Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [be] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 For this reason the range of offices was in some ways wider than we would think normal in a modern bureaucracy ; and , since the winning of support was quite as important as the conduct of business , influential men were able to accumulate posts .
2 Finally , the effort required of readers is to some extent always dependent on the amount of energy they are prepared to expend in any given situation .
3 In other words , each group of problems is to some extent causative of the other groups .
4 The matter of sexually abusive language in texts is in some senses a separate issue .
5 For most of the time the ‘ Big Bird ’ preferred to sacrifice the flat-out pace of his team-mates for accuracy and control , taking wickets by making the ball swing and cut , and so in Tests was for some years used as first or second change bowler .
6 For most of us , though , gaining recognition from others is to some extent dependent on our confidence in letting others know who we are and what we 're about .
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