Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others — pilgrims , itinerants , beggars , hawkers — used the station because they could find there light , water , security from robbers , as well as the opportunity to earn some money . |
| 2 | from 's Group Information Services department at Ipswich took the opportunity to spend some time in the USA 18 months ago , when he went to in Kansas to set up an Information Technology department . |
| 3 | Having the opportunity to do some work from home is of great assistance providing me with extra flexibility to help balance and organise my professional and domestic commitments . ’ |
| 4 | During the war Britain had provided the European lead and because of its wartime role was believed to have the reasons and the opportunity to effect some kind of unity . |
| 5 | In particular , they should give pupils the opportunity to gain some experience of the works of Shakespeare . |
| 6 | In particular , they should give pupils the opportunity to gain some experience of the works of Shakespeare . |
| 7 | The most important incentives for Field Chairs are thus the opportunity to exercise some control over the educational context within which their subject is taught ; the challenge of defending the interests of their discipline ; the opportunity to develop expert knowledge of the course structure and regulations through participation in debate ; and the advantage of administrative experience for career development . |
| 8 | There are great dangers in the royal family speaking out because I have a memory of the nineteen seventy nine , just prior to the devolution bill in the referendum in Scotland , when the Queen spoke out against devolution , now she in , in effect denied a large number of Scots the opportunity to have some sort of Scottish Parliament based here , and we probably would n't , I think , be debating this subject today , if in fact we 'd got that eleven years ago . |
| 9 | Once in the hides , sentries had been posted to protect the company positions , and many of the men took the opportunity to get some rest , if only for a few minutes . |
| 10 | I watched a man working on a special cookery book for a mother who is both blind and diabetic ; he made it so obvious that he valued the opportunity to make some reparation that I wonder whether more opportunities like this could not be created . |
| 11 | Whilst most people have no doubt about recognizing these as ‘ social services ’ , even here the terminology causes some confusion . |
| 12 | He commented specifically on this and his use of the Faulkner quotation by saying , ‘ When the writer has some urgency to speak , the subject matter becomes almost irrelevant . ’ |
| 13 | News of the break-up reached some tour officials soon after the princess arrived in Whitley Bay , but she carried on staunchly chatting and laughing with everyone she met . |
| 14 | With deposits of limited size variations the technique has some success but better discrimination is achieved where there are large size differences . |
| 15 | She had curled herself up in a corner of the motorspeeder to get some rest , but there was too much adrenalin swimming aimlessly about her system and her eyes kept opening themselves . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the case throws some light on the earlier situation . |
| 17 | It seems that individual work with some group work is often beneficial , and we can certainly turn to the computer to provide some material . |
| 18 | Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go . |
| 19 | Chrissie went on down to the kitchen to make some tea . |
| 20 | When she woke in the morning , she pulled on her dressing-gown and went down to the kitchen to make some tea . |
| 21 | The flak encountered along the route was of varying intensity and accuracy , while over Berlin intense flak of the barrage type was thrown at the B–17s , causing two-thirds of the Division to receive some form of battle damage . |
| 22 | Under s665(2) , a settlement shall not be deemed to be revocable by reason only : ( a ) that it contains a provision under which any income or assets will or may become payable to or applicable for the benefit of the settlor , or the wife or husband of the settlor , on the bankruptcy of the settlor 's child or in the event of an assignment of or charge on that income or those assets being executed by the settlor 's child ; or ( b ) that it provides for the determination of the settlement by the act or on the default of any person in such a manner that the determination will not , during the lifetime of the settlor 's child , benefit the settlor or the wife or husband of the settlor ; or ( c ) in the case of a settlement to which section 33 of the Trustee Act 1925 applies , that it directs income to be held for the benefit of the settlor 's child on protective trusts , unless the trust period is a period less than the life of the child or the settlement specifies some event on the happening of which the child would , if the income were payable during the trust period to him absolutely during that period , be deprived of the right to receive all or part of the income . |
| 23 | The index goes some way to overcoming these problems . |
| 24 | The Fundació has its premises on loan from the local government for fifty years , which is fortunate as the building took some finding , and cost Pta . |
| 25 | Also , if rubber bearings do not return to their original shape after a quake , the building loses some stability , says Wylie . |
| 26 | Of course the masker is only useful when the user has some hearing . |
| 27 | The story excited some comment , and no little pointing of fingers , in Fleet Street — and Greek Street — but ultimately led Event into deeper water when the magazine printed an allegation about a Daily Mirror executive , and was obliged to promptly follow it with a full-page apology and retraction in the face of legal action . |
| 28 | ( But even they may not be accurate : census-takers last year reported that , in some areas , they found it hard to get people to fill in their forms , because they thought the census had some connection with poll tax . |
| 29 | Luckily the driver had some idea of what was going on — and managed to escape assassination . |
| 30 | William Langdon , a 45-year-old fireproofer , was asked to use the truck to collect some material from the stores on the SLP Engineering yard in Vulcan Street , Middlesbrough , because the regular driver was late for work . |