Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.

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31 One possible reason for the lack of motivation within her class could be attributed to tasks not being sufficiently challenging for some pupils , whilst being beyond the intellectual grasp of others .
32 A singing lesson where the class intoned a version of ‘ Bobby Shaftoe ’ with words apparently modified by some early missionary ;
33 This meant that an innocent purchaser could buy a car from such a hirer only to discover at some later date that the car did not after all belong to him .
34 As has been described , radiometer readings are not used in the eventual measure , and were only included in some of the trials as a check .
35 Somebody had obviously come into some money .
36 Vial did not apparently introduce for some time any regular system of instruction which would have concentrated the labours of the students .
37 learned contributions have been made , and in that connection , I need only refer to some which are part of the appendices for the case before you today , notedly the contribution made following recent research by Mrs on archaeological matters of significance to this particular area .
38 An inability to mature adequately out of the phallic , Oedipal phase will usually not only result in some degree of genital inhibition later in life and a fixation on infantile sexual gratifications such as masturbation , voyeurism , sado-masochism , etc. , but also reduce the force of the cultural prohibitions which the original phallic-Oedipal trauma of our forefathers precipitated , namely those against parricide and incest .
39 Bill says it was apparently done by some lunatic for reasons unknown , but he wants to know if you have any information about it that he does n't have . ’
40 For example , we apparently only came to some understanding of how the heart worked when we had within our conceptual framework the notion of a pump .
41 Indeed , does not Locke himself raise this objection when he asks why ‘ one intellectual substance may not have represented to it , as done by itself , what it never did , and was perhaps done by some other agent ’ ?
42 I was only on the drug for seven days and by the seventh day , I 'd suddenly turned into some sort of maniac .
43 Erm , I would have to say that 's going to be in the range of five hundred to six hundred , and very much depends to some extent on what happens in the winter months , and I 'm sorry to keep stressing this point , but we have n't yet got twelve months ' experience of operating this particular change , and until we 've got at least a year 's experience , and I think one would have to say , that some of the figures need to be portioned , but equally , you ca n't afford to be too cavalier in terms of your assumptions about that demand might reduce to , and I 'll touch a little later on how you control expenditure in those terms .
44 Nevertheless , a radical editorial reorganization called the Bradshaw shift , involving the moving of fragment VII as one large block back to the end of fragment II , with these fragments then relabelled groups B2 and B1 respectively , has been eagerly accepted by some editors and critics since the nineteenth century , wishing to solve thereby certain anomalies in the ordering of named places that the pilgrims would pass on their road to Canterbury .
45 Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P
46 You were better fed at some firms or others .
47 Ludens had sounded so moved , so stirred by some emotion .
48 spots around nose and mouth ( but ‘ glue sniffers ’ rash only occurs with some glues , it is n't common , and may be acne )
49 This vitally important point is apparently misunderstood by some of the philosophers who have , in recent years , taken an interest in the theory of natural selection .
50 Some of those who thought the statement was true may have had very few experiences of extended dreams , and for them " dreaming " may literally consist of some recollections of thoughts or images which occurred immediately before waking up .
51 You 're old enough to behave with some circumspection . ’
52 Searching Ellie 's face , perhaps looking for some resemblance , she gave a funny little sigh .
53 The pieces that work best are those that are harmonious with the wood 's properties of strength and grain , and not battling to impose a feat of engineering that might be better made with some other material .
54 The Hon. Gentleman should perhaps speak to some of his own colleagues who gave me that advice .
55 These thinking qualities are retained long after the catalogue of facts , so long over-valued by some teachers , has been forgotten .
56 When we came down to breakfast the other guests were so absorbed in some news in the morning papers that they forgot the usual ragging of newlyweds .
57 Furthermore , in the aggregate we stand to be robbed of far more by these fine gentlemen acting in the good name of their corporation than by the common rogues apparently acting from some morally worthless motive .
58 I had never seen them before and they obviously came from some very rural place in the Apennines .
59 But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators .
60 In order not to seem too dictatorial , and perhaps to conform with some grass-roots grocer-Tory image , ministers have sometimes spoken as if their aim was not so much to take powers to themselves ( and thus away from Local Authorities ) as to give powers to parents .
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