Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to HDL subfractions in insulin-dependent diabetics , data are conflicting but some studies have demonstrated a significant increase in HDL3 in males but not in females ( Mattock et al , 1980 ) . |
| 2 | I am sorry that some others have apparently taken leave of their senses . |
| 3 | Some girls are tall and some girls are short Some girls are tall and short . |
| 4 | Some treated sewage effluents , for example , are cleaner than some rivers , while a ‘ bad ’ pollution on a potable supply river may not even be noticeable in an urban watercourse . |
| 5 | Leasing costs are high because some equipment purchased as part of the redevelopment was funded on leasing agreements . |
| 6 | The yellow powders from some manufacturers are acceptable but some degreasers are marketed as white powders and may be mistaken for food ingredients . |
| 7 | I am afraid that some jobs will now be at risk as a result of this . ’ |
| 8 | Ron Atkinson may look a bit odd , but he knows the management business — and his cufflinks are bigger than some players ' cars . |
| 9 | I think it 's ludicrous that there are some bands who are appropriate and some bands who are inappropriate for me to work with … |
| 10 | ‘ They 're happier than some childhood memories , ’ he murmured . |
| 11 | Linda Edwards of the National Osteoporosis Society says : ‘ We 're concerned that some GPs do n't know about the different types of HRT . |
| 12 | They 're concerned that some people fostering East European children are n't so conscientious and anxious that all potential parents are carefully screened . |
| 13 | They 're concerned that some people fostering East European children are n't so conscientious and anxious that all potential parents are carefully screened . |
| 14 | This probably means that Earth may initially have been hotter than some scientists suggest , since even these heavy noble gases were driven off when the hot gaseous molecules reached high escape velocities . |
| 15 | Some in Europe are better than ours , but we are better than some others and very much better than the United States . |
| 16 | True there are many actives who are better than some contemplatives . |
| 17 | In fact , the headroom figures are better than some rivals . |
| 18 | We shall not outline more particular models namely the " unit cell " and " short fibre " models which are applicable when some geometry is known . |
| 19 | On those occasions when dependence on the providence of some undefined ‘ god ’ has apparently been effective and some relief from troubles apparently obtained , it could have been shown that the relief came , in reality , from a human source . |
| 20 | Now I am sure that some readers will write to say that if the player is moving forward then if he drops the ball it must be moving forward also . |
| 21 | It depends some students are good and some students are n't . |
| 22 | Sex-change operations are more than some Lancashire members can cope with , and a bewildered silence descended on the Tyldesley Suite as Ms Lloyd , who runs a string of shops for transvestites , appealed for a ‘ more enlightened approach in future ’ . |
| 23 | You may be right but some people seem to dramatize a commonplace misfortune and turn it into a cult . |
| 24 | Democratic mechanisms must be conceived as operating at different levels : within the operating units there may be scope for direct participative democracy perhaps also involving factory committees in close touch with the workforce ; at the level of the enterprise , direct democracy would probably be impractical and some form of representative mechanism would be required . |
| 25 | Derelict land may be derelict because some form of husbandry slowly became unremunerative … or the dereliction may be the result of exploitation … the land being later abandoned . |
| 26 | These feelings tend to be transitory but some patients remain psychologically disturbed for many years and , in a few psychological difficulties develop in the convalescent period which were not apparent during the acute episode.While these problems can sometimes be anticipated in hospital on the basis of the patient 's reaction to his illness , and any premorbid difficulties which he has encountered in the past , a better idea of his potential can be gained by following him during the convalescent period to observe how he copes with the various stresses and strains which he encounters during this time . |
| 27 | They may be unaware that some bureaux can arrange home visits . |
| 28 | Although hibernation can be dangerous and some creatures never awaken from it , it is less lethal to the animals which opt for it than the rigours of a harsh winter would be . |
| 29 | It may be arguable that some part of the substance used does attach to the article cleaned , even if the rest is rinsed off , so that ownership in that part passes by adhesion to the article . |
| 30 | Some of these 2.9 children will be male and some female ; if we assume a birth sex ratio of , say , 52:48 , i.e. probability of female birth = 0.48 , then the expected female births per woman is |