Example sentences of "[be] someone [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only do this where you think there may actually be someone of the right calibre available . |
| 2 | Most likely there will be someone in the close family or a reliable friend . |
| 3 | There could be someone in the outside world who is prepared to take over and put money into the club . |
| 4 | The best person is someone with the following qualities : |
| 5 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 6 | ‘ You think there 's someone on the Moslem side who 's got an interest in keeping things on the boil ? ’ asked Georgiades . |
| 7 | What he thought he needed was someone with the public fame to take over the leadership and to hold a candle to the great names of Lloyd George , Austen Chamberlain , Churchill , Birkenhead and Balfour . |
| 8 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |