Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourth , I will describe how the organisation of the curriculum into arbitrary hierarchies is compounded by some attempts to make the National Curriculum accessible to all pupils . |
| 2 | This smuggling of pictures is done by some close friend or relative . |
| 3 | The quality of the first element of the diphthongs/long vowels is modified by some phonological rules , while other rules supply the second element automatically . |
| 4 | The removal of many thousands of large whales , especially the krill-feeding rorquals , from the Southern Ocean within a few decades is thought by some ecologists to have favoured the many other species , including fish , birds and seals , that feed on krill . |
| 5 | The difference in sensitivity to red of vertebrates and insects is exploited by some crab spiders . |
| 6 | The plethora of environmentally-sensitive farming schemes dreamed up over recent years is thought by some to be causing more confusion than clarity . |
| 7 | The response of the law-enforcement agencies is taken by some writers as further evidence that this violence against women is considered legitimate and that the state should , therefore , be considered a patriarchal institution rather than a neutral body . |
| 8 | A closer relationship with the North Hill mosaics is suggested by some similarities of motif and ornamentation . |
| 9 | The resistance to labouring class poets is balanced in some respects by the support they received . |
| 10 | Most students start with vague objectives or change direction quite fundamentally during their first year so that a wider range of courses is required including some broadly-based and some of a more specialized nature . |
| 11 | The idea that women are more status conscious than men is supported by some very influential sociolinguists , including the US researcher William Labov and the British researcher Peter Trudgill . |
| 12 | Most of the evidence for these legends is drawn from some rather vague references by the Greek historian Plato , in particular a passage in his Timaeus : ‘ But at a later time there occurred portentous earthquakes and floods , and one grievous day and night befell them when the whole body . |
| 13 | The timing of the proposals is seen by some observers as reflecting the growing strength of the French Green Party in the run-up to regional elections in March . |
| 14 | Or maybe the spectrum of smells is perceived in some way similar to our human perception of colour . |