Example sentences of "it be [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should comparison be undertaken for its own sake simply out of intrinsic interest or intellectual challenge , or should it be directed towards some more closely-defined objective ? |
| 2 | The rights and wrongs of it were debated for some time and the feeling seemed to be that the TCCB had come out of it in a worse light than Gatting ; as the Melbourne newspaper The Age put it , ‘ Gatting , caught rumour , bowled hypocrisy , 0 ’ . |
| 3 | He stroked her face , and then ran his fingers through her hair , looking at it as if it were made of some delicate , finely spun silk . |
| 4 | I do not believe that it would be lawful unless it were underpinned by some appropriate resolution of the Security Council of the United Nations . |
| 5 | Simon had n't inherited yet ; the house was entailed of course and as there was no direct male heir ( my being what I am ) it looked as if it were going to some cousin overseas , only later it became known that Mary had had a posthumous son : he 's still a minor — here 's another member of my family whom I have n't met , I seem to have an assortment . |
| 6 | Answer guide : An opportunity cost is defined as the maximum benefit which could be obtained from a resource if it were used for some alternative purpose than the opportunity under consideration . |
| 7 | When they inspected the wicket , they found it being rolled by some prisoners from the local jail , one of whom looked familiar to Boycott . |
| 8 | Which means , as we 've already remarked , that it 's caused by some combination of desire and belief : in this case , by Pooh 's desire , not just for honey , but to get a true belief about whether what 's in the pot is honey , and his belief that the way to get that true belief is to taste what 's in the pot . |
| 9 | It 's haunted by some awful phantom , or a devil or something . |
| 10 | Yet it is condemned by some as inflexible to the point where it can not be a curriculum for all children . |
| 11 | Although publicly scathing about the student left and the anti-Vietnam movement , Healy none the less cultivated a discussion circle of London writers , actors and television producers , it is said with some charm and intellectual force , which was to presage his fixation with Equity , the actors ' Union which increasingly provided personnel and finance for the ERP . |
| 12 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 13 | It is said by some to be more tiring physically than a paid job , by others to be less tiring : some women say it takes a greater emotional toll , others that the drain is less than other work . |
| 14 | It is said in some circles that Morrison is alive and well and living in Des Moines , so perhaps we will one day have to sit through Doors II : the Incognito Years . |
| 15 | It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters . |
| 16 | But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements , and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation . |
| 17 | It is negotiable , and if the drawer is of financial substance or if it is supported by some sort of security , cash may be raised by discounting it , selling it , or lodging it as collateral for a loan . |
| 18 | It is viewed with some suspicion by staff anxious about the standards of care provided , but there is undoubtedly an advantage to clients , who are able to be cared for in more homely environments rather than long stay wards . |
| 19 | It is viewed by some as having a prime role as a respite for carers , others additionally see their role as assisting in the more practical needs such as baths , chiropody , medication etc . |
| 20 | Since perfect competition does not exist in practice — at best it is approximated in some markets — the stringent conditions for efficient resource allocation by the market are not met . |
| 21 | The United States is particularly vulnerable in this respect , both because it is lacking in some valuable resources , and because its vast productive machine uses so much of everything . |
| 22 | It is argued by some workers in artificial intelligence ( such as Boden ) , drawing analogies from neurophysiology , that consciousness is a function of the degree of complexity and connectedness of networks — neural or artificial — but this view has been strongly criticised by Penrose as simplistic and lacking the necessary objective evidence . |
| 23 | But there again it is argued by some that these United Nations Conventions are western inspired . |
| 24 | Furthermore , it is argued by some commentators that , if an attempt were made to trace the redistributive consequences of other types of government policy , e.g. subsidies that are part of industrial policy , then an already very fuzzy picture would become totally confused . |
| 25 | And for evenings , the little black dress ( only permissible if it is split in some extremely unexpected places ) . |
| 26 | As a matter of general law , apart from the statutory provisions and the Law Society 's regulations , the firm 's name must not be such as to deceive the general public into believing that it is dealing with some rival firm . |
| 27 | This arrangement secures a quiet legal life for the film industry in general , although it is resented by some film-makers who are obliged to tailor their product to BBFC standards in order to secure distribution outlets . |
| 28 | It is believed by some that women who say no to sexual intercourse are merely playing sexual games and their ‘ no ’ means ‘ yes . ’ |
| 29 | , America ) is true in the start state but it is contradicted in some later states . |
| 30 | The way in which some modern political leaders exploit envy for their own purposes , and the way it is built into some party programmes , positively suggest that this is a powerful current of feeling which can be readily and effectively exploited . |