Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [be] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the visual system of birds , colours and contrasting outlines are some of the features picked out and responded to strongly . |
| 2 | Our costs to date which have been increased as a result of the German problems are some [ ] ( net of our fees on account of [ ] ) . |
| 3 | There may in this adoption of French terms be some covert assumption that postmodernist writing , like cooking — or rather cuisine — is something best left to the French . |
| 4 | There will be less people and less distribution issues involved in these efforts than in the ANDF-like solutions , argues Mace , who reckons real on-chip solutions are some four to five years away from commercial realisation . |
| 5 | them perfect men is some good woman 's love . |
| 6 | Not only has the Labour party not realised that GCSE results at 16 in Labour-controlled authorities are some of the worst , but it has learnt nothing — it still opposes standardised testing from the age of seven . |
| 7 | Its interior has been restored to its original eighteenth-century wood-panelled glory , and in each of the sparsely-furnished rooms is some of their extensive collection of nineteenth-century vases and pottery . |
| 8 | ‘ The interval spent from my native shores were some of the happiest days of my life … |
| 9 | Radical changes in the way education is delivered and increasing competition for scarce resources are some of the challenges universities will face in the years ahead . |
| 10 | Wicker baskets , wrought-iron work and embroidered tablecloths are some of the other traditional crafts . |
| 11 | The rearrangement of protons and neutrons also involves changes in energy , ‘ nuclear energy ’ , the only essential difference from chemical being one of scale ; the energies involved in nuclear reactions are some millions of times greater than those in chemical processes . |
| 12 | Tim Robson of auctioneers Sotheby 's says that Latin American railways bonds depicting trains and elaborately coloured Chinese bonds are some of the prettiest notes around . |
| 13 | Tim Robson of auctioneers Sotheby 's says that Latin American railways bonds depicting trains and elaborately coloured Chinese bonds are some of the prettiest notes around . |
| 14 | Tim Robson of auctioneers Sotheby 's says that Latin American railways bonds depicting trains and elaborately coloured Chinese bonds are some of the prettiest notes around . |
| 15 | The battlemented walls are some 24 feet high all around the Castle . |
| 16 | In terms of concentrations of dust in the air , Chinese industrial cities are some of the dirtiest in the world . |
| 17 | This picture of the grudging but well-intentioned patching up of managerial differences is some way away from an ideal of quality control which relies on teamwork . |
| 18 | The front doors were some eight feet above the court surface so each pair of dwellings had a flight of steep brick steps leading to them . |
| 19 | The classic examples are some members of the Molly family . |
| 20 | The four other presidential candidates were some distance behind . |
| 21 | But then there 's a funny thing , Yellow Pages are some people you get a contact through Yellow Pages er which is not actually selling crackers but somebody wanted to know about you for something else you know , like . |
| 22 | Ironically , although Japan 's pollution laws for petroleum-run vehicles are some of the world 's toughest , they do not extend to vehicles running on the cheaper diesel . |
| 23 | This is a most pathetic piece of pontification , even if we appreciate that modern artists are some of the greatest censors of art ( i.e. Rauschenberg erasing de Kooning ) . |
| 24 | Among these new titles are some worthy of special note . |
| 25 | Growing along old mill-races or near mill-ponds are some of the stoutest and hoariest of pollard willows , which are the glory of any river bank . |