Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] with some " in BNC.

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1 But underneath the veil of whimsy , we are still left with some valuable evidence of the life and traditions of those people in that place at that time .
2 Weaver birds reared in an incubator still manage to weave when they become adult , so clearly the basic skill is inherited , but it nonetheless requires practice to bring it to perfection and at first young male weavers may make comically ham-fisted versions — nests that are insecurely tied and fall off , others that are unevenly woven with some strips pulled tight and others left slack so that the result is misshapen .
3 The pieces that work best are those that are harmonious with the wood 's properties of strength and grain , and not battling to impose a feat of engineering that might be better made with some other material .
4 Adapting this potential so that the plants can be easily integrated with some sort of collection system will depend on advances in the techniques of genetic engineering .
5 Moreover , Britain 's recorded striker-days are high compared with some other European countries , particularly France and Germany .
6 A collectivity is thus endowed with some of the characteristics of an individual behaving according to motives , objectives , intentions and rational thought .
7 Change , however welcome , is usually associated with some degree of stress .
8 It is widely believed among the general public that dismissal of a Bank Official is rare and is usually associated with some act of dishonesty .
9 The physical breakdown of rock is always associated with some kind of volume change and it is useful to categorize the various processes into those involving an overall volumetric change in the rock mass and those related to changes in volume of material introduced into voids or fissures in the rock .
10 Getting a partnership is not easy , and the new partner who can not provide capital is inevitably burdened with some form of payment for his share .
11 It showed up in the scan — one child in three , they say , is now born with some imperfection or other , mostly minor , sometimes major , and whether that 's due to pollution , or insecticides , or growth hormones , or radon gas , or nuclear power plants , take your choice , take your pick : and whatever the cause , the mothers stay healthy enough , are sufficiently medicated one way or another to bring babies to term — and we all said to Edie , what 's a missing leg ?
12 Since the invasion is illegal , it is often met with some sort of opposition but in general , the shanties remain , mostly because there is nowhere else for their inhabitants to live .
13 The first fermentation produces the still wine that we are all familiar with , this is then bottled with some extra yeast and sugar , to produce a second fermentation in the bottle , and the resulting carbon dioxide trapped inside produces the bubbles .
14 If the interviewer is closely identified with some head-office group that is known to be contemplating a change that organization participants consider undesirable , he will need considerable skill to tell just how strongly particular schemas are held .
15 His voice was thickly clogged with some primitive emotion she assumed was rage .
16 It all looks polished , but that was only achieved with some difficulty .
17 Continuing this political enquiry we should note the belief that was once expressed with some confidence that as workers became more affluent they would take on the values of the middle classes in their society .
18 Again , the circumstances of the possession are likely to raise an inference of intent , unless the possession was clearly connected with some authorised shooting activity .
19 Goldsmithing was also practised with some skill among the Bronze Age communities of temperate Europe .
20 Predator satiation , particularly of primates and some squirrels , which seem to eat almost anything , was notably associated with some trees like many Euphorbiaceae .
21 In areas where a first generation immigrant community was being established , the invitation into schools was often received with some apprehension and not a little disbelief .
22 The theory was initially received with some scepticism by fellow-scientists .
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