish ? |
| 14 | We are concerned if we perform badly or dangerously at some times and the effects of poor performance will also be of interest to managers and the general public . |
| 15 | Taxis , limousines and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royces disgorged their occupants and luggage twenty trunks or more for some passengers — into a crowd of porters , stewards , sleek businessmen , tycoons , bright young things , would-bc debutantes , aristocrats , parvenus , celebrities , movie-stars , and all the families and friends who made up the send-off party . |
| 16 | There is now a considerable market value attaching to an accurate up-to-date and selective address list , and some of the largest collections of data in the private sector , running to thirty million entries or more in some cases , are amassed in this way . |
| 17 | This was followed by a row of cold sweets , including trifles , blancmanges , jellies , or a choice of cheeses or both for some of the younger , still-growing guests ! |
| 18 | So , for example , it may be that a keen walker would have a special interest in a stretch of country where he or she frequently walked which would entitle him or her to challenge a decision to grant planning permission to develop it , whereas an ordinary member of the public or even of some environmental group in a different area might not have . |
| 19 | In addition , the world 's waters are all interconnected ; whatever is done to a river or even to some remote stretch of land will often in time be reflected in some alteration of the sea . |
| 20 | Speaker L could have followed on , with a question , for example , about the holiday , Aberdeen , or even with some personal observations on the buildings in Old Aberdeen or the University . |
| 21 | In some early drafts Raskolnikov commits suicide , and the striking thing here is that it 's never suggested he does so out of remorse or because he thinks he 's going to get caught or even from some vaguer , larger self-loathing . |
| 22 | Woman is defective and misbegotten , for the active force in the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex ; while the production of woman comes from defect in the active force or from some material indisposition , or even from some external influence ; such as that of a south wind , which is moist , as the Philosopher [ Aristotle ] observes . |
| 23 | Is participation voluntary and welcomed by the clients , or is it demanded of them by the action system , the change agent or even by some extraneous system , as in some parent-teacher associations ? |
| 24 | The search for permanence , in our view , could be accomplished in many ways including custodianship , long-term fostering , or even in some circumstances a stay in a residential home or , of course , rehabilitation with a child 's natural family . |
| 25 | These understandable human reactions have to be channelled against the waffler , and the apple polisher : the man or woman who by verbal skills seeks to evade taking a position , or even in some cases actually saying anything at all . |
| 26 | What seems to the individual to be a free and spontaneous response can be seen from " outside " to be the product of social and ideological conditioning , or even in some instances of a concerted campaign to mould public opinion in such a way as to produce exactly the response which each individual feels and believes to be authentically his or hers alone . |
| 27 | There are three main kinds of hot water storage heating system : in the first two , the water is heated directly or indirectly by some kind of boiler ; in the third , it is heated by an electric immersion heater . |
| 28 | However it is not clear whether they should be applied to the complete list of allowable words , or to the list of candidate strings , or indeed to some subset of either . |
| 29 | You say they 've got some sort of guidance , perhaps through the Magistrates ' Association , or maybe through some local starting point tariff if I could put it that way . |
| 30 | Semi-Vowel A gliding sound in which the speech organs start at or near a " close " vowel and immediately move away to some other vowel ( or occasionally to some other sound of equal or greater prominence , such as syllabic /I/ ) . |