Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the last allegation is regarded with some scepticism by royal watchers , their speculation is heightened because the royal couple have barely been seen to exchange words or glances so far in the tour , even though they have been smiling and cheerful to those they have met . |
| 2 | The first prison marriage of convicted murderers from across Ulster 's bitter sectarian divide is seen by some as a positive sign of change . |
| 3 | The anti-dog programme is meeting with some encouraging success , using poisoned bait which is hidden under dark ledges . |
| 4 | The problems are most acute in Africa where population pressures are also greatest , though modification of South American savannas is increasing ; desertification is occurring in some areas as a result of overgrazing . |
| 5 | While your subconscious mind is searching for some final point to include in the margins , go on to the final stage . |
| 6 | Some of the Naval survey parties may also have landed briefly on Krakatoa , because a hot spring is marked on some maps , but apart from this we know remarkably little about the islands or their volcanic history . |
| 7 | The purpose of this chapter is to examine in some detail the nature of age discrimination in the workplace . |
| 8 | The purpose of this chapter is to look at some of the parables found in these four sources . |
| 9 | Benjamin Jowett ( 181793 ) , Master of Balliol College , Oxford , and one of the modernizing dons who supported endeavours to extend university education and to attract men from new social classes to Oxford , considered that " classical study is getting in some respects worn out , and the plan proposed [ the introduction of English Language and Literature at Oxford ] would breathe new life into it . |
| 10 | The easiest way to understand the nature and extent of this type of crime is to look at some examples of the effect of specific corporate crimes . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , I think its effect is to distort in some ways the dualism set up by Proust . |
| 12 | Nearly all animal fighting is restrained in some way , and contests in some species resemble highly ritualized tournaments . |
| 13 | A disinfectant capability is claimed by some manufacturers . |
| 14 | In whatever way it is financed , such investment is regarded by some as having been a direct loss to the domestic economy and as such having contributed to Britain 's poor investment record [ Singh , 1977 ] . |
| 15 | Labour is represented by some genuinely transnational trade unions . |
| 16 | The second alternative is supported to some extent by the coinage . |
| 17 | Such a figure is based to some extent on notional accounting — an expert 's time per hour is , for example , assessed at a much higher rate than he or she is actually paid — but it indicates the profit margins which both houses need to maintain . |
| 18 | And this is true of all actions : every action is caused by some combination of belief and desire . |
| 19 | Well , if one looks at the Sussex coast at the present day , most of the Sussex coast is protected in some way from the action of the sea , either by a sea wall , or by a groined beach . |
| 20 | These will include assertions to the effect that the sun is situated at some specified position in the sky with respect to an observer on earth , and that raindrops are falling from a cloud situated in some specified region relative to the observer . |
| 21 | If at any point it is bought by a non-registered person the VAT is not recoverable , but must be added on again if the vehicle is sold at some point in the future by a registered person . |
| 22 | This means that you are entitled to due attribution where the work is used for some commercial product , display or other purpose and that basically you have the right to object to modification , distortion or any form of derogatory promotion of your work , unless of course you have sanctioned it ! |
| 23 | Attitude formation is thought by some writers to depend on personal characteristics . |
| 24 | A more frequent way of theme continuation is to repeat with some change — not the slight degree of change we have shown above , but the alteration of part of the theme to present even greater interest : In this example , the second four bars have added interest as a result of various factors : larger leaps , higher notes , syncopation , modulation , increase in overall span , etc . |
| 25 | In all nasal consonants , the soft palate is lowered and at the same time the mouth passage is blocked at some point , so that all the air is pushed out of the nose . |
| 26 | Strictly , a switch-mode p.s.u. can be precisely designed for a particular output voltage at some stated current ; if that design voltage is altered by some means , the performance deteriorates . |
| 27 | Many detailed studies have been carried out on the nature of the consumption relationship and all seem to agree that , for the community as a whole , consumption is related in some way to income . |
| 28 | The role of the leader of the council is recognised in some local authorities by the appointment of an officer to support his or her policy-forming function . |
| 29 | The complaint that there is never a moment 's peace is countered by some nurses who say that such a system allows for a ‘ snooze hour ’ after lunch when no routine tasks were undertaken and the ward was as quiet as possible . |
| 30 | I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark . |