Example sentences of "[prep] be some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever an elderly family member is admitted there is likely to be some anxiety for all involved . |
| 2 | In all four cases where there seemed to be some knowledge of the victim before the alleged offences were committed , the cases were contested by alleging the woman 's consent . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose you would have liked to drive down together , but of course he had to deposit Emma at her cousin 's house first , so there was bound to be some delay . ’ |
| 4 | the state of the premium trust funds , these are the sorts of consideration one would need to take into account , er a no doubt they would , they 'd need to be argued fully at a , at a later stage , but the only question here is , if your Lordship refers and there 's going to be some delay , well , erm , I was trying to think of an analogous case er and the case which went to the European court at the beginning of last year had consequences which were potentially far more profound than this case is , it was the Case concerned the application of equal pay principles to pensions |
| 5 | Those who design and build systems require a different type of knowledge from those who use and evaluate the system , although there is bound to be some overlap . |
| 6 | Furthermore , on the coast there tend to be some expert sailors around and your confidence in your own ability does not benefit from comparison with them . |
| 7 | There had to be some link with Helsinki . |
| 8 | And there always seems to be some shed which has been taken down somewhere , yielding very inflammable material , so we show no signs of running short . |
| 9 | The evidence so far gathered is very inadequate , so we could not be sure , but there does seem to be some tendency to concentrate . |
| 10 | For example , in a normal conversation between a child and an adult , if the child said ‘ er … um ’ or looked puzzled in response to a question , the adult would attempt to resolve what appeared to be some problem of understanding by rephrasing the question or asking what the problem was . |
| 11 | There appeared to be some problem with our papers regarding the tonnage we were hauling until a 20DM note was produced and we insisted that we did not require a receipt . |
| 12 | Apparently erm the compute software which controls the issues of orders to crac er contractor has a fault er last been erm spotted and so that it can be sorted out and er there 's going to be some reorganisation of the way in which erm erm faults are handled in the department . |
| 13 | You could reach a position of authority , although there seems to be some cost in personal terms . |
| 14 | There ought to be some principle that picks out one initial state , and hence one model , to represent our universe . |
| 15 | There does need to be some organisation and structure , teachers do need time to organise their classrooms before the start of school and no one really wants to engage in long discussions when there are children to be settled and registers to be marked . |
| 16 | In such a big household there needed to be some organisation and control so father provided the discipline and mother tempered it with mercy . |
| 17 | In one or two instances , there is likely to be some liability concerning rail vouchers of a special kind , but in general , the position is as I have said and they will not be taxable . |
| 18 | Clearly there needs to be some measure of self-control in these situations , but it is easier if there has been a clear and prior agreement that disputes will be handled in this way . |
| 19 | There would clearly seem to be some significance in the fact that only on John 's decease does Jesus embark in earnest on his ministry . |
| 20 | There will have to be some blending in order for them to live together . |
| 21 | The detailed explanation of what makes us feel alert is not known , but it is certain to be some function of brain activity , and brain activity increases with body temperature . |
| 22 | There s got to be some clause in there about ownership … surely by spending that much we legally own the east stand etc ? |
| 23 | He said there had to be some mistake . |
| 24 | There appears to be some misunderstanding here . |
| 25 | It seemed that there had to be some medium throughout space through which the light traveled . |
| 26 | Well I would have thought that if there was to be some assessment of a reasonable expectation of development proceeding , then there ought to be some assessment of demand , and I have n't seen that yet . |
| 27 | Well I would have thought that if there was to be some assessment of a reasonable expectation of development proceeding , then there ought to be some assessment of demand , and I have n't seen that yet . |
| 28 | Going along the road , er on the A Nineteen , from the north towards er the village er if one assumed that there were to be some development on site D forty , would you be able to see it from the road ? |
| 29 | One of you was talking to me at er lunchtime and telling me that he recently bought er er a C D of Dvorak 's Slavonic dances and when he played it it turned out to be some country and western music . |
| 30 | Can I make a suggestion to you , that I think that if you go through these you will come to the conclusion that there are two ways for doing this and one is that for example the majority of the ones that Stella 's got where she feels she can make the decision it is only going to affect her you come in with it already done , redlined new where you think there is going to be some discussion , you go through , you put together in the same way as Simon has done reasoning around it . |