Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the chapter concludes by providing some reflections about the prospects during the decade ahead . |
| 2 | On the whole , the attempt succeeded in eliminating some slovenly shufflers . |
| 3 | The chapter begins by exploring some of the limitations of the data on low-income households . |
| 4 | This chapter begins by examining some major fieldwork problems associated with the study of syntactic variation , going on to review in 7.3 some studies which have tackled them by means of various elicitation techniques . |
| 5 | The second part of study will focus on the problem areas identified in a number of firms through the initial survey ; the researchers will work with these firms to give small amounts of assistance aimed at easing some of the marketing bottlenecks . |
| 6 | ‘ Since the INCUBUS investigation looks like taking some time to get off the ground I can at least devote my attention to this new one . ’ |
| 7 | James Jonah 's visit on behalf of the secretary-general looks like producing some suggestions , but we shall continue to fund British non-governmental organisations that are providing relief in Somalia in the form of both food and medicines . |
| 8 | Few persons living in Newcastle during this period escaped without suffering some of the symptoms that are inescapably associated with cholera , if not the disease itself . |
| 9 | The danger consists in imagining some essence of Christianity , for example , that , because it may be shown to be immune to scientific criticism today , is assumed always to have existed and therefore , properly understood , is always impervious to criticism . |
| 10 | We thought it might be a good idea to spend an evening aimed at providing some entertainment and some food for thought , not to mention some sustenance of more tangible nature . |
| 11 | The court continued by making some observations , undoubtedly obiter , about the powers of the Serious Fraud Office as regarded the person under investigation himself . |
| 12 | While Hughes ( 8 for 151 ) bowled as though his career depended on dragging some life out of slow track , Lewis looked so ineffective . |
| 13 | This comment depends upon having some rough idea what would count as racial discrimination . |
| 14 | The dictionary , too , has a role to play in making some meanings and words more acceptable than others . |
| 15 | Oh dear , I 've got so much to do tonight , got so much to do tonight , got ta have a bath got ta record some tapes , got ta record these tapes , got ta record some other music tapes got ta do some homework . |
| 16 | But given the shortage of money , ought not some of that money go towards preserving some of the great companies who are now under great pressure ? |
| 17 | He was advised that his best chances for advancement in life lay in spending some time at the royal court and seeking some government office . |
| 18 | Although Botham 's sponsored Mercedes was the victim of a nocturnal break-in on Newcastle quayside within days of him taking delivery , both superstars were in great heart during the early weeks , Jones 's infectious enthusiasm extending to initiating some dumbfounded team mates in the incomprehensible fielding routines practised by the Australians . |
| 19 | The Report began by identifying some 130,000 part-time teachers in further and adult education who were at that time employed by local authorities and although nobody knows how many are employed over the country as a whole at present , even after the severe reductions of recent years they are likely to number more than 100,000 . |
| 20 | The curve illustrates costs per capita ; as more people live in the locality , there is a reduction in the share that each resident pays of the total cost incurred by providing some service level of the good in question . |
| 21 | Criticism can not see its role as ‘ putting right ’ previous errors as though academic study was part of a stream of emendation aimed at achieving some final truth about texts . |
| 22 | There were suspicions about the role that Conservative Central Office played in orchestrating some of these manoeuvres . |
| 23 | Wisdom consists in putting some distance between the soul and such destruction . |
| 24 | When the Conservative government came to abandon the tax after Thatcher 's downfall , however , many of the Conservative Party insisted on keeping some element of the poll tax for the accountability reasons set out above . |
| 25 | And why does the dominant class submit to leaving some of its economic interests thwarted so long as its political interests are satisfied ? |