Example sentences of "[adj] that some [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that some groups of animals , like the proboscideans ( elephants and allies ) , are much reduced now compared with the late Tertiary , both in variety and geographic distribution . |
| 2 | It is clear that some variables in English do function in a very general way : for example , variation between the alveolar and velar nasal in the present participle ending ( ing ) is universal and can be said to mark the whole English-speaking world as a single speech community . |
| 3 | It is possible that some elements of the Hooligan dress-style were derived from the clothes favoured by costermongers in mid-nineteenth-century London . |
| 4 | If there have been changes in the journal coverage of the Science Citation Index over the period , such that some members of this limited set were not scanned prior to 1970 , say , then such earlier theses would show a lower frequency of citations in general , and the first citations of an author 's thesis could be missed , thus artificially increasing the average latency period . |
| 5 | It is unfortunate that some speakers in the debate — for example , the Prime Minister — have cast doubt on the quality of the debate on these momentous issues in other European Community countries . |
| 6 | He says : ‘ While there is no doubt that the Causey Mounth once was a public right of way , it is likely that some sections of the route may have fallen into disuse . ’ |
| 7 | It seems likely that some legislators in New York State will demand a new public accountability from museums receiving public funds . |
| 8 | All members of the central team at Merrion House ( the Education Department 's offices ) were severely stretched in terms of both time and the range of roles they were expected to encompass , and it was therefore inevitable that some aspects of their job could be successfully accomplished only at the expense of others . |
| 9 | Is the Secretary of State concerned that some workers in Britain get such low wages that they are forced to apply for social security benefit ? |
| 10 | However , even if it is accepted that IIAs are marginal to the prospects of urban economic development and employment creation , it seems evident that some approaches to industrial improvement are more successful than others . |
| 11 | It is probable that some islands around Britain have been formed by the oscillatory nature of Pleistocene sea level ( Fig. 9.3 ) . |
| 12 | It is probable that some units on sale will find applications in other , wood-rich developing countries . |
| 13 | HARDLY surprising that some members of the public are increasingly frustrated with our apparent unwillingness to make our product more available and complain through the various channels open to them . |
| 14 | Indeed , the internal acrimony levelled against him at times has been such that , when his departure was announced , the best that some figures within the health network could say was ‘ we 'll be very happy to wish him goodbye ’ . |
| 15 | Germans are uncomfortably aware that some parts of the Ruhr are just as dirty as anything the Communists left behind in the east . |
| 16 | The policy basis for this solution is that it is desirable that some points of law of general public importance be finally resolved by the House of Lords . |
| 17 | It is significant that some parts of the mathematics curriculum ( notably arithmetic and algebra ) are seen by many people both inside and outside education to be relevant , whereas other parts ( topology and , perhaps , geometry ) are not . |
| 18 | It is true that some members of the party were inclined to take a ‘ soft ’ line towards Germany : prominent among them were Philip Noel-Baker and Richard Stokes , both of them middle-class members of the party . |
| 19 | It is true that some opponents of the Government saw rearmament as the main issue — notably Churchill . |