Example sentences of "some [prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately for them , some of the Hurricane pilots failed to see this and stuck to their Fulmar , ignoring all signals to break away . |
2 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |
3 | It is through change that we grow and discover ourselves , that we begin to actualise some of the myriad possibilities of our lives . |
4 | Watson ( 1986 ) suggests how some of the communication problems can be surmounted when in contact with minority ethnic groups who have difficulty with a second language but even within one language there can be several local vocabularies which strangers can not understand . |
5 | Fenella and Caspar could see this clearly ; they could see that some of the Tree Spirits were still breathing , shallowly and painfully , their strange , wise faces shuttered and suffering , their branches torn from their bodies and great , gaping wounds still bleeding . |
6 | Some of the tree remedies , however , are prepared from flowering sprigs which include the twigs as well as the flowers and these are placed in fresh water , brought to the boil , simmered for an hour , cooled and strained . |
7 | Some of the mining operations show this , and the Fens have Roman canals , embankments , and elaborate water systems . |
8 | Some of the gang members got into the car while others sat on the vehicle 's bonnet . |
9 | If you are talking about marketing pot plants , then some of the sample plants will help to draw your audience 's attention to the subject . |
10 | DETAILS OF SOME OF THE STATE BENEFITS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE TO THE ELDERLY AND THEIR CARING RELATIVES |
11 | Apart from the statutory exceptions made after Independence for some of the state banks , parate execution was not permitted . |
12 | Some of the water molecules would be split at such a temperature and would be available for chemical or physical activity as soon as the bubble burst . |
13 | Some of the water authorities are thought likely to attract predatory interest . |
14 | Favourable treatment has been given to the small shareholder , when allocating oversubscribed issues , in some of the privatisation issues . |
15 | Some of the function keys on a manual till include : |
16 | The excavations on Santorin are far from complete , but already some of the wall paintings that have been recovered from the ruins and preserved in the museum at Athens have been ranked as amongst the most important artistic discoveries of the century . |
17 | Not so much for the platform speakers , who have arrived , but for some of the floor speakers , who have n't and would like to . |
18 | However , after about half an hour , some of the smell chemicals have started to evaporate creating an odour gradient , and the dog can set off on the trail . |
19 | Bio-tex Powder and some of the Stain Devils had to be dissolved in water — laborious for a small stain . |
20 | They have a black matt finish and are exceptionally durable , although some of the PVC ones are fairly comparable with their reinforcing welded terylene web . |
21 | If we had trained for jobs such as guard , signalman or even fireman and driver then we could do at least some of the operating jobs ( guard and signalman training is not difficult ) . |
22 | Packet stuffings are quick to use , but it 's a good idea to make them up drier than instructed to absorb some of the turkey juices . |
23 | The authors counsel that one should only use indicators which yield convergent results , and they make the useful point that ‘ while some of the output indicators are clearly linked to scientific production , their links with scientific progress are more complex and problematic . ’ |
24 | Some of the clean-up methods , including the use of pressurized and heated seawater , also had damaging effects on the coastline of the Prince William Sound in Alaska . |
25 | Some of the hairpin bends had Ruth clinging to her seat and holding her breath . |
26 | Bob Smith 's research in Wiltshire , developing some of the implications of the above , has begun to locate and define some of the valley settlements . |
27 | Well we know , from talking to some of the school teachers involved , they go back and the kids go back and talk to the other kids in the form . |
28 | During the last years of the century some of the school boards even became involved in secondary education , producing a confused pattern of educational growth that was to prompt government action at the beginning of the twentieth century . |
29 | The next day some of the school children were playing in a farmer 's field in their lunch hour , so they were a little late for afternoon school . |
30 | When the probabilities get very small , as they do with some of the school types , d is not a very suitable measure of effect . |