Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb -s] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concern also continues to be expressed in some quarters over the increasingly authoritarian attitudes and methodology which surrounds some police practices and there is a commensurate fear about the growth in policing and the exercise of their extensive powers , which look set to become increasingly centralized and wieldy . |
| 2 | 600,000 men ( 12:37 ) : counting the women and children this would amount to a total of some two million people — a high ( though not necessarily impossible ) figure which presents some problems . |
| 3 | Activation of one gene can lead to the synthesis of a protein which activates some genes and inhibits others , which in turn may control yet other genes . |
| 4 | The poster featured a milkman , implying that the calcium in milk could help overcome osteoporosis , a brittle-bone condition which afflicts some women after menopause . |
| 5 | Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) . |
| 6 | An amino acid is a chemical sub-unit of a protein , and ultimately everything that happens in a cell it produces some kind of protein , so you can see that erm the triplet or produces erm which is one of the , one of the er amino acids and so on and there are also punctuation marks U A A or U A G means stop , as does U G A , so when , when a R N A template running through a gets to a sequence which reads , where was it now , U A A it stops reading because it knows it 's got to the end of the gene . |
| 7 | This is an old magic trick which entails some preparation . |
| 8 | And then you they ask you a number of questions , often pretty stupid questions , they go away and write a bit which contains some errors , or they broadcast a bit which does n't seem quite right , and then you feel cross and you say ‘ I 'm never going to speak to that lot again . ’ |
| 9 | It 's a long walk to Meall Corranaich and just before the top , the ridge splits away to the west which causes some confusion in poor visibility . |
| 10 | Indeed , as we shall see later , a rise in total output accompanied by a change in the distribution of income which makes some people better off and others worse off can not necessarily be interpreted as an improvement in the country 's living standards . |
| 11 | This analysis also helps to clarify another issue which taxes some commentators . |
| 12 | A French subsidiary which does some development is already up and running in Paris with 12 employees — a German operation will follow . |
| 13 | What we will end up with , no matter who wins , is a Minister for Sport who sits some distance from the corridors of power , who will likely be attached to some other ministry like Agriculture and Fisheries ( file ‘ Sport ’ under ‘ Codswallop ’ ) and who will spend a parliamentary career powerless , penniless and potless . |
| 14 | Recently , John Braithwaite ( 1999 ) has put forward a general theory of crime and punishment which has some affinities with these notions of disqualification and requalification . |
| 15 | It is a vicious circle which takes some breaking , as many girls on Tour would be the first to admit . |
| 16 | Its chairman , Mr Tony Millar , has done a deal with the US Corporate Partners group which invests some £1billion of funds on behalf of US and foreign institutions like pension funds . |
| 17 | Differences in level of skill are partly but not wholly attributable to different locations on a learning curve which has some uniformity for that particular skill . |
| 18 | ‘ Something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes , ’ the Prince told an interviewer in 1982 , in a remark which gives some clue to the task he set himself . |
| 19 | One is that animals memorize local landmarks and directions on their way out , and simply reverse the directions to find their way home ; a second is that the home site itself has some property that can be recognized at a distance . |
| 20 | Its omission from Q1692 is easily enough explained if it was a late addition to the show — too late to catch the printers — and the score itself offers some evidence that this was indeed the case : Purcell , as we have already seen , left blank about 60 bars of the instrumental bass line . |
| 21 | Perhaps they will one day , but at the moment it seems some way off . |
| 22 | Oh , my goodness he needs some exercise does n't he ? |
| 23 | husband he wants some beans . |
| 24 | From examination of family life and some of the needs of children at home , the next writer , Nigel Parton , moves to the tragic issue of child abuse , a form of adult behaviour which makes some children 's home life a nightmare and which social workers find is one of the most difficult problems they have to address . |
| 25 | The second technical achievement which goes some way to explaining Ramsay 's success , is his superb draughtsmanship . |
| 26 | 50 ) : a mosaic which shows some affinities with the mosaic of room 5 , Chedworth ( see section 4.4 pp. 66-67 ) . |
| 27 | The Office suggests an implementation schedule which enables some bands to be introduced rapidly while more problematic ones will take longer . |
| 28 | The mysteriously titled ‘ cloaking ’ device can be brought into play , too , and what this is ( in non-Star Trek terminology ) is a bass cut control , to avoid the muddy lower mid-range syndrome which effects some amps at the onset of distortion . |
| 29 | In other words , it 's not an employment location , it is primarily a residential new settlement development which has some employment in it to satisfy employment needs of those who live there . |
| 30 | The demi-caractère style has its roots in classical technique , but must be coloured by more clearly defined and individual movements which allow the dancers to show they are playing the part of some character who has some claim to live in the real world and therefore can be recognised as such . |