Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] some [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white clay is formed where some granite masses have been changed chemically . |
| 2 | The two scientists demonstrated that some RNA molecules could do the job directly . |
| 3 | There is no reason why a child has to know that some life forms became extinct in order to be able to measure variations between living organisms , nor is there any clear difference in difficulty between these two statements . |
| 4 | Indeed , it is often claimed that some family firms preferred to avoid being profit-maximisers and take a safe return from past investments . |
| 5 | While deregulation refers to the breaking down of barriers that inhibit competition , impede efficiency , and restrict consumer choice , governments nonetheless acknowledge that some policy goals are too important to be left to heavily market orientated deregulatory processes . |
| 6 | After an earlier round of talks in Islamabad in July [ see pp. 38338-39 ] , it was reported that some mujaheddin groups had refused to accept the inclusion of representatives of the Najibullah regime in a transitional government [ see also p. 38194 ] . |
| 7 | The geologists sense that some funding agencies ‘ obviously feel that ophiolite work is a waste of time . |
| 8 | ( The alternative is to guess that some training examples are erroneous , and leave them out of the training set . ) |
| 9 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of April 25 reported that some government officials and members of the armed forces had welcomed the creation of the Forum , provided that it complied with strict government guidelines on political behaviour . |
| 10 | It may be wondered both whether it is actually open to a group of Member States to enter into an agreement on a matter which would appear to fall within Community competence ( at least if Maastricht comes into force ) and how far this is an indicator of things to come if some Member States do not ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 11 | He agreed that some training groups might pull out but others would take their place . |
| 12 | Blackgrass has built up to such levels in some of its traditional heavyland haunts that some cereal growers are now reporting severe problems in controlling it . |
| 13 | In fact it is now widely recognized that some consumption expenditure of this type , in so far as it combats malnutrition , should be considered as equivalent to investment . |
| 14 | Observers also fear that some state governments , favouring development at all costs , may declare whole regions open for exploitation without any pretence at environmental assessment . |
| 15 | He says that some bank lenders and creditors have already indicated they are prepared to lend more money to the company . |
| 16 | Both local authorities seem to have accepted that some service development of this sort was a desirable addition to the Cramlington employment base . |
| 17 | Library use is never evenly distributed throughout the stock , and it is accepted that some stock categories will only be used by a small number of readers . |
| 18 | Ambulance chiefs are warning that some accident victims will die if the funds are n't found to keep an air ambulance in operation . |
| 19 | It is said that some crime syndicates have collected so many paintings that they have set up their own galleries . |
| 20 | If you have a sensitive nose , you yourself will be able to detect if some washing operation has been carried out , since the chemicals used tend to leave a lingering smell , especially along the inner margins . |
| 21 | For the growth of a forest , the fires have to be stopped and some enrichment planting of early successional species tried , e.g. Canarium zeylanicum ( Burseraceae ) , Artocarpus nobilis ( Moraceae ) and Vitex pinnata ( Verbenaceae ) , etc. to restore the tree cover . |
| 22 | Sponsors , too , may actively seek out educational institutions to see if some working arrangement can be made — the testing of a product or its promotion . |
| 23 | As St Johnstone won by two goals their fans chanted ‘ Who 's the tea-leaf in the goals ’ , proof if ever it was needed that some football fans are sadists in scarves . |
| 24 | It is thought that some member States will have difficulty in adhering to such timing , although a spokesman for the Italian Ministero dei Beni Culturali said that , provided that the deadline was reasonable , there was no particular difficulty in cooperating with British authorities . |
| 25 | The behaviourist theory of knowledge says that for someone , S , to know or believe that some proposition p is true is for S to be disposed to behave in some way which is supposed to be appropriate to the world 's being as p says . |
| 26 | ‘ Although it seemed natural to expect that some word match scores should be good enough that they could be considered correct , thereby eliminating attempts to find alternatives to them , in fact all attempts to implement such an intuition seemed to have led to at best indifferent results and usually to positive degradation . |
| 27 | An FBI spokesman said the move was ‘ a very hopeful sign ’ but fears were growing that some sect members may commit suicide . |
| 28 | DIESEL SALES SOARED — our diesel challenge showed that some oil burners today are better all rounders than petrol equivalents — and hot hatch sales stalled . |
| 29 | Indeed , cross-tabulation showed that some mail order , credit sale , check trading and fuel board credit users forgot to mention these types of credit in answering this question . |
| 30 | I also recall that some cricket grounds displayed notices curtly stressing : ‘ No Autographs ’ and over-zealous groundstaff and sometimes local police had a high old time trying to keep the hunters away from the hunted . |