Example sentences of "[is] some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , Ian , Ian made the point about some inconsistency and there is some inconsistency between the section conferences . |
| 2 | Timothy Langdale , QC , counsel for Guppy , said he had had high expenses in recent years and it should not be assumed ‘ that there is some pot of gold stuck in some foreign country ’ . |
| 3 | However , in nearly all instances there is some response to any face . |
| 4 | More common , even in a wide range of situations in which subordinate staff are primarily motivated by ‘ utilitarian ’ rather than ‘ normative ’ considerations , is some concern about the justification for the policy that is to be implemented . |
| 5 | There is some species of genuine advance , whereby old discoveries and contentions provide a basis for new discoveries and contentions , and a corpus of knowledge comes into being . |
| 6 | The current obsession with pseudo-Victorian and other bogus ‘ historical ’ styles imposed willy-nilly and quite regardless of the true age of the pub , seems to suggest two things ; firstly that pub designers and fitters have completely lost their way , both in recognising and respecting what is genuinely old and in looking for a wholeheartedly modern pub style ; secondly that there is some king of awareness , correct but misguided , that people like their pubs to look old and feel familiar . |
| 7 | There is some flow along these tubes as well as around them , so that a spiralling motion results . |
| 8 | It may be that there is some delay after completion , which makes it impossible for the buyer 's conveyancers to lodge their transfer within the period of priority . |
| 9 | Because people have freedom of choice where to shop there is some overlap between these spheres of influence . |
| 10 | Of course there is some overlap between the two ; there are some black people in professional work just as there are whites in unskilled labouring jobs . |
| 11 | I mean there is some overlap between biology |
| 12 | The exclusion clauses which may be incorporated into contracts between firms and their customers may conveniently be divided into three types , although there is some overlap between them . |
| 13 | As to the question of lower earnings paid in rural than in urban areas for the same industries , four reasons can be suggested for this , although there is some overlap with the earlier discussion of low agricultural wages . |
| 14 | At stages where there is some overlap in requirements for different mixtures it is better to use the higher oxygen mixture if cultures are to continue beyond 24 h . |
| 15 | What pupils and parents require is some notion of progress in relation to other people , that is norm-referenced data ; in relation to mathematical objectives , that is criterion-referenced data ; and in relation to pupils ' own earlier performances . |
| 16 | Thus , there is some degree of selfdetermination in the ship case because we are free to shut our eyes , to cross the river and see it move from right to left , free to jump into the water and watch it coming towards us , free to determine the speed with which it passes across our visual field by moving our eyes with or against its movement . |
| 17 | However , when the control is disturbed and the lumen of many arterioles are simultaneously vasodilated , the volume of blood is insufficient to maintain effective circulation and there is some degree of shock . |
| 18 | There is some degree of division of labour , with certain males acting as sentinels . |
| 19 | With 45 ° of flap and a smidgen of power , the stall occurred at an indicated 35 knots although , as the manual points out , there is some degree of pilot head position error to be taken into account at high angles of attack and low airspeeds . |
| 20 | Does this mean that industrialization caused certain changes in the family ; or that certain changes in the family were a necessary ( if not sufficient ) precondition for industrialization to take place ; or that , more vaguely , there is some degree of ‘ fit ’ between a certain type of family and a certain type of economy ? |
| 21 | The Ehrenreichs do accept that there is some degree of division within the professional-managerial class . |
| 22 | This being so , there is some degree of arbitrariness in the division of issues between this and the previous chapter , and there will also necessarily be some overlap . |
| 23 | But even so , in almost all kinds of social relationship , there is some degree of power flow . |
| 24 | A restrictive interpretation was given to this expression in R & B Customs Brokers Ltd v UDT Finance Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 847 where the Court of Appeal held that a purchase is only in the course of business if ( a ) it is integral to the business or ( b ) there is some degree of regularity of similar transactions ( see also Peter Symons & Co v Cook ( 1981 ) 131 NLJ 758 ; Rasbora Ltd v JCL Marine Ltd [ 1977 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 645 ) . |
| 25 | For example , loud clothing will create the disturbing feeling among the Japanese businessmen that the foreigner has perhaps failed to take them as seriously as he might have , by failing to observe that the common practice in dress in Japan is some degree of formality . |
| 26 | The studies produced interesting results , though there is some doubt about the statistical validity of applying its conclusions to the whole of the uplands in the UK . |
| 27 | There is some doubt about the provenance of the fine ivory sculpture found at Mycenae , depicting two goddesses and a small boy-god . |
| 28 | Examples can be found in the research literature on elderly people , where it is reported that those without children tend to form equivalent ties with whichever kin are available , typically a niece or nephew , although there is some doubt about whether such a person can properly be expected to provide such extensive or reliable support as a ‘ real ’ child ( Townsend , 1965 ; Allan , 1983 ; Wenger , 1984 ) . |
| 29 | Little is known of the ecological context of the afropithecin fossils , but while the best record is again from Maboko Island , there is some doubt about the ecological interpretation of this site . |
| 30 | But if there is some doubt about the child returning home , then it is necessary to ask if the benefits of contact outweigh the drawbacks . |