Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] be [verb] some " in BNC.

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1 Some uranium , lead and fission products were lost some 722 ± 30 million years ago — Nagy et al calculated the date from the remaining U/Pb isotopes .
2 Indeed a mill design developed during the 1950s was turned down by a local planning enquiry : one of the aims of the CEGB 's current wind programme is to gain some feedback on public attitudes to modern designs .
3 Until the Partnership Act was amended some 25years ago , the maximum number in a partnership was limited to 20 .
4 On my way back from Ents Committee last week , erm the internal mail bloke was delivering some gear to computer services , and he left the back of the post van open .
5 Apparently Miss Duncan is having some kind of attack , and she asked for Niall . ’
6 I know Mrs. Butler is making some .
7 Subsequently , while the total number of 110mph trains was retained some were withdrawn from the Glasgow service in favour of key Manchester and Liverpool business trains .
8 The Lord Chancellor 's proposals to cut eligibility represent the most serious threat to access to justice since the Legal Aid Scheme was introduced some 40 years ago .
9 It is pleasing to be able to end by reporting that at last Dundonald Castle is receiving some of the attention it has been denied .
10 Above : Even the kitchen shelves are given some of Rita 's expert treatment and are festooned with large , bright bows
11 However , the directive does not apply to low-powered PAL transmitters such as Luxembourg 's ASTRA satellite and the possibility of such PAL systems gaining ground over the direct broadcast MAC satellites is causing some concern over adopting MAC as the basis for HDTV standard ( HD-MAC ) .
12 THE auction of LFA sheep quota by Lawrie & Symington at Lanark last week has confirmed most expectations of market prices but Ministry of Agriculture specialists have given warning that farmers are gambling if they trade before the transfer rules are confirmed some time next month .
13 Up in my father 's room , Dr Meredith was making some notes and Mrs Mortimer weeping bitterly .
14 By 1987 more than half of Scottish consultant psychiatrists were spending some time each week in primary care settings compared with fewer than a fifth in England and Wales .
15 THE building materials group Ibstock Johnsen is to shut some manufacturing plants in a move which will cost a total of £28 million .
16 Former Phoenix duo Jon Bicknell and Nigel Higgs are preparing some more material for some live dates , this time with a more indie influence
17 To pursue the question put by the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) , the Secretary of State will be aware that the long lead orders for the four Trident submarines were placed some time ago and that construction is quite well advanced .
18 Made from ICI Propathene , the bins , up to five feet high have stood redundant since the Terylene plant was closed some three years ago .
19 That organisations as diverse as shipbuilding , meat processors , training agencies and hotels saw fit to participate must be encouraging and some degree of recognition that marketing as a business philosophy is making some impact on the Scottish psyche .
20 Doctors say Mr Crowther is showing some improvement but he 's still seriously ill .
21 Mr Dickens is doin' some good . ’
22 ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said .
23 It was Easter when Wallis Simpson was given some ‘ awfully nice stones ’ whilst on holiday with the Prince of Wales in 1931 .
24 The two teams then ‘ leapfrogged ’ up the King Pot series , while Rupert Skorupka was doing some impressive dives downstream from the King Pot end .
25 ‘ I imagine Dieter Erdle is doing some sort of history project ? ’ said Melissa unthinkingly between mouthfuls .
26 Mr Fallon was told some forces in previous years have not been able to take up the extra posts , which have then been redistributed to other places .
27 The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn .
28 The water companies are investing some £28 billion between now and the end of this century .
29 Now , perhaps if Mrs Crumwallis were to put some iodine on … ’
30 Anally-retentive collectors will be pleased to note that , from Monday , Virgin Vision is packing some of them into two handy , three-tape boxed sets , available from Our Price record shops .
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