Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of research about the treatment and academic performance of girls in mixed sex schools has led some feminists to argue in favour of single-sex schooling . |
| 2 | A few weeks before , her brothers had deposited some things in her kitchen for safe-keeping , and while they were there Barbs had called and had asked , in her friendly and inquisitive fashion , what the cardboard boxes contained . |
| 3 | Petrographic methods have provided some indications because the grain-size of the white marble from some quarries is very distinctive , but not all quarries can be distinguished in this way . |
| 4 | Perhaps this reflects no more than the elevation of masculinity that permeates the canteen culture of the station , but the view that nothing busy happens in the unit and that it is an ‘ easy turn ’ is a sad reflection on how the marginalization of policewomen 's duties has divorced some policemen from the reality of sex crimes . |
| 5 | The fact that the new requirements relating to the upgrading of IDO permissions have placed some minerals operators at a disadvantage in relation to their competitors who may have equally poorly controlled post 1947 planning permissions , needs to be rectified . |
| 6 | Terminal moraines have blocked some rivers , producing long ribbon lakes . |
| 7 | Although studies of children 's explanations have identified some weaknesses , the overall picture , as with many other aspects of cognitive and linguistic development , is of an extremely competent five-year-old who has the basic cognitive and linguistic abilities for giving and understanding explanations of events and actions . |
| 8 | Its attacks have left some areas without any civilian authorities : the latter have either fled or been killed . |
| 9 | The ability to maintain physical and mental powers has allowed some individuals to pursue their chosen careers regardless of their age . |
| 10 | Although these have had a great deal of success in calculations of nuclear masses and shapes , recent laser experiments have produced some results that do not agree with them . |
| 11 | These reforms have encouraged some historians to see the Despensers as ‘ much more than greedy and irresponsible favourites ’ , but their contemporaries judged them by their behaviour towards other landowners and by their position at court , rather than by their responsibility , however great it was , for what were essentially technical reforms in government . |
| 12 | The fact that the trustees had to retain some monies to cover expenses did not prevent the income arising from the specific assets . |
| 13 | But many organists have undertaken some years of an expensive musical training and still give many hours a week to practising . |
| 14 | The tiny perfections of detail in these deceptions have puzzled some animal-watchers , who argue that no predator could be that clever — so why should there be these amazing refinements which may include such things as small patches of fake leaf-mould , or tiny pieces of leaf damage' ? |
| 15 | The defections of the bishops has led some historians to denounce them as unscrupulous and leaderless . |
| 16 | Pig producers receive no EC subsidies , and depressed pork and bacon prices have meant some farmers have fallen into drug misuse to keep animals alive long enough to reach slaughter weight . |
| 17 | These differences have led some investigators to consider cancer of the cardia as a separate entity . |
| 18 | Defeat in five of the last six presidential elections had convinced some Democrats that fresh ideas were needed , while others call for a more forceful and enthusiastic avowal of liberal policies . |
| 19 | Fields had spent some months , and a modest amount of money , examining the feasibility of a new transatlantic airline ; he had approached several key figures who had been with Laker Airways and solicited their interest ; he had begun to make enquiries about purchasing an aircraft . |
| 20 | Historians have found some manors where the local custom was for the widow to receive a half proportion , or even the whole , and yet in others apparently none — although in these cases it is more likely that the documentation is being misconstrued . |
| 21 | These recurring threads have led some psychologists to argue that there are enduring personality traits ( see Chapter 10 ) and others to suggest trait combinations or personality types ( see Jung 's functions , Chapter 9 ) . |
| 22 | The Beaver Committee defined 294 areas of England ‘ black ’ , requiring smoke control , and by 1974 all but fourteen local authorities had taken some steps towards implementing the Act . |
| 23 | In fact , today 's activities had offered some hours of reprieve from thoughts of him — at least until such time as they were due to meet up later in the afternoon . |
| 24 | The failure of the rule-based systems has led some researchers to talk about third generation machines and others to return to the more basic systems from the 1960's . |
| 25 | He said the killings had shaken some members of Panama 's Defence Force , but that in the aftermath of the uprising , when suspicion of complicity ran wide , no one was prepared to plead for the lives of the coup plotters . |
| 26 | However , without exception , all the women had to make some economies because their wages had been an essential part of the household economy and their benefits were too low to compensate for their lost earnings . |
| 27 | Recent changes in government policy , and the reform of many sporting federations have led some commentators to predict that South Africa will be effectively cleared for readmission to the Olympic movement . |
| 28 | The preceding chapters have indicated some areas where improvements need to be made , and have suggested some techniques for this . |
| 29 | The previous remarks have raised some questions about the relations between human norms and possible underlying dispositions determined at a biological level . |
| 30 | ‘ Women have to have some secrets you know , ’ said Barbara Cartland , whose date of birth has been listed in Who 's Who only since her 90th birthday . |