Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] some [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had read the Duke of Edinburgh 's report or the reports of the Conservative-controlled London Boroughs Association and Association of District Councils he would know that some of his arguments were invalid — I put it no stronger than that . |
| 2 | I do know that some of my colleagues tried but you will not read about that in the newspaper clippings of the period . |
| 3 | ‘ You see , ’ she whispered later , ‘ you did n't know that some of those pools are salty because of the sea filtering through the limestone — ’ |
| 4 | Although there can be no clear-cut division between the use of language in literature and in everyday life ( and it would not be fruitful to attempt to make such a division ) , we can recognise that some of the most arresting , innovative and enriching uses of language come from the poets , novelists and dramatists who practise the craft of writing . |
| 5 | Will the Minister recognise that some of the benefits that he announced this afternoon are the result of cross-subsidy from the dirty , sleazy pornographic phone calls that he and his colleagues have encouraged for some time ? |
| 6 | At the same time , I can guarantee that some of the unsolved questions are very important indeed . |
| 7 | A recent poll showed that 60 per cent of Conservative MPs think standards will fall if some of the proposed changes take place . |
| 8 | In case anyone should think that some of our commentary on IBM Corp and its problems is a little apocalyptic , hear what they are saying on the other side of the Atlantic : ‘ With IBM , there 's a question in my mind whether the company is going to exist five years from now , ’ Kenneth Heebner of Boston fund manager Capital Growth Management commented to the Wall Street Journal . |
| 9 | However , you might well think that some of the impact is lost in such an exercise . |
| 10 | And I just want to repeat that I do think that some of the writing that 's come out of it has saved women 's lives . |
| 11 | If you go to see this football club to watch the football match , you are not allowed to park on the grass verge outside because the police do n't let you but if you go to a car boot sale at the football club the next day the cars , the grass verge is littered with cars cos it 's Sunday presumably and the police are not allowed to enforce on it so I do think that some of the traffic problems maybe need to be more carefully reinforced to stop this , you know , to stop the dealers you 're not going tyo these places but you know I think you do need to , you do need to , to regulate them but please , you know , do n't let's push them out altogether . |
| 12 | However this teacher did comment that some of his colleagues in other schools were less happy with the change in emphasis , largely because they had always taught music as the development of a range of performance and theoretical skills , and were frightened by the stress the new syllabuses were putting upon improvisation and composition : |
| 13 | Would my honourable friend , is my honourable friend aware that employment in London and the South East has actually risen by over two hundred in the ten years from March nineteen eighty three and will she confirm that some of the hundred and fifty thousand places in the new apprenticeship scheme will be available in London ? |
| 14 | Smaller firms may not feel that some of the guidance is particularly relevant to them , eg : ‘ it is desirable that a second partner is appointed for each client ’ . |
| 15 | There are times , however , when one might well feel that some of the other contributions have been deliberately placed on their side . |
| 16 | I could swear that some of them actually wanted the police to find a body . |
| 17 | Studying the history of marriage customs may show that some of today 's reproductive practices may not be as revolutionary as they are sometimes made out to be . |
| 18 | If Dublin were razed to the ground , what would it matter if some of the ashes belonged to Marks and Spencer ? |
| 19 | I can make what is perhaps not a usual boast in Scotland : I can claim that some of my best friends are Conservatives . |
| 20 | Complete removal of weeds , including all the roots , is important , preferably by hand or while digging ; incidentally , do remember that some of them may be the very plants you are intending to grow , though if the area contains horsetail it is better not to try growing perennial plants in it until you have been clearing out this weed for some years . |
| 21 | One day it will be like this for us in heaven when we shall see that some of the things we clung to on earth were only childish attachments . |
| 22 | Looking back I can now see that some of the happenings through which I lived professionally were destined to be profound and far reaching in their impact and to become milestones of educational change . |
| 23 | If you look very carefully at the stones you can see erm can you see that some of the stones have got diagonal markings all over them ? |
| 24 | Fenella and Caspar could see this clearly ; they could see that some of the Tree Spirits were still breathing , shallowly and painfully , their strange , wise faces shuttered and suffering , their branches torn from their bodies and great , gaping wounds still bleeding . |
| 25 | You will see that some of these Objects have been achieved over the years . |
| 26 | I mean , come on , but I do understand that some of you were briefed or , or Do n't worry about this now , but we would like this briefing questionnaire back before you leave on Wednesday , er , if you were a late replacement , could you just make that plain on there , er , if you were n't briefed , you 've got the shortest questionnaire in the world to fill in . |
| 27 | Erm it may be some will be not so easy need a bit more work and some of them 'll be sort of in the middle . |
| 28 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will understand if some of us treat with a certain amount of scepticism some of the assurances that BR has subsequently given . |
| 29 | I would guess that some of the Sanhedrin were confused . |
| 30 | While a lack of entry qualifications did not rank as the most important reason overall for not doing a course , the 14% who did need entry qualifications may suggest that some of the non-enrollers had insufficient information about the courses they were applying to and , consequently , applied to courses for which they had insufficient entry qualifications . |