Example sentences of "the [noun] be [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | South Oxfordshire District Council has reopened its Ladygrove Park after it was closed for a cleaning up operation ; the park was closed some weeks ago after gypsies staying there left it full of litter . |
| 2 | The shuriken skaters of Sagramoso City were swift — if inclined to capricious flourishes and virtuoso displays , as though recognizing that the Scouts were providing some destructive harassment , but ultimately posed no major danger . |
| 3 | In this case the programmer is forgoing some of the precision of single-length fixed-point arithmetic in exchange for an increased range of values . |
| 4 | Billy thinks the snake was stolen some time between 11.30am and 3pm yesterday and anyone with any information should contact their nearest RUC station . |
| 5 | erm What , what we 're hoping is that erm the university 's undertaking some research to actually look at the links between very small geographic areas , postcode in fact , and ill health . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Paul Nicholas is still posing for pictures , the musicians are doing some last minute rehearsals and the sombre looking safety men continue to look grim . |
| 7 | Evidently the employers were expecting some hostility , as the reminiscences of one elderly compositor suggest : " back in the 70s … |
| 8 | Many English stick dances , like those elsewhere , are believed to be ancient rituals in which the performers are enacting some job necessary for the well-being of the community . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're implying that the KGB is running some big operation in Romania . |
| 10 | The stock in trade of the psychologist is to understand some of the causal determinants of motivations and to show when conscious intentions really do cause behaviour and when they do not . |
| 11 | Looking back , I fancy that when I went skiing I always hoped that the snow was covering some kindly grass , certainly not something as hard and painful as the arres of Pierre-Saint-Martin . |
| 12 | ‘ Getting away with it ’ , of course , means something only if the bats are adopting some kind of Tit for Tat strategy . |
| 13 | And the uncertainty 's affected some children . |
| 14 | The intention was to gain some insight into ‘ the whole curriculum at operational level ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ The murder was committed some time between twelve and three . |
| 16 | Subsidiary aims of the research are to explore some of the statistical problems arising form the survey 's complex design , and to contribute to research training in the analysis of trend data . |
| 17 | The object of the study is to provide some answers to such questions and to identify specific measures which might assist in the achievement of certain national goals , such as preventing further loss of broadleaved woods . |
| 18 | One of the intruders was straggling some half mile behind the rest , so this was attacked by the newly-promoted Flt.Lt . |
| 19 | The club was reimbursed some of the money by another Maxwell company so the loss to the club is not substantial . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , John does suffer from a hearing defect which er causes him loss of hearing and apparently when he puts his hearing aid in the speakers are causing some interference and a whistle within his ear . |
| 21 | It has been suggested that the appropriate test is ‘ whether the parties are making some serious promises or undertakings ’ which are intended by them to be acted and relied upon . |
| 22 | For a syntactic analyser it is necessary that the words be given some identifier to show the grammatical category of the word . |
| 23 | The plan is to print some or all of these articles in each issue of Q magazine . |
| 24 | The plan is to gather some 300 million measurements to improve the way scientists forecast the weather . |
| 25 | The data suggests that the direct effect of the crash was to wipe some 10% off the sterling value of wealth in the last quarter ( this does not include indirect effects on assets other than equities ) . |
| 26 | I was pressed with an argument that the assignees were not customers of B.C.C.I. The purpose of the Act was to provide some protection for persons who had chosen to become customers of the bank and who were accepted by the bank as customers . |
| 27 | When this behaviour is seen for the first time , the owners may become seriously concerned , imagining that the cat is having some kind of fit or seizure . |
| 28 | The chalk hills to the north of the Bay and the limestone plateau to the south were formed some 25 million years ago , the result of unimaginable mountain-building pressure which also raised the Alps . |
| 29 | This may require the parents being given some special activities to be carried out each day , or it may involve more general and less highly structured activities , such as looking at books or playing with toys . |
| 30 | 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 . |