Example sentences of "some [noun] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the powerpack they have been greatly influenced by the work of Professor Thring and his colleagues , and have proposed a hybrid powerpack which would make the best use of an internal combustion engine and electric motor and would reduce fuel consumption by some 50% and toxic emissions by 80% . |
| 2 | I 'd like to start somewhere not too much in the public eye , because it takes the pressure off , so I 'll probably go to Argentina or somewhere like that , do some rehearsals and some gigs and see what transpires . ’ |
| 3 | The story of some of these presses is a fascinating one to follow , as the printers surreptitiously pull off their pamphlets and broadsides in some kitchen or remote country house , load up and press on to the next location , with an eye ever over their shoulder for the pursuers . |
| 4 | In the discussions of the mid-1970s it was hoped in some institutions that this step might be the forerunner of others involving greater delegation of powers . |
| 5 | 1986 , p. 82 ) that the attitudes of some field and residential workers would suggest . |
| 6 | Her nose was pressed permanently against the window of the boat in an effort to see every beautiful palace with its sleek black gondolas bobbing against the striped poles at the end of jetties , waiting for some prince or wealthy politician to step into . |
| 7 | In the first edition of this volume I pointed , optimistically , to some signs that this situation was changing slowly with , for example , the establishment of the Older Feminists Network in 1982 and the recent Age Concern/EOC joint initiative on incomes in old age . |
| 8 | Some oral and respiratory infections follow direct contact : for example , infectious mononucleosis ( glandular fever ) is frequently described as the ‘ kissing disease ’ . |
| 9 | Once you have placed the leaves in position you can then add some fillers or feathery pieces to soften the outline . |
| 10 | Much will depend on the kind of organisation for which they work ; some employers and educational institutions are more open and liberal than others . |
| 11 | Because it does not challenge the psychologized nature of the categories being used , it might produce some oversimple and premature assumptions of gender similarity . |
| 12 | Seven or eight people — some prisoners and some guards — did n't want to run away , so they came into the room and waited , too . |
| 13 | In figure 8.1 , we could have expressed the differentials between service and working class as a ratio rather than a difference ; service class children had 0.719/0.237 or 3.03 times the chance of attending a selective school of some kind than working class children did . |
| 14 | Among the means of relieving patients from the monotony of an asylum and of preserving bodily health and at the same time of improving the conditions of the mind and prompting recovery , employment of some kind or other ranks highest . |
| 15 | HyBrasil relates to the belief in the west of Ireland , and elsewhere , of an Atlantis of some kind or other lying on the western ocean . |
| 16 | There is therefore a tension between the continued existence of economic and social inequalities which confer political advantages on some groups and corresponding disadvantages on others , and the democratic principle of political equality , which ought , as a principle , to mean not merely equality in the voting booth but also equality of access to the political decision-makers , and equal opportunities to influence the policies and direction taken by society as a whole . |
| 17 | Division is a second method which is probably more certain , provided the separated sections each have some root and some buds or potential shoots . |
| 18 | Polyunsaturated fatty acids , found in some plant oils , some margarines and most fish oils , reduce the blood cholesterol . |
| 19 | The binomial has been applied by Don Johanson and Tim White to a group of fossils from Laetoli , Tanzania , dated about 3.6 million years , and from Hadar , Ethiopia , dated about the same age by some palaeontologists though recent evidence indicates an age nearer 3 million . |
| 20 | Some hip-hop or heavy metal fans might not see further than the pleasure of destruction , might be real-life misogynists and miscreants . |
| 21 | Serve with cinnamon custard or a sauce made by warming together some treacle and golden syrup with just a squeeze of lemon and a dash of syrup from the jar of stem ginger . |
| 22 | These two terminals should never be allowed to short across , which might easily occur if you carry a PP3 in your pocket along with some coins or other batteries . |
| 23 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
| 24 | After a couple of hours , during which some sticks and other items were thrown at the police and insults were shouted , a mounted police line was drawn up behind the police cordon and a row of police vans . |
| 25 | You can bring some variety and social contact into your life by simply going out and talking to people . |
| 26 | In some cases that smiling face belongs to the wife of the managing director ! |
| 27 | The few states which actually measured what was happening to landfill capacity reported that it was increasing , in some cases because more waste was being diverted to recycling or waste-to-energy plants . |
| 28 | Also lots of stuff on the team : is our central defence good enough ? , some Rocky-stuff and some DOL . |
| 29 | This game is one where left-handedness has some advantage and considerable nuisance value so it is not surprising that as many as 18.5% of these first-class performers were left-handed . |
| 30 | I 'm looking at a farmhouse , some sheep and some hills . ’ |