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

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1 Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen .
2 Now erm some of this films might be of some interest .
3 For example , the two charges may be of some atomic distance ( of the order of 10 -10 m ) apart , whereas we are interested in their effect at macroscopic distances ; or take the so-called dipole aerial where the assumed separation of charges is small in comparison with the wavelength of oscillation .
4 He acknowledges that precisely what rules of property there should be is undetermined by this ‘ general requirement of justice ’ and he also concedes that the choice of rules will be to some extent arbitrary .
5 She imagined herself reunited with Nick through the cat 's agency , as lovers might be in some fairy story .
6 For students who have a background in computing the treatment of the core modules could be in some depth , placing the emphasis , say , on producing software to implement new extensions of EP .
7 ‘ Scouting attracts the hooligans , ’ he told the National Defence Association in 1910 , ‘ who are really the fellows of character if you can turn them in the right way ; and no doubt these fellows will be of some use to us in the future instead of being absolute waste material , fit only to be buried . ’
8 Whilst external social factors may be of some relevance to the management , even control , of the behaviour of those afflicted , the harsh fact is that external social influences play little part in its onset or progress .
9 Surely the bundles must be in some kind of order .
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