Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] in some " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The purpose of this chapter is to examine in some detail the nature of age discrimination in the workplace .
3 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 .
4 Nevertheless , I think its effect is to distort in some ways the dualism set up by Proust .
5 Nearly all animal fighting is restrained in some way , and contests in some species resemble highly ritualized tournaments .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Whether this actually demonstrates anything is debatable — we all have antibodies to Candida because we are exposed to it from birth , and a positive response to an intradermal test is seen in some healthy individuals .
11 Also , in the wake of the Maxwell disaster , the government has published regulations restricting self-investment by occupational pension funds to 5 per cent ( a transitional period is allowed in some cases to give schemes time to reduce any existing self-investment ) .
12 For a child with long-term language difficulties , an appropriate interpretation might be that the LAD is damaged in some way but , without a more detailed analysis of the processes at work and how they contribute to language performance , implications for intervention which stem directly from this theoretical position remain elusive .
13 The definition of gentleman is explored in some detail .
14 Chafe 's view is that the event is held in some abstract form which allows the recreation of sub-chunks and propositions on the basis of the needs of the story situation at that time .
15 Its surface is carved in some detail and lettered to show the continents and oceans .
16 What a glow is enkindled in some .
17 A similar character is found in some coinage of this time , in South Italy and particularly in Sicily which takes the lead in this art .
18 In this section the object is to examine in some detail the important preliminary issue of why the debate should be one about the public interest in the first place , and why company law should not be seen instead as being solely concerned with the rights of the corporators , that is , the shareholders .
19 It is the world of ‘ ESSO ’ men ( Every Saturday and Sunday Off ) , and the ‘ real polis 's ’ scorn is reflected in some of the language of definition which I have outlined here .
20 The tale is told in some detail by William Stukeley in a letter to Noah Curtis of Woolsthorpe dated 1746 and is reproduced in Drakard 's History of Stamford .
21 If diarrhoea is described in some particular terms rather than others ( e.g. if it described as empacho ) the patient is more likely to consult a traditional practitioner than to go to a health clinic .
22 Moreover to advocate exposing French tradition to foreign literatures , citing Whitman , Williams , and Pound , as seminal influences , to translate them in addition to David Jones or Basil Bunting , and to deny any allegiance to the French poetic mainstream is received in some circles with incomprehension .
23 Gas is promoted in some countries , including Britain , as a way to reduce emissions from fossil fuels , because it generates less CO2 per unit of energy produced .
24 Whether the British system of government creates the conditions for responsible government is doubted in some quarters .
25 At the Confederation of British Industry , we have already done a large amount of research into the sources of international competitiveness , and we now welcome the interest that the Government is showing in some of our conclusions .
26 Every bone and fibre of your being is affected in some way , as you struggle to reach beyond the confines of your first language and into a new language , a new culture , a new way of thinking , feeling and acting .
27 A basically similar pattern of infection is seen in some southern parts of the U.S.A. with non-seasonal rainfall , such as Louisiana and Texas .
28 A small number of instructions of this form is found in some , but not all , one- and 1½-address computers ; a fairly common example is an " add into storage " instruction .
29 The rate of m 5 C-formation is stimulated in some tRNA Asp variants
30 With more than 12500 restaurants in 60 countries , a new Mcdonald 's restaurant is opened in some part of the world every 14.5 hours .
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