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

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1 For Kelsen , the dynamic principle is characteristic of legal positivism which understands law to be in some sense a product of human acts and decisions rather than a deduction from timeless and immutable principles .
2 The Statements of Attainment need to be in some ways " unpacked " in relation to the chosen programme of study and reordered not in sequence of difficulty but in terms of their place in the programme to ensure that opportunities for assessment are capitalised upon .
3 It really gives me a kick to be of some use like this . ’
4 Ostensibly asexual lineages of fish and salamanders have been shown by analysis of their mitochondrial DNA to be of some antiquity ( 4–5 million and 100,000 years , respectively ) .
5 Mr.Groves had aspirations to become a missionary and was instrumental in getting Kitto a place in the Missionary College in Islington , London where he learnt printing with a view to being of some service in some foreign missionary institution .
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