Example sentences of "some [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some vets also claim acupuncture has aided considerably in the treatment and control of a variety of other disorders , including false pregnancies , non-specific vomiting , ear diseases , nerve degeneration , kidney problems and auto-immune joint disease .
2 Some traditionalists still send horses to Eire or mainland Europe for this barbarous treatment , but the Bristol research suggests that they 're wasting owners ' money .
3 In spite of this justification , however , some groups still expressed misgivings about the selection of ( i ) as an opening .
4 Some groups consistently face discrimination : age is one mode of socially structured disadvantage .
5 Some clinics helpfully provide forecasts of the likely sex , although this is against the law .
6 The genotypic composition of the population may in some cases dimly reflect forces that operated twenty or thirty years ago .
7 Some authorities already give condoms to GPs but the service is patchy .
8 Some authorities now favour homes taking fifteen to twenty children , particularly for the difficult medium-term cases where the child is away from their natural home for more than a few months .
9 Some foreigners even see benefits in widespread corruption .
10 Indeed , some pacifists even drew comfort from the idea that modern weapons had become so destructive that no one was likely to contemplate actually using them ; others were reassured by the apparent improvement in Anglo-German relations after the upheavals of the Balkan Wars of 1912 .
11 Sleep is also a time when some animals purposely conserve energy because it would be wasteful not to do so .
12 DIN rating gives a reasonable guide to engine power as installed , particularly as it 's a ‘ production average ’ figure , or should be — some manufacturers actually quote peak figures but quality them by saying that an individual engine may vary within stated limits , while others do n't bother with the nicety .
13 Some parents naturally take turns in distracting or managing the child .
14 Some companies also reimburse costs incurred through premature termination of contracts for leased or rented housing as a result of the relocation .
15 Some companies even faced insolvency as a result .
16 Some companies now offer career break schemes to give both women and men a longer period of time off — often up to five years .
17 Some companies therefore give employees in the latter situation an additional incentive payment to encourage them to move .
18 Some composers today don t even understand the simple calculus , he said .
19 A pioneer in this department is Ed Kienholz , who some years ago became Ed and Nancy Kienholz and not just on the marriage certificate .
20 One of the younger adopted children she had known at school , a very charming and beautiful girl of Indian parentage , some years later made contact with her again , and they talked about fashions and make-up together .
21 Because of this , the tobacco industry has been legally obliged for some years now to print health warnings on packets .
22 lt has come to the Prince 's ears , my lord , that the boy was seen some days ago entering Parfois , escorted by four of your men .
23 Some sports also build strength .
24 Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor .
25 Some charities also provide help .
26 Some stations also had immigrants ' or colonization agents , some of whom were expected to speak a variety of languages .
27 It was pointed out by a number of respondents that some lenders already include requirements of this kind in their instructions to solicitors .
28 No doubt some dealers still do business in that way .
29 ( Some committees also include non-councillors ; notably police committees , one-third of whose members are drawn from non-elected local magistrates . )
30 The video standards body , VESA , completed a local bus standard in 1992 and some machines now have VESA Locl Bus ( VL Bus ) slots .
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