Example sentences of "[subord] some [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't necessarily mean they were practising infanticide , although some of them may have been . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm almost sure they said Brittany , although some of them might have gone to Bordeaux . |
| 3 | Does the Minister accept that although some of us may have a disagreement with Bruce Millan , we have known him for many years and we know that he has always been , and is , punctilious in the exercise of his duties ? |
| 4 | HaL Computer Systems Inc , Campbell , California , remains secretive as ever , but a few details have emerged about the Fujitsu Ltd-backed company 's plans — although some of it may be dated . |
| 5 | Erm so in in broad terms the master plan is is unchanged in concept but we think improved in detail the is the other thing at each end erm represents on the left hand side er , what is currently Honey Hill I believe the name may be changed in due course erm and those behind me here are the houses on the Fern Hill side and then , although some of you will have difficulty seeing it at the moment , at the bottom there are detailed drawings showing the internal arrangement of the houses and flats and , and detailed drawings of the elevations with dimensions , so one can have a have a bit of a feel for the the sort of space standards that we 've aimed at , but there are in fact , furniture plans shown on the drawings . |
| 6 | If so , we are dealing with a more Quixotic , romantic or principled figure than some of us used to think . |
| 7 | Well a cos then you can pick them up altogether if , are you with me , if you 're doing the rounds for your friends cos some of them 'll be on there and some 'll be Pick them up from the front , it 's just that some of the stuff will be at the front and some of it wo n't . |
| 8 | And if some of you can do well out of it and it will help you keep your homes , because at the end of the day , without our home , where are we ? |
| 9 | Possibly because some of them might 've been councillors and knew the ways that sort of er things went on and how to get things done officially and above board . |
| 10 | There 's Easter Sunday and the Sunday after that because some of you may well be off on holiday . |
| 11 | That 's why we were chopping and changing because some of you 'd say one thing |
| 12 | Ratepayer democracy … implied less local government , with fewer services to provide since some of them could be handed over to the private sector , to the supposed benefit of consumers and ratepayers alike . |
| 13 | wonder as well , whether some of us should be putting as much energy into training teachers , and perhaps we should stop doing that and just concentrate on our own staff . |
| 14 | British people realize that for better or worse their destiny is inextricably intertwined with that of the U.S. even though some of them may be reluctant to admit it . |
| 15 | And I 've tried to stay true to the original recipes given to me by members of my family , even though some of them wo n't be very popular — I think the brains and chitterlings [ pigs ' intestines ] recipes are of historical interest only ! ’ |
| 16 | One of the most positive aspects of Switchboard that I 've seen over the past seven years , apart from the callers , has been the way that many of its members have continuously struggled to put their politics and convictions about gay and other rights into practice ( though some of them might not care to put it that way ) and the strength that working on it has given some people to do so elsewhere . |
| 17 | The polyps of leather corals are too small to be fed individually in the way that some hard corals are , though some of them will take newly-hatched brine shrimp . |
| 18 | There is no need for our purposes to explore all the different conceptions of it , though some of them will emerge during the course of the discussion . |
| 19 | The veterans are convinced they 're fit enough to make the jump … though some of them will do so in tandem with instructors … |
| 20 | Though some of you may question my priorities we must be under no illusion . |
| 21 | Though some among them might like to , their commanders will probably settle for what they have . |
| 22 | Her Sacred Majesty , being by nature full of mercy and clemency , who is most inclinable to such pitiful complaints and will not endure to hear such tragedies made of her people and poor subjects , as some about her may insinuate , then she perhaps for very compassion of such calamities will not only stop the stream of such violence and return to her wonted mildness , but also con them little thanks which have been the authors and counsellors of such bloody platforms . |
| 23 | When asked , ‘ What sort of fights ? ’ , one of the lads replied , ‘ Well , not real fights , as some of them might be quite matey … when you put the boot in , you put the boot in , but we are friendly after , like ’ . |
| 24 | Many acts of trespass , breaches of contract , violations of copyright , and so on , regrettable as some of them may be on other grounds , have no implications one way or another for the stability of the government and the law . |
| 25 | A It is unfortunate that you have used only ‘ common ’ names , as some of them could apply to a number of species . |
| 26 | As some of you may have heard me observe , it has indeed been a sombre year . |
| 27 | And although Proust and his younger brother were in fact brought up as Catholics , Marcel remained particularly conscious of the Jewish elements in his background , and this indeed is quite an important element , as some of you will know , in the novel . |
| 28 | As some of you will know by this time , the Centre provides custom-build courses , day schools , residential schools and other projects , for thousands of adult students in this region — mainly at locations scattered throughout the area , towns and villages of Sussex , but some here on the campus — and by so doing it tries to provide a strong functional link that helps to keep the university in touch with the community . |
| 29 | Concrete for paths can be laid directly on to the hardcore , as some of it will fill the open surface , binding the hardcore together . |
| 30 | That 's why her dragons are rather boring — while yours , ’ said the voice of Greicha , ‘ is almost as good as some of mine used to be . |