Example sentences of "[prep] some [noun pl] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coastguards had spotted the Wheel off some rocks called The Idlers , about four miles down the coast . |
| 2 | It was a perfect opportunity for some writers to express the resentment which they had harboured against him for many years , and he himself was convinced that such people detested him because he had acquired British citizenship . |
| 3 | When they left the restaurant they stood for some moments surveying the view of Prague , its many spires , red-roofed buildings , with a green dome here , the Vltava river with some of its bridges there , the Charles Bridge in particular Then , ‘ Shall we walk the rest of the way down ? ’ |
| 4 | For instance , concern over a drama examination could for some candidates obliterate the possibility of second-order experiencing . |
| 5 | Chapter 4 considered this training cycle , noting a tendency for some libraries to regard the problems inherent in small or falling establishments as insurmountable . |
| 6 | Thus , though one might for some purposes characterise the human sciences as concerned with human behaviour in all its fullness this is to misrepresent what turn out to be very different ways of looking at or being interested in the world of human beings . |
| 7 | Sally Harrower , Issue Hall , has for some years entered the Edinburgh to St Andrews cycle ride in aid of Lepra . |
| 8 | Dusty Springfield was wearing new shoes , with very high heels , and was terrified that she 'd slip , so just before she was due to go on , one of the team was dispatched to look for some scissors to scratch the soles with . |
| 9 | Noble had returned in 1894 from Liverpool to London and , after some months attending the fashionable Bloomsbury Square chapel where Stopford Brooke preached to a large intellectual gathering , had decided to join the Unitarian chapel close to their new suburban home at 6 Patten Road , Wandsworth Common . |
| 10 | So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship . |
| 11 | It was odd enough to see that rather feminine room crammed full with so many stern , dark-jacketed gentlemen , sometimes sitting three or four abreast upon a sofa ; but such was the determination on the part of some persons to maintain the appearance that this was nothing more than a social event that they had actually gone to the lengths of having journals and newspapers open on their knees . |
| 12 | Finally , the attitudes of some women illustrated the ‘ queuing principle ’ ( Martin and Wallace , 1984 ) , namely , that in times of high unemployment , certain social groups are felt to have greater claims to paid employment . |
| 13 | Perhaps even more than in the case of energising Anglican evangelical clergymen like William Marsh , in the ranks of evangelical nonconformity the powerful leadership of some ministers shaped the attitudes of chapel communities and led them into collaboration across denominational and church/chapel lines . |
| 14 | This is due to a number of misguided actions , the chief of which is the yielding to a deep-seated wish on the part of some parents to prolong the babyhood stage for as long as possible . |
| 15 | The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed concern at the refusal of some clergy to accept the vote of the Synod . |
| 16 | Even now , the National Curriculum notwithstanding , it still provides the basic framework for much professional discussion , and the culture of some schools makes the entertaining of alternatives difficult . |
| 17 | There is , however , a counter-tendency on the part of some historians to stress the home market and to share the scepticism of contemporaries such as MacPherson , who considered overseas markets to be only one-thirtieth as important for the growth of industrial output as home demand . |
| 18 | But eventually they managed to get hold of some pieces to suit the new look : two Bauhaus chairs , a bent-arm chair in black by Mario Botta , a halogen light by VeArt from Italy and a huge black refrigerator by Zanussi , designed in Italy by Pezzatta . |
| 19 | In his article today , headed ‘ Foul language ’ ( Lifestyle ) , Brian Pendreigh raises an issue of crucial importance in our society : the desire of some individuals to censor the publication of political opinions with which they disagree . |
| 20 | There is , where the question of God 's existence is concerned , an unwillingness on the part of some unbelievers to concede the evidence for theism , and an unwillingness on the part of some believers to concede the limitations of that evidence . |
| 21 | Governmental response to AIDS has also been varied , with some countries depicting the illness as a ‘ gay disease ’ . |
| 22 | I was over the moon — although this only lasted for about a year as I paid a visit with some friends to see the 1991 ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ at Wembley . |
| 23 | The freeze on private bank deposits [ ibid. ] was also judged a failure , with some estimates putting the " leakage " into the economy as high as US$47,000 million . |
| 24 | The next day he reported its receipt to the House of Commons and forwarded it to the Treasury with some papers explaining the background to the competition . |
| 25 | The 1760 Kalendar included ‘ A Short Introduction to the Knowledge of the Science of Botany ’ , with some plates to illustrate the Linnaean system . |
| 26 | In chapter 2 those two men are roundly condemned as ‘ worthless ’ , as putting their own profit before the service of God , and as having sexual relations with some women serving the sanctuary . |
| 27 | Between June 1983 and November 1984 , the membership of the committee changed , with some members leaving the school altogether . |
| 28 | However , there has been debate as to the validity of the model r11–13 with some scientists favouring the original explanation in terms of steady-state spatial structure , dividing the precipitating plasma into ‘ cleft ’ , ‘ cusp ’ and ‘ mantle ’ regions . |
| 29 | In principle the question of whether a liberal democratic state can be used constitutionally to transform capitalism into socialism remains empirically open ( depending upon the definition of socialism adopted ) , with some Marxists arguing the impossibility of such a solution ( Przeworski , 1985 ) , and others that it is both feasible and welcome ( Esping-Anderson , 1985 ) . |
| 30 | Later Turkish historians are thus almost universally in accord in naming Molla Fenari as the first Mufti and — on the assumption that Rifat Efendi 's version simply results from a slip which Ahmed Refik has not noticed in placing his appointment in the time of Murad II , with some historians giving the date 828/1424–5 for the appointment . |