Example sentences of "it is [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is with some pride that I am able to bring you a useful etiquette tip from the Denis Thatcher Handbook Of Handy Hints For Husbands . |
| 2 | So it is with some surprise that the soft left has found itself endorsing Byrne 's view of the conduct of those around him . |
| 3 | It is with some trepidation , therefore , that we now suggest one or two newer ways to enjoy Wensleydale . |
| 4 | It is with some trepidation that I mention our feathered friends — LARUS CANUS — the common gull . |
| 5 | It is with some photos . |
| 6 | As English Heritage do not like us , it is with some glee that I report dissent in their own ranks . |
| 7 | It is with some reluctance that I have to strongly disagree with one of my fellow presidents , but some of the impressions that her article creates are very misleading and , in some cases , offensive . |
| 8 | During the past week there have been several occasions where people have been meddling with candles and other things in the church , including the money boxes yet again , and so it is with some sadness that I have decided to keep the church locked during the holiday period . |
| 9 | It is with some sadness we said Goodbye recently to Tom Bryce who left us under SVS . |
| 10 | Green talks a good deal in an inflated style , and always looks sideways at the object he is speaking to ; when he looks directly forward , it is at some piece of furniture or other inanimate object , still talking all the while . |
| 11 | One of the simplest and most basic semantic judgements one can make concerning an utterance in one 's native language is whether it is to some degree odd or not . |
| 12 | For instance , in some intuitive , non-technical sense of ‘ probable ’ , we may be prepared to assert that it is to some degree probable that a very heavy smoker will die of lung cancer . |
| 13 | In other words , it is not arbitrary that the wolf and dog are closer to one another than either is to the cat , but it is to some extent arbitrary whether one recognizes some given degree of similarity by placing two species in the same genus , or in the same family . |
| 14 | It is to some extent understandable why the police have failed to learn the lesson of science . |
| 15 | It is to some extent modelled on the supposed ‘ Obrecht ’ Passion , which he mentions in his preface , though his text is entirely from St. John and he goes on to point out that he has been ‘ diligent so to set the words under the notes that almost every syllable has its note , and the four voices sing the words at the same time so that the listeners may hear the words clearly ’ . |
| 16 | If it is breaking down , it is to some extent because the international community has not recognised the separate nature , if not the independence , of that part of Somalia . |
| 17 | The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract . |
| 18 | What humbug it is for some Opposition Members to say that one should buy British and then travel around in foreign cars . |
| 19 | That is what they like to do with their few acres and it is of some benefit to us . |
| 20 | I am afraid this is all very complicated and difficult to untangle at short notice , but I hope , nonetheless , that it is of some help . |
| 21 | It is of some interest that these attachments are very similar to those of Lewis Carroll ( Charles L. Dodgson , q.v. ) , whom Kilvert is said to have known at Oxford . |
| 22 | It is of some interest in the present study to note that senescence does not significantly decrease the leaf reflectance in the infra-red ; in the blue and red a rise occurs . |
| 23 | Well , you 've obviously had some bad experiences , but I think one of the , one of the best defences is actually not to sell your wares , I mean who 's interested in your wares , but actually to try and state what you 're doing in such a way that it is of some interest . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , it is of some importance to try to establish what the effect of this learning environment is on the actual communication between deaf and hearing people . |
| 25 | Following the outcome of the inquiry ( if successful ) it is of some importance that the parliamentary agent follows the order through its-final stages so as to report that amendments , etc , have indeed been implemented . |
| 26 | It is of some importance , therefore , to know what factors determine consumption so that appropriate policies to combat unemployment can be devised . |
| 27 | The user of the vehicle is the owner of the vehicle or the person in whose possession it is under some hiring or leasing agreement ; this is often not the driver himself but the driver 's employer or principal . |
| 28 | It is not always clear , though , what it is about some events that leads to severe and prolonged distress . |
| 29 | In addition , when I look at the plight of the millions of people who 've been made homeless recently because of flooding in other parts of the world , it does make me realize how lucky we are as a society that homelessness is still on a much smaller scale here than it is in some countries . |
| 30 | Is this because stylistics feeds off other , more clearly defined , areas within linguistics rather like a poor relation , or because it is in some sense at the interface of these other disciplines ? |