Example sentences of "[am/are] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the village and surrounding countryside are worth some exploration and I was lucky as my trek gave me an insight into both . |
| 2 | Currently world sales of photovoltaic equipment are worth some US$ 100 million . |
| 3 | The system is complicated and credited contributions are for some purposes not as good as paid contributions . |
| 4 | For those who want to make a choice or are for some reason coming new to Ferrier , I would recommend the fifth disc with the unforgettable Chausson and Brahms , the sixth , which has some of her best and most lovable performances of British song , including Purcell 's Mad Bess of Bedlam preciously available only in an EP , allied to some precious Wolf , sung with new-found subtlety of nuance , from a Norwegian Radio recital , and the ninth disc , the Edinburgh recital with Walter , which has much the more telling of her two accounts of Frauenliebe und -leben . |
| 5 | They are for some reason most dreadfully at home in Paris — ‘ |
| 6 | However , the conclusions drawn from the data are of some concern . |
| 7 | The subsequent outcomes are of some significance in determining further educational chances and career opportunities . |
| 8 | Much of this area has been introduced by the analysis of social distance ; there are , however , other social factors which are of some importance . |
| 9 | EC regulations are of some importance to the caterer , since they cover matters such as wine labelling , egg labelling , vegetable grading and Euro sizing . |
| 10 | Before turning to the grounds of appeal there are two matters which I must mention which are of some importance . |
| 11 | Indices such as the dependency ratio are widely quoted and are of some use in portraying overall trends and relationships between different elements of the population of Specific countries ( or any other geographical area ) . |
| 12 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
| 13 | However , although the averages given in the last column of Table 4 are of some value they do not convey the reality of referral and investigative work . |
| 14 | Thus all three of these techniques : programme budgeting , specialty costing and patient costing , are of some value but do not overcome all the limitations of departmental budgets . |
| 15 | Thus we can normally expect a mature mind in a person at work and although developmental processes of growth and senescence are of some interest , studies of the person working usually assume that we are dealing with a mind which is equipped with the basic skills derived from play and education but one which has not been subject to any serious diminution of capacity . |
| 16 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 17 | I says , you 're after some pennies are n't you ? |
| 18 | And I , it 's now ten days , they 're onto some scam , and erm , I 've , I had a letter from Marion erm , course , well to say they were no wiser and er she sent me some of the |
| 19 | You 're in some kind of spiritual trouble . |
| 20 | If you 're in some kind of jam with the law , I might not get paid . |
| 21 | So if I short er short circuit the rest of my cross examination on these various policies that you say er we 're in erm we 're in some measure of conflict with , your answer would be in in relation to E N V Eleven and E N V Twelve which you also cite , do I put it fairly your answer would be this ? |
| 22 | of a well not exactly a disaster , but if ev if ever you 're in some sort of uncomfortable plight er stuck in a train or anything like that the way t to cope is to go off to sleep if you can |
| 23 | erm employed people have a regular activity erm on a daily basis , and that activity is carried out with a time structure , so that the hours of the day are different from each other , the days of the week are marked out as being different from each other , the weeks are marked out by being different from each other as well , and also you 're situated in time in a different way — you 're on some sort of career , you can see some way in which your life is progressing . |
| 24 | They overlap but they 're to some extent slightly different criteria . |
| 25 | A 1989 report from Washington , DC has just revealed that up to 23 per cent of young African-American men between the ages of 20 and 29 are under some kind of penal supervision . |
| 26 | They are under some degree of political control but they also need to have enough autonomy to carry out complex productive activity in an efficient way . |
| 27 | ‘ Here in the palace — though since none herein has seen hide or hair of him , one suspects that the king and his brother are under some form of house arrest . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps it stems from a sensation that I am in some way making a prediction of awful catastrophe , and not just telling a story . |
| 29 | I will pass in silence over my feelings for you , for they can mean little to you at present ( though I am in some doubt as to when ‘ at present ’ is ) , though I assure you that what briefly flowered between us one morning is a blossom that will not perish , however many mornings remain . |
| 30 | I am in some pain . ’ |