Example sentences of "[adj] be [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not without some justification . |
| 2 | This is n't about some petty artistic vendetta . |
| 3 | This is why in some countries with privately owned papers the ruling party , or even the government , has decided to launch its own . |
| 4 | Finally , if different underlying forms of firm differ in efficiency and so in cost , this is obviously of some importance . |
| 5 | However , this was not without some opposition : in 1139 a council presided over by Pope Innocent II banned the crossbow as a barbarous weapon unfit for Christian use , a decision confirmed by Innocent III . |
| 6 | There are plenty of interfering factors but these are inevitably to some extent weakened by a rational understanding of them , at least when this engages appropriately with our basic conatus ( or effort to preserve our own nature ) and thereby acquires the requisite emotional power . |
| 7 | Both objectives 3 and 5 were therefore to some extent achieved through the committee structure . |
| 8 | Operating costs in 1992 were down by some £29 million ( 22% ) compared to 1990 , partly achieved by the continuing redundancy programme which cost the company £1.7 million to implement last year . |
| 9 | That is still to some extent , erm though less true , I daresay , than it once was , but the mystique , I think , survives , does it not , Anne will tell us , in Whitehall , that these people bring erm who , who are essentially amateurs in matters of political science , sociology , international relations and diplomacy , bring a gentleman amateur 's omnicompetent wisdom . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a positive thing , but then I would n't go to a Vets race that was n't in some way useful to me . |
| 11 | Although the slimmer and the anorexic are both to some extent governed by anxiety , there is an important difference between them . |