Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] by some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael X/Abdul Malik , for example , was respected and liked by some of It 's editorial board , such as Bill Levy and Jim Haynes . |
| 2 | the bankruptcy of some person who is or may become beneficially entitled to any such property or income ; or 2. an assignment of or a charge on any such property or income being made or given by some such person ; or 3. in the case of a marriage settlement , the death of both parties to the marriage and of all or any of the children of the marriage ; or 4. the death under the age of 25 or some lower age of some person who would be beneficially entitled to that property or income on attaining that age . |
| 3 | After being demolished and outgunned by some indifferent players , he attempted to use the new compounds , but to no avail . |
| 4 | Admired and revered or loathed and seen by some bigots as an enemy of society , Priestley was an intellectual champion of many causes . |
| 5 | The general management approach of the second wave was recognised and practised by some managers some time before the appearance of the Griffiths recommendations , especially after the structural ‘ tidying up ’ of 1982 . |
| 6 | Legitimate : ( a ) etymologically , the word expresses a status , which has been conferred or ratified by some authority ; ( b ) conformable to law or rule . |
| 7 | The notion that clerical wealth was at the disposal of the realm when need arose was echoed and supported by some other developments of the reign : the practice whereby donations of land to the church first required royal licence ( and at a price ) ; the growing , though still limited , legal procedure and principle whereby endowments whose purposes were neglected by the receiving clergy could be recovered by the donor ; the practice of founders and patrons ‘ resuming ’ possession of the lands of religious houses embarrassed by debts ( not least debts resulting from taxation ) until they could again operate effectively ; the seizure of alien priories ; and lastly , the widening definition of temporalities at the expense of spiritualities . |
| 8 | To be protected , the information must be issued or approved by some person in authority . |
| 9 | I 'm not a retarded under-age flower who was raped or molested by some evil step-father — not by a long shot . ’ |