Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hunger strike sparked off divisions between those Länder ruled by the SPD and those ruled by the CDU or CSU , since the former were prepared to make some limited concessions by allowing very small groups of RAF prisoners to have contact with each other . |
| 2 | I also said then that we were prepared to consider some blocking power for the European Parliament . |
| 3 | As I left in early afternoon to catch the London train , I reflected that here was as large number of small businessmen who were likely to see some radical changes in the way they operated . |
| 4 | Even the moderately well-off were able to take some precautionary steps to avoid expropriation and the effects of the introduction of limits on wealth . |
| 5 | ‘ Eventually all the cooking was done and the visitors were able to sample some delicious food . ’ |
| 6 | With this tool in our hands , we were able to get some real results . |
| 7 | In the hope that deteriorating wartime conditions in Vietnam would spark insurrection , a liberation army of sorts was being formed on the border ; but when the attack went off at half-cock ( leaders executed or arrested and followers dispersed ) another threat to the French position was removed and it must have become clear that the only credible threat to French power lay in France itself , at least until the forces of nationalism were able to attract some effective outside sponsorship or else embed themselves in the people to the point where they became an organized national resistance . |
| 8 | The Cabinet , meeting on 18 October , was unable to decide whether it was preferable to retain some private investment , as the Civil Aviation Committee recommended , or to proceed to complete nationalization . |
| 9 | At this stage it was possible to do some preliminary calculations relating to the manufacture of each hang glider . |
| 10 | At this stage it was possible to do some preliminary calculations relating to the manufacture of the chairs . |
| 11 | Having existed in the twilight world of private guitar tuition myself for nine years or more , it was easy to establish some common ground . |
| 12 | For one thing , he was lucky to have some outstanding players under him , and fortunate , too , in the Board 's choice of manager for the tour . |
| 13 | It was good to see some other countries taking the golds although Poles Freimut/Kurpiewski must have been glad to have got 5th , sinking at the finish . |
| 14 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 15 | The description is rather slender , but Pater was able to assume some existing knowledge on the part of his reader : ‘ We all know the face and hands of the figure , set in its marble chair , in that circle of fantastic rocks , as in some faint light under sea . ’ |
| 16 | She was busy giving some final touches to . |
| 17 | I was practising this the other day , in preparation for the time when my climbing standard drops slightly , and was surprised to read some interesting facts about myself . |
| 18 | It was excellent to see some much-needed and much-deserved coverage of Belfast ( FACE 43 ) . |