Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adj] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a practice is enough to give some modern scholars apoplexy . |
| 2 | Does he agree that to stimulate demand within the United Kingdom home market , where problems exist on the retail side , the industry is entitled to expect some special attention from the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the next Budget , which could include a reduction in or the total elimination of the appalling 10 per cent . |
| 3 | There may be an advantage in laying down a procedure where the application is novel , and/or the parties believe that a particular approach is necessary and that if it is not stipulated an expert is likely to follow some other undesired procedure . |
| 4 | However strong and loving the bond between carer and dependant may be , constant long-term caring is likely to bring some frustrations and difficulties . |
| 5 | By listening to her children 's language ( which , to quote T S Eliot , ‘ is the fluid in which all else is suspended ’ ) the teacher is able to go some way in interpreting their individual levels of development and maturation . |
| 6 | Although most warranties and indemnities are given by the seller , the seller is likely to seek some undertakings from the buyer and some limits to the scope of any future liabilities . |
| 7 | Where counselling is able to discuss some of these feelings it can have a more positive potential effect on elderly health than the tranquillizers and sedatives which are too readily and too frequently dispensed for older people who are sick . |
| 8 | This solution might be acceptable if the Vendor is prepared to take some responsibility for the accuracy of the management accounts — because otherwise the Purchaser will not know where he is |
| 9 | No one would say that the need only becomes immediate when rain is imminent ; the need is immediate from the start because rain is certain to fall some time . |
| 10 | But even a schoolboy 's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point ; and Blast had none . |
| 11 | The circular states : ‘ A change of this significance is likely to encounter some difficulties during the early stages of implementation ’ . |
| 12 | All those who pay income tax are eligible to sign a Covenant and at the end of each year the Church is able to recover some of the tax . |
| 13 | The decision to look outside the bank for a chief executive is likely to assuage some critics of Barclays in the City . |
| 14 | In theory the whole thing is supposed to find some coherence in the text , which William Gibson wrote specially for the show . |
| 15 | And Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital is ready to treat some of the children and adults . |
| 16 | The shares have been soaring on hopes that the rate rises would go through , and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp is likely to get some of the local rate increases it is seeking , Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Junichiro Koizumi told Reuters : the company wants to raise rates across the board , but the hikes are likely to be granted only for pay telephones , not for households or businesses . |
| 17 | Increasing contestability is likely to make some natural monopolies not sustainable ( e.g. the single-product rising cost cases ) , but in other cases the effect will be to discipline pricing behaviour more severely . |
| 18 | The requirement to pay £75 an hour is likely to deter some patients from seeking expert opinion about the justification for their detention and the advisability of seeking discharge . |
| 19 | But Noel , is n't exercise against resistance is supposed to have some special benefit is n't it ? |
| 20 | Financial assisstance from the union 's Benevolent Funds and from the union 's benefit scheme is available to meet some of the needs which arise because of a personal accident or illness . |
| 21 | Harbourmaster Bill Broadbent said : ‘ In the short term , construction is likely to cause some inconvenience in the Albert Dock . |
| 22 | These are the cases of which every newspaper reader in the country is likely to see some mention . |
| 23 | The single market is sure to have some impact on EDI use , but the main motivation for adopting EDI in the lean 1990s is competitive pressure . |