Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many truly realise that quality is knowing your buyer , getting him or her to define quality , rather than producing some sort of static standard which demands slavish conformance ? |
| 2 | Although incorporating some features of the previous 1963 edition , this was basically a new form of contract and by implication was intended by the JCT to be used on contracts exceeding £250,000 in value . |
| 3 | If Mephistco really is determined to punish me for defying the Review Board , they have far more efficient methods at their disposal than sending some freelance vagabond who still has boneyard dust behind her ears to do their dirty work . |
| 4 | Although alienating some support by her excessive regard for the physiologically and morally uplifting properties of semen , she emphasized the erotic , mystical , and fulfilling aspects of sexual relations and for these reasons rejected the use of coitus interruptus and the condom , recommending instead the use of the vaginal rubber cap and the quinine ( spermicidal ) pessary which she naïvely believed to be generally available in chemist 's shops and which have never , in the event , proved to be very popular . |
| 5 | She tried to make light of the situation by telling the child this would be better than having some teeth out , which was planned for the following day . |
| 6 | You mean it 's easier than having some creep loaded with policies pestering me at my digs — ’ |
| 7 | There 's nothing Jack loathes more than reading some publication in which I 've referred to him as a saint and I 'm sure Reggie feels the same way . |
| 8 | Many would also argue that this process has continued into the community , with a greater proportion of people with complex care needs now remaining in the community rather than entering some form of residential care . |
| 9 | The gangboys were in the entertainment mood tonight , and nothing appealed to them more than watching some asshole respray the ceiling with greymass . |
| 10 | We see here the familiar Hindu approach of assimilating many gods into one underlying Deity rather than rejecting some gods in favour of others . |
| 11 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 12 | ‘ It was gone , Eric , ’ he had explained , his eyes fidgeting to every part of Colonel Windsor 's crammed office as if seeking some corner which would not awaken images of once familiar surroundings . |
| 13 | I must have moaned : she looked at me coldly as if suspecting some kind of trickery , and then her face altered and she came across the room to take my arm and help me back to bed . |
| 14 | He sat on the edge of the bed and began to recite all he knew as if memorising some poem : ‘ Buckingham dies , the agents die , garrotted to death . ’ |
| 15 | He 'd lie on his bed at three or four in the morning just looking at them with rapt concentration , not reading them , just laying them out , changing which one was next to which one , as if determining some sequence or some relationship between the writers . |
| 16 | ‘ My Missus if making some tea Selwyn , ’ Barney called after him , ‘ You want some ? ’ |
| 17 | Behind them , at the door , Lady Isabella peered on tip-toe over their shoulders , as if watching some masque or mummer 's play . |
| 18 | Leaving aside here the more extreme version of the theory of elites as expounded by Pareto or by Ortega y Gasset ( 1930 , p. 49 ) in his distinction between the inert masses and ‘ the select men , the nobles , the only ones who are active and not merely reactive ’ , we can identify two types of political theory which , while accepting some aspects of modern democracy , are concerned to limit its significance . |
| 19 | Moving signs , while using some form of sequence information , can either be temporally redundant ( i.e. have position features which are similar at the start and finish of the sign ) or be temporally salient ( i.e. have position features which are different at the start and the finish of the sign ) . |
| 20 | Any less than 8 , while developing some strength , would not stimulate muscle growth , and any more than 12 would lead to increased muscular definition but no growth in size . |
| 21 | The draft life directive , while sharing some principles with the non-life draft , also poses new problems that will take time to resolve . |
| 22 | Observers noted that the government appeared to have adopted a dual " soft-hard " approach , attempting to maintain strict control over the country , including the political system , the media and the economy , while giving some ground to calls for change . |
| 23 | On glaciers , snow climbs , arêtes and easy mixed ground it is the only way to ensure fast movement , while retaining some degree of security . |
| 24 | The design of individual chalets , while having some merit , will do nothing to prevent them from becoming even more obtrusive than the existing caravans . |
| 25 | The idea came to Ulam while studying some aspects of fission weapons . |
| 26 | Their philosophical idealism was at once a retreat from the material world of unruly mobs and declining privilege and a programme for maintaining their position while accommodating some change : ‘ Socratic political thought was an intellectually sophisticated and ingenious justification for counter-revolution in democracy and the maintenance of the status quo in oligarchy ’ ( ibid. p. 4 ) . |
| 27 | Hence , we have the attempts by both the law and professional pronouncement to standardize , but to standardize whilst retaining some flexibility . |
| 28 | Whilst making some use of material offered in other courses , it would be free-standing and designed to produce well-qualified and committed ‘ ministers of music ’ . |
| 29 | This again , though enjoying some success , could not be rated foolproof . |
| 30 | With a careful movement , as though handling some instrument of rare delicacy , the woman drew a slim black dagger from her belt and stabbed downward . |