Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards Grayling tried to think of some reason in the environment that might have had something to do with the outburst . |
| 2 | This can be one time when a young writer has to compromise on some immediate ambitions in order to progress on to the next stage of securing a record deal or having artists cover his or her songs . |
| 3 | The earlier part of the chapter sought to describe in some detail the major concerns articulated by Mrs Whitehouse and the NVALA , the most basic of which , it was suggested , revolved around the perceived declining centrality of organised religion in British social life . |
| 4 | Then the boat seemed to bump against some solid object , making the contents of the kitchen cupboards rattle . |
| 5 | Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials . |
| 6 | At the same time Althusser argued that Sartre had not isolated the central problems of orthodox Marxist theory , and as a result continued to work with some of its more questionable preconceptions . |
| 7 | The main oil fields in production are the Bombay High off the west coast and some onshore fields in Gujerat and Assam but with consumption expected to rise at some 6% per year this aim is unlikely to be achieved without significant new discoveries . |
| 8 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 9 | Increasingly , as we 've been studying the problems of developing countries , two major changes have been occurring ; one in our own thinking that in many ways problems of developing countries are linked in extricably with things that are going on in Britain or Europe or other parts of the so-called industrial world , and secondly that as we 've been studying developing countries , we 've been finding that more and more problems in Britain and other industrial countries begin to look like some of the same problems that we 've been used to in developing countries . |
| 10 | And where a work appears to refer to some external reality ( where the flowers seem , as it were , to be present ) the Formalists would regard this as a mere side-effect of the aesthetic function . |
| 11 | Bill Breakell , the national park 's tourism officer , said : ‘ If car congestion continues to grow in some parts of the park it may prove necessary to consider car free zones with access only by bus , foot or cycle . ’ |
| 12 | The old case authorities suggest that the nature of a share as property does not prevent such a course , but the more modern cases seem to incline towards some restrictions upon the use of votes where there is a conflict of interest involved . |
| 13 | Josie tried to reach for some killer of an argument , a real zinger that she could pull out of the air and use to disarm all opposition . |
| 14 | Carrie tried to think of some way to break it . |
| 15 | There ought to be a right to protest in public , it might be argued , and where the bona fide exercise of this right happens to lead to some form of disorder , it is wrong to visit the perpetrators with severe sanctions . |
| 16 | Nottingham18 , Northampton9 THE vultures circling over the Midlands waiting to indulge in some juicy recruitment if Nottingham are relegated are still not sure which way to fly for their meal . |
| 17 | He stressed that while the world population continued to increase by some 80,000,000 people a year , adequate nutrition was likely to remain a key problem . |
| 18 | My hypothesis is that the conditions of work are such that one mode of relating is that of schizoid withdrawal which means that individuals have to take on some of the characteristics just described . |
| 19 | We sense the alienation of the man who experiences his surroundings without participation : even his observations seem to come from some extrinsic impulse . |
| 20 | In George Mitchell Ltd. v. Finney Lock Seeds Ltd. some farmers contracted to buy from some seed merchants 30lbs of Finney 's ‘ Late Dutch Special ’ cabbage seed . |
| 21 | It was not until 1950 ( three years after a similar set had been commissioned in America ) that the BEA decided to go for some of these gains from larger scale by ordering an advanced 100MW set for 1955 . |
| 22 | But all managers have to negotiate at some time so it pays to learn about handling the process well . |
| 23 | Abrams attempted to account for some of the striking variations in ‘ neighbour behaviour ’ which he found in different areas . |
| 24 | Moving from the broad elements of communication to the particular , I have for the purposes of this assignment chosen to look at some applications of communication relevant to the practice of public relations . |
| 25 | In sweltering heat she walked around the edge of the vast parade ground pausing to chat to some of the 600 troops gathered in her honour . |
| 26 | Locally , people began to talk about some form of recognition for the aircraft and how the town could help its tourist industry into the bargain . |
| 27 | But Marian continued to feel for some time that uneasiness in the legs which she knew meant that she wanted to run , to get away fast . |
| 28 | While neighbours need to contribute to some notional ‘ stock of common good ’ , so that they can draw on it should they become in need of help at some point in the future , they also wish not to be imposed upon by the needs of others . |
| 29 | The coverage of live sport on our screens is usually good ; at times exceptional , but television fails to deal with some of the things that matter in sport : all-seat football stadiums , Manchester 's application for the Olympic Games in the year 2000 , payment in Rugby Union . |
| 30 | The Convention simply does not address the movement of persons or documents from that country to the forum State or a third State ; nor , of course , the extensive nature of such movement required to comply with some American discovery orders . |