Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His skin was clear except for some roughness and a certain redness at the major joints . |
| 2 | There is then a wonderful opportunity for those who have survived , because the field is clear and for some time newcomers are chary of entering it . |
| 3 | ( Is it possible that for some reason , such as disease , the manpower became too weak to handle these massive stones ? |
| 4 | Ian Rock , the chief executive , said yesterday : ‘ The group 's position is more stable than for some time , but it still requires a substantial improvement in the economy and a solution to the group 's gearing before it can achieve satisfactory returns on shareholders ’ funds . ’ |
| 5 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 6 | At the time , neither Ruskin Road nor the following Beynon Road had been made up or developed and for some time , the trams ran on what in effect was reserved track . |