Example sentences of "some [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 While Father Aden tidies the rooms , Brother Bernard slips into his role as tourist guide , showing off some off the treasures of the Abbey .
2 ‘ And Hilary 's taking some off the top for himself … ’
3 Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’
4 As Lewis was very fond of champagne , he had offered Eliot some during a sitting in the spring of 1937 .
5 Some of these cheeses were eaten the day they were made , with cream and sugar , some were for almond cheesecakes , some for the fillings of covered pies called Florentines , some for spiced cheese loaves baked in stoneware porringers .
6 De Niro 's other appointments have included : as designer , a friend of a production aide , whose normal line of work is women 's wear ; as site manager , a former Disney executive ; and as architect ( 20 were interviewed ) , the relatively unknown Lo-yi Chan , whose inexperience was blamed by some for the renovations to the Martinson building going $350,000 over budget .
7 I want some for the erection at the side of the pool there .
8 Alternatively it was seen by some as a warning to the opposition that the process of democratization would have its limits .
9 The move was interpreted by some as a concession to Lloyd 's brokers who supply the market with its business .
10 The move was interpreted by some as a concession to Lloyd 's brokers who supply the market with its business .
11 What might have been anticipated by some as a passage of tedious monotony was welcomed by Gould as an opportunity lull of excitement and discovery .
12 Since both bodies are appointed by , or on the advice of , government they have come to be seen by some as a buffer between the state and the broadcasters but by others as an indirect mechanism by which the state can exert control over broadcasting .
13 The Second World War has been seen by some as a kind of watershed , with the post-war period being morally inferior to the ‘ full rich back street life and culture of pre-war England ’ .
14 Developments included the realistic estimation of 11 million years as the likely time required for the production of an erosion surface and Linton ( 1957 ) had shown that the time scale used by some as a frame of reference for landscape evolution was too long .
15 She will see those who have committed themselves to the traditional model of education , some as a matter of principle , but others because to question it opens up too big a can of worms .
16 In the absence of reliable evidence about their attitudes and behaviour , the trade union officials have been viewed by some as a force for moderation and conservatism , by others as faithfully reflecting the views of their members , and by others as industrially and politically more militant than the members .
17 It is my one great regret about this whole sorry business that at this crucial time in the Government 's fortunes , when I should so much have liked to be seen as a tower of strength , I am perceived by some as a point of weakness .
18 Furthermore , a course in Britain may be regarded by some as a reward for senior staff , whilst a course in the south would attract only those appropriate for it .
19 Indeed , the Spanish Civil War came to be viewed by some as the preface to the Second World War .
20 Whereas Cipriani , in all his dealings , retained a high degree of honour , albeit confused , those that superseded him after 1938 , heralded in a period that is recognised by some as the nadir of political life in Trinidad .
21 These investments are seen by some as the start of an inevitable flood establishing a low-cost source of supply for the West .
22 In the past the doubt felt by some about the existence of great sequences of high-level eroded plateau surfaces has been reinforced by problems of explaining the possible basic causes of the vast changes in base level required .
23 Well , yes , I want to find out some about the history of Kuwait .
24 Take care not to damage the cables , and protect them with a plastic grommet at the point they will some through the knock-out in the box
25 On what turned out to be the final day , Salisbury , having relished an hour in the heat of battle , was lbw , yorked , by a big Akram inswinger , and thereafter a wicket fell every 18 minutes ; 17 in all ; some through the caprice of the pitch , some through frailty , most because of devastatingly purposeful bowling .
26 And the Nicaraguan experience affirms what had been considered refuted by some after the death of Che Guevara and the defeat of a number of other guerrilla movements ’ ( Mikoian : 1980 , p. 103 ) .
27 For many years , both prison reformers and official reports regularly condemned the presence of children in gaols , some below the age of 10 .
28 ‘ The safest Way , ’ ( to avoid such rebellions ) wrote William Smith in 1744 , ‘ is to trade with different Nations , on either Side of the River , and having some of every Sort on board , there will be no more liklihood of their succeeding than of finishing the Tower of Babel . ’
29 Just as a sub-lessee may be required by his sub-lease to comply with some of the covenants in the head-lease , and is answerable to his sub-lessor if he should breach those covenants , so rule 2.12(1) provides a régime in which appointed representatives will be subject to the Norwich Union , not directly to Lautro .
30 Mr Ben Ali had a few minor constitutional changes to offer , but the absence of substantive concessions to the opposition parties has taken some of the gloss off his big day .
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