Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language apart , Leonard also seems to have been drawn towards the scandal-provoking propensities of the social catalysts as well as their revolutionary emphases ; drawn towards them , at times suggesting some involvement with them , but always as an outsider to their cause ; never a fully committed revolutionary himself . |
| 2 | Most finance texts would suggest that purchasers of assets via the financial markets are entering a fair game in that the market will price assets according to expectations of future cash flows incorporating some risk discount ( albeit one likely to reflect systematic risk , ie after taking the opportunity for portfolio diversification into account , rather than the total variance of the returns ) . |
| 3 | It was a heroic effort to try to evaluate business units using some notion of market valuation . |
| 4 | A huge amount of mail poured into Rough Trade 's offices demanding some form of release of the legendary Smiths radio sessions . |
| 5 | Kieman , Reid and Jones ( 1982 ) , in a survey of special schools using some form of signing , claim 34 per cent of schools responding have a PGSS programme and 33 per cent of children had some PGSS in their education . |
| 6 | Although it is clear that the bars must be formed by waves breaking some distance offshore , certain details of the origin of the bars are far from clear . |
| 7 | Automatically he glanced over his shoulder — and was startled to discover two bulky men in long overcoats standing some distance away — both very obviously watching him . |
| 8 | They rose to fifth place among arms exporters , helped perhaps by the embargoes constraining some competitor nations . |
| 9 | At each level of the system we found claims to breadth and balance undermined by countervailing policies and practices : by Authority special projects favouring some areas at the expense of others ; in central INSET provision ; in PNP development fund allocations ; in the distribution of posts of responsibility in schools ; in school-based INSET ; in the status of postholders and the time they had to undertake their curriculum leadership responsibilities ; in the areas of the curriculum subjected to review and development ; in teacher expertise ; and above all in the quality of children 's classroom experiences . |
| 10 | In nine cases costing some £7 million the Department of Transport recovered only £200,000 . |
| 11 | The strike is likely to have knock-on effects causing some delays for travellers tomorrow , with rolling stock likely to be left out of position as a result of today 's stoppage . |
| 12 | There is a strong connection between low-weight births and the incidence of mental handicap , with half of the babies weighing less than 1,500 grams having some form of damage due to factors such as oxygen starvation or low blood sugar . |
| 13 | I first went , I suppose in in something like the nineteen seventies , and I can remember in those days having some difficulty getting into the country . |
| 14 | Individuals showing some trace of imbrications are widespread . |
| 15 | The notion underlying the Statutory Instruments Act , as with all Acts prescribing some form of consideration by Parliament , is obvious . |
| 16 | The UK , Major said , had decided to take a lead in the light of resistance from the " Paris Club " of industrialized creditor countries , mainly the United States , to joint action on the cancellation of debts totalling some $1,300 million . |
| 17 | And on the A thirty-six one at Wardington , that 's just north of Banbury , there are twenty-four hour temporary traffic lights which might slow you down a little , and on the A four one five five , Reading Road , Shiplake , there are also temporary traffic lights causing some delays . |
| 18 | To write 400–500 words on any one of six topics requiring some knowledge of commercial practice and procedure . |
| 19 | It 's a style that revolves around asking questions : open questions requiring some substance in the answer , rather than closed questions requiring one-word answers . |
| 20 | Employment protection legislation was to be retained , and tax havens were eventually ruled out because of the problems of potential abuse by incoming companies or firms moving some plant into the zones . |
| 21 | The action for private nuisance is therefore designed to protect the use and enjoyment of land , and as a result only the occupier of the land affected or persons having some interest in that land are entitled to sue . |
| 22 | Great weakness and the desire to lie down is a strong feature as are haemorrhagic complaints ; problems involving some sort of bleeding . |
| 23 | The trade admit there can be problems obtaining some spares for the Fiat Strada , but Norman Watson , manager of the spares department of Stanley Motors , East Prescot Road , Liverpool ( tel : assures us that if you contact him he will order the correct replacement for you . |
| 24 | Moreover , advancing west and northwest respectively , as the two armies were , produced a potentially calamitous separation of the two forces , for between them lay the Masurian Lakes , a complex of waters stretching some 80km/50mls north to south . |
| 25 | In 1871 there were three Discourses having some connection with military topics , whereas in 1870 there had been one ; in 1872 there was one , and in 1873 none again . |
| 26 | I wondered if we could look at particularly customer relations producing some sort of voucher worth fifty pound or hundred pound or twenty five pound and er we have a stock of those printed up you know |
| 27 | In the cities , where competition is intense , to be seen to be involved with clients at the top of the commercial ( and to a lesser degree social ) tree , publicity will take very different forms , but whether it comprises the full page recruitment advertisement or a high ranking in some statistical table devised by the editors of a legal journal , a bigger than average spread in a legal directory or an article by one of its partners explaining some development unique to the firm , the message will be the same : we are professional people of the highest calibre who run their practice efficiently and with success ; we have earned the respect of our fellow professionals and the esteem of our clients who are themselves of comparable stature to ourselves . |
| 28 | Three wards were packed , with two and three patients sharing some beds as doctors struggled to cope . |
| 29 | Three wards were packed , with two and three patients sharing some beds as doctors struggled to cope . |
| 30 | This would increase the proportion of patients attracting some deprivation payment to their practice from the current 9% to about 20% of the population . |