Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government notes with some satisfaction that Namibia 's practitioners of the media have initiated a process for bringing about some accountability by voluntary adoption of a journalistic code of ethics and the establishment of a Media Council , which is a self-regulating body . |
| 2 | The government notes with some satisfaction that Namibia 's practitioners of the media have initiated a process for bringing about some accountability by voluntary adoption of a journalistic code of ethics and the establishment of a Media Council , which is a self-regulating body . |
| 3 | Gachot then spun after running over some debris from the Patrese/Moreno incident and the subsequent tyre stop cost him time . |
| 4 | ‘ Well I was thinking of boiling up some offal afterwards . ’ |
| 5 | Some countries — such as France — see EMU as a way of winning back some power from the West Germans , since a European central bank would mean all the members of the EC having a say in how policy is conducted . |
| 6 | The fact of the matter is that in terms of setting up some kind of economic common market , much of the groundwork had already been done . |
| 7 | You were going to contact someone in ADSW ( I regret I forget the name ) with regard to the possibility of setting up some form of Communications Group representing all Departments in Scotland that would meet perhaps every quarter or half year . |
| 8 | I was just thinking of heating up some soup when Rupert came . ’ |
| 9 | Firstly , there were contracts restraining a person from carrying on some trade or business ; these were clearly subject to the doctrine . |
| 10 | The concept of alignment recognises how one member of a family system may oppose or join with another in carrying out some task . |
| 11 | This is followed by frenzied activity on the part of the band in setting up some sort of show , usually in London with all the expense that that entails , only for the big day to arrive to find that A&R have sent a tea boy ( resplendent in his raincoat ) and not the ‘ man ’ . |
| 12 | Cray is finding it harder and harder to grow its monolithic supercomputers as the world edges towards parallel systems with the view that they will be able to take over many of the tasks presently handled by today 's vector processors , and you ca n't enter an IBM lab these days without stumbling over some kind of parallel processing development project . |
| 13 | Scott also suggested that in addition to carrying out some exercise or activity focused around one of the essential concepts , pupils should be given the opportunity for reflecting on the thinking processes they have gone through . |
| 14 | I was sympathetic towards the subject and not averse to carrying out some research in that field if the opportunity arose but had no intention of studying it myself . |
| 15 | Q. Can you give me any information on Britain 's common toad as I am interested in raising some tadpoles — presently spawn — from a friend 's pond with a view to setting up some kind of vivarium for housing a mature toad . |