Example sentences of "[conj] sometimes a [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 An air pollution control strategy refers to the master plan adopted by a country , or sometimes a group of countries ( e.g. the European Community ) , to tackle air pollution problems and to ensure that air pollution concentrations are reduced or are maintained below a specific or general level that is deemed acceptable .
2 Wide wooden verandas often surrounded a house on all four sides , although sometimes a part of the veranda had been enclosed to provide extra living space .
3 At a certain point in the ceremony the rhythm of the weeping began to change and the tears were replaced by laughter and sometimes a kind of ecstatic , even erotic frenzy .
4 It was the listeners up in the loggioni of whom the singers were most afraid : if the performance did not reach a sufficiently high standard in the opinion of the audience , the most vocal members of which were in the loggioni , they would be treated to il fichio , an outburst of whistling accompanied by the stamping of feet and sometimes a barrage of tomatoes or fruit .
5 He finds today unbelief , or apathy , and sometimes a collapse of the sense of right and wrong .
6 Inaugurated in the 1960s with the rediscovery of Artaud 's manifestos in favour of the so-called Theatre of Cruelty , drama in the last quarter of the twentieth century displays a noticeable interest in bizarre expressionistic decor , extended pantomimic gestures and sometimes a cacophony of non-verbal sounds .
7 Sometimes design is a constructive method , and sometimes a process of elimination .
8 Sensitive to open air and sometimes a sensation of breathlessness as if they were passing rapidly through the air .
9 I did not often take part in the passeggiata because soon after school ended I had to go home on the tram , but sometimes a schoolfriend of mine called Wilma used to invite me to stay the night if there was a lot of homework to be done .
10 But sometimes a tin of Heinz 's best seems to reach the parts my homemade mash , carrots and gravy fails to reach .
11 It may not always mean a great deal ( though sometimes a title of this sort can be read as a genuine sign of worth ) , but it plays an essential part in reassuring people in a notoriously insecure and uncertain business .
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