Example sentences of "[be] [noun] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless there are signs of some rethinking of alternative job descriptions for the volunteer . |
| 2 | There are signs in some schools that the most successful activities have been those which mainly involve boys , and that home economics and other subjects taken mainly by girls have fared less well . |
| 3 | There are signs from some parts of the country that some authorities are already exploring , albeit gingerly , the possibilities of ‘ joint purchasing ’ and that this represents a good way forward . |
| 4 | Yachts of Scandinavia are builders of some substance . |
| 5 | Until this time , the mainstay of treatment for syphilis had been mercury in some form or other , either by internal administration or in the form of unctions . |
| 6 | There are units in some parts of the UK where you and your child can be cared for together when one or both of you are unwell . |
| 7 | There has been unhappiness in some quarters , occasional misunderstandings and ignorance , and a certain amount of unfortunate iconoclasm . |
| 8 | There are attractions to some anthropologists in thinking in a completely different way from Freud about totemism . |
| 9 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 10 | Thus , during treatment there are visits to some meetings of appropriate Anonymous Fellowships outside the treatment centre so that there is preparation for long-term commitment to recovery through the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 11 | Looking back over the Birthday Scheme Register , there are gaps in some people 's giving for some months . |
| 12 | And then we 'll carry on er having had a stop and a little chat about different things , we then carry on , and if there are sort of some areas in the drive which we think might sort of erm Come in chaps . |
| 13 | There 's been criticism by some Euro-sceptics . |
| 14 | Whether in fact there are disadvantages for some men , whether in fact it 's very unusual for women to be the primary bread winner , when the man becomes the primary bread winner then the man holds the economic power . |
| 15 | But there are fears in some quarters that it could infringe personal liberties . |
| 16 | A senior Government source said last night : ‘ The report does show that there are problems with some banks not passing interest rates on quickly enough . |
| 17 | More demonstrably , however , there has in the past been evidence of some feeling in Parliament that the Comptroller and Auditor General should be given the power to audit all public money voted by Parliament , including that voted to nationalized industries . |
| 18 | He said there had been difficulties in some committee meetings in trying to achieve a quorum and said payments should be made as an award for members who attended . |
| 19 | Perhaps it is because Sri Lanka 's politicians have , in the past , been people of some stature , and the army used to be kept small . |
| 20 | Each banker took it to be part of some Brand strategy of which he was privileged to see , and be entrusted with , but a small portion . |
| 21 | Would you like Lithuania to be part of some sort of erm , Soviet Federation , voluntarily I mean just some loose trading or defence partnership ? |
| 22 | The dynamics of history are such that one nation 's strength is another 's weakness ; nothing is constant ; both strength and weakness may be part of some process as yet unrevealed . |
| 23 | To Ian 's suggestion that it must all be part of some exhibition Susan replies with the more plainly obvious answer — these things have not been made larger , the time-travellers have become smaller . |
| 24 | The paper asks : ‘ Can they just be traders on some sort of spot market or ought the release to be limited to those intending to sell to the final consumer ? |
| 25 | Must be torture for some people . |
| 26 | Scowling , he sniffed his palms , thinking that there might be traces of some drug in his sweat . |
| 27 | While C2 Certificate holders would normally proceed directly into employment , there should , however , be opportunities for some students to acquire credits allowing them eventually to obtain a C1 Certificate . |
| 28 | There may also be possibilities for some kind of diagrammatic representation of selected information . |
| 29 | And surely there must be fuel of some kind to feed the great furnaces , and surely there would have to be a store-place . |
| 30 | He says there could be problems on some courses . |