Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 To achieve this end , however wide the variety of ways in which ill-health is dealt with , it is vital to establish a single focal point of faith for all that area of healing which involves some power of the mind , and this is probably , most of it .
2 The two poems could be thought to occupy a common ground which goes some way beyond topography , and includes a stretch of the common ground occupied by imitation .
3 Which goes some way towards explaining the relative stagnation of the British economy .
4 However , the Commission has recently issued a notice which goes some way towards defining the elements of them .
5 Other than that last point ( which goes some way towards alienating the Champ 25SE from its natural ally , the Stratocaster ) this is a good , solidly made amplifier , which has had a lot of thought put into its design , is likely to maintain its resale value and deserves examination .
6 It is a humdrum enough explanation which goes some way to explaining why most public appointments are so dull .
7 The second technical achievement which goes some way to explaining Ramsay 's success , is his superb draughtsmanship .
8 Of course clubs such as Neath and Pontypool are not really supposed to be at the head of the Welsh pecking-order , which goes some way to explaining why they become so unpopular when they do .
9 A basic page printer comes with a controller and not a RIP which goes some way to explaining the lack of control that can be achieved with printers like HP 's LaserJet and Ricoh 's 4080 .
10 Mr Campbell added : ‘ Anything which goes some way to alleviating this problem has to be a good thing . ’
11 Top-quality Scotch beef is replacing more expensive German beef in Italy and the price for the best and heaviest home-killed bullocks has been forced up to £1,000 a head — which goes some way to explaining why fresh meat is suddenly so much dearer in shops .
12 But there are no hard and fast definitions of NFI ; the distinction between a sale by the investor which represents some sort of invisible investment and one which does not is not always easy to see , especially with turn-key contracts .
13 The Morgan case created a legal debate which produced some contortions of legal reasoning .
14 The sensitive nature of the case was further inflamed by the woman 's near-complete recovery — after an initial medical prognosis had suggested that she would remain brain-damaged for life — a development which led some members of the black community , including Rev. Sharpton , to suggest that aspects of the attack had been fabricated .
15 That is carried to such an extreme that we will recognise dictatorships and ignore the coups which bring some despots to power .
16 But the seams dip steeply in places and there are many faults which bring some workings to an abrupt end .
17 It has been made clear from the outset that the Board 's remit extends over some 350 institutions ; in other words , it is concerned not just with the 90 or so establishments substantially engaged in public sector higher education that would have come within the aegis of the Green Paper 's Model B , but with virtually all those which make some provision for higher education .
18 In a case which occurred some time between 1037 and 1054 , the abbot of Marmoutier complained in Geoffrey Martel 's court that a certain Bouchard had seized back a mill which his brother , with Bouchard 's consent , had earlier bestowed on the abbey .
19 It is the involvement of the ASW , and possibly the approved doctor , which rescues some women from possible compulsion .
20 A surprising number have tales which suggest some form of ‘ activity ’ , almost as if they were alive , a strange thing on the surface , as stones are the archetype of solid , unmoving form .
21 The depressions which accompany the menopause for many women and those which afflict some men in middle life militate against enjoyment generally and often result in a generally sour view of society as a whole .
22 Contrary to popular belief , it is reported that over half of suspected insider traders are members of the public , which places some doubt on the common perception of city fraudsters being involved in the majority of cases ( Quality of Markets Quarterly Review April-June 1990 ) .
23 Denison 's use of glass-fibre mouldings , a technique previously employed at St Paul 's House to replace the original stucco facade , was an innovative solution which created some debate among purists at the time .
24 Briefly , William Dement 's early experimental work which provided some support for this idea was subsequently found , both by himself and others , to be unrepeatable .
25 By 1837 he had ceased acting as a certifying surgeon , which involved some conflict of interest .
26 She began by rewriting the syllabus to bring it in line with GCSE , which involved some reduction in content .
27 He was also on many council committees , and chaired the committee which excluded some members of the first Protectorate Parliament .
28 Although this is a complex area of the law and subject to much speculation as regards the various overlaps between artistic , aesthetic and functional designs , if a design has been made which has some degree of eye-appeal , an application for registration should be made .
29 He has tried unsuccessfully to persuade government that it should devote a fixed proportion of either GDP or the defence budget ( which has some logic as an idea , since the Meteorological Office is funded through the Ministry of Defence ) to research into global warming ; and failure in that respect has reinforced his view that governments across the world find inexpensive words preferable to expensive actions .
30 Recently , John Braithwaite ( 1999 ) has put forward a general theory of crime and punishment which has some affinities with these notions of disqualification and requalification .
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