Example sentences of "[verb] some [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to communicate with military headquarters in Moscow Russian engineers had simply diverted some of the multicore trunk circuits from the main Vienna exchange so that they terminated in the Imperial Hotel . |
| 2 | The news even managed to overshadow some of the heartache he felt at knowing he had finally lost Anna . |
| 3 | It is difficult to assess the long term benefit of such a campaign as individual cases now coming to light clearly heard some of the publicity which was beneficial to them at the time but did not result in them making a call at that particular time . |
| 4 | The group reviewed evidence that the warming effect might be delayed by the high levels of sulphur dioxide present in the atmosphere as a result of industrial pollution , on account of the gas 's property of reflecting some of the sun 's incoming heat . |
| 5 | The simplest method is to switch off the lights and to lighten the shadow areas by reflecting some of the daylight back onto the subject . |
| 6 | Much practical work in agriculture is of an empirical type and the ‘ practical ’ farmer is often characterized by an empirical approach as contrasted with perhaps the more theoretically-based approach of his son who has attended agricultural college or university and who understands some of the theory underlying a more scientific approach to agriculture . |
| 7 | Reference notes have largely been chosen to include some of the classic works that expounded particular theoretical viewpoints together with textbooks that most clearly interpret theories and issues for British audiences . |
| 8 | VIC JOBSON , Southend United 's controversial chairman , has likened some of the club 's fans to the ‘ Hitler Youth Movement ’ . |
| 9 | VIC JOBSON , Southend United 's controversial chairman , has likened some of the club 's fans to the ‘ Hitler Youth Movement ’ . |
| 10 | Hasson 's passionate playing has an occasional touch of roughness , but there is no harm in that , and he also offers some of the refinement and sensitivity that are sine qua non in this composer 's music . |
| 11 | For seasoned surfers and novices alike , attractions include displays , as well as windsurfing taster lessons for children on tethered boards ; an ‘ It 's a Knock Out ’ competition ; a wet and dry fashion show ; plus the chance to see some of the country 's most skilled windsurfers in action . |
| 12 | When Christine Osborne travelled 4,348 kilometers across Australia on the Indian-Pacific she met some down-to-earth characters and had the opportunity to see some of the country 's most remote mining centres . |
| 13 | CENTRE FOCUS at the IKON Friday 27 6.30pm until 8pm A chance to see some of the work from independent film and videomakers in the West Midlands region and meet the people involved . |
| 14 | She had succeeded in putting Luke out of her thoughts by concentrating purely on each present moment , each new impression , with the same degree of single-mindedness that he himself was capable of , and with a sense of pleasant anticipation she studied her map and set out to see some of the art treasures . |
| 15 | Now that the Croatian Commission has been confirmed in its role , and the archaeologist who first put pressure on the government in Belgrade to put in the claim has become Minister of Culture , we may begin to see some of the evidence they say they have collected . |
| 16 | We decided we ought to give people the opportunity to see some of the water meadow . |
| 17 | But the other reason to break the journey is to see some of the outback . |
| 18 | This brought in new people such as Robert Hunter as head of the Department of Energy Office of Basic Research , and one of his first acts was to reorder some of the research funds.l This caused some research activities to be trimmed at Oak Ridge , Los Alamos and Princeton , where the dt experiment was postponed for at least another three years . |
| 19 | It 's a question that their parents may also be unable to answer , so it 's important that students be given some idea of what it 's like to earn one 's living creatively as early as possible , and so help dispel some of the fear and disbelief that discussions about this ‘ odd ’ way of working always seem to produce . |
| 20 | Similarly the Shell enterprisal spawns glossy scriptures about community environmental projects that it will fund , while manufacturing some of the Planet 's most treacherous chemicals . |
| 21 | They even coloured some of the mixture with saffron to make a ‘ yolk ’ , then they carefully filled the shells before baking them in the ashes of the cooking fire . |
| 22 | When it was first shown to the Buckinghamshire firm 's workforce it certainly created the right impression ; an achievment in a factory used to seeing some of the world 's most desireable cars . |
| 23 | Greenberg ( 1983 ) and a collection of papers in Greenberg ( 1987 ) review some of the literature on environmental epidemiology . |
| 24 | The second shake-up in the past 12 months is expected to streamline internal services and review some of the marketing structures . |
| 25 | Figure 16–3 implies that cutting income tax rates may eliminate some of the deadweight burden of distortionary taxation , but governments should probably expect their tax revenue to decline if such policies are put into effect . |
| 26 | Can you eliminate some of the administration — or pass it on to the administrators — thereby releasing your time for more profitable activities ? |
| 27 | My hon. Friends have highlighted some of the report 's recommendations . |
| 28 | The second part of study will focus on the problem areas identified in a number of firms through the initial survey ; the researchers will work with these firms to give small amounts of assistance aimed at easing some of the marketing bottlenecks . |
| 29 | A compromise agreement between the opposition and the leadership , reported on April 22 on Tajik radio , met some of the opposition 's demands , including representation on the Constitutional Commission , investigation of Ikramov 's and Navjuvanov 's cases and discussion of a motion put forward on April 13 by the Gorny Badakhshan autonomous oblast ( region ) Supreme Soviet and prompted by local demonstrations , to upgrade the region into the Badakhshan Autonomous Republic . |
| 30 | With dangerous calm he spooned some of the material on to his plate , raised a forkful and began to chew slowly . |