Example sentences of "[to-vb] at some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That old bugger Grunte had not included him in the invitation to dine at some poncy joint called La Noblesse , the smartest part of the Hospitality Inn . |
| 2 | I mean the idea of course is to try at some stage and run a trainer trainer 's course , so that we expand the number of people who can who can do the training . |
| 3 | This was a little unfortunate , the topic being one close to his lordship 's heart and one he was inclined to explicate at some length . |
| 4 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 5 | No matter where you finally wind up in the advertising business , you will want to work at some stage in an agency to gain real insight into advertising and acquire first-rate skills ( and , hopefully , reputation ) that puts wheels under your career . |
| 6 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 7 | For her it worked because of one other factor — her ability and willingness to engage at some depth with the concepts , ideas and questions evoked by the material . |
| 8 | The lectures which he delivered in America on this visit are not of crucial critical significance and , like other addresses of the same period , they are chiefly remarkable for the fact that he felt able to talk at some length about himself and his work — as if he realized that audiences came to see him , rather than hear anything he might care to say . |
| 9 | Councillors on authorities other than education authorities may be invited to participate at some level in educational administration and in the case of primary schools , district and parish councils may have rights in respect of appointing governors . |
| 10 | Swiss researchers , who lost access to millions of dollars from the European Communities ( EC ) when voters decided in December to delay the process of joining the EC , are waiting for the reaction to their government 's attempt to participate at some level in the EC 's fourth Framework Programme , which begins next year . |
| 11 | As to why a peripheral , albeit a very smart one , should prove to be the saviour of a company we need to look at some history . |
| 12 | Right has everyone had a chance to look at some stuff since last time ? |
| 13 | I now wish to look at some Chewong words that pertain to inner states and relate these to ideas of what it means to be human . |
| 14 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
| 15 | He then went to look at some property left to the council by a benefactor , an old grain warehouse . |
| 16 | ‘ I was planning to look at some rock formations , ’ she said wearily . |
| 17 | I do n't think we 're gon na solve it today , but what I 'm saying is did we ought to look at some sort of action plan brainstorm , call it what you will for the very near future to look at how we 're gon na tackle this problem . |
| 18 | The logical erm conclusion from that was to look at some form of tertiary education and that is what the County Council went out to consultation on . |
| 19 | Wanted to look at some shop or other — you know what women are . |
| 20 | Robyn has a vivid mental image of the girl before her , now so pleasantly and comfortably dressed , sheathed in latex and nylon , the full fetishistic ensemble of brassiere , knickers , suspender belt and stockings with which the lingerie industry seeks to truss the female body , and having to parade at some fashion show in front of leering men and hardfaced women from department stores . |
| 21 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 22 | But all managers have to negotiate at some time so it pays to learn about handling the process well . |
| 23 | Or was it possible for one individual to be in the position of a net ‘ receiver ’ for some considerable time because of an expectation that they would be able to reciprocate at some stage in the future ? |
| 24 | They are doing work which every compositor is called upon to do at some time or another , that is plain composition , " but he added that the men do " the many operations that go to make up the comp 's calling " . |
| 25 | It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself . |
| 26 | The Bill should be supported , but unless a much more determined attack on the problem , and its roots , is launched , we shall , I fear , have to address at some point in the future an even more hideous nightmare than that which confronts us now . |
| 27 | Even in the absence of information about place and time of original utterance , even in the absence of information about the speaker / writer and his intended recipient , it is often possible to reconstruct at least some part of the physical context and to arrive at some interpretation of the text . |
| 28 | Gassendi has argued that , despite what the sceptics say , it is possible , by inferring back , to arrive at some truth about hidden things . |
| 29 | To arrive at some truth and , for reasons of state , deception is also practised and accepted by society . |
| 30 | Corporate bodies are in continuing tension with legality , seeking to arrive at some accommodation with attempts to regulate their own affairs and to exploit its possibilities for defending or advancing their own interests against rivals . |