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 . |