Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 Which means , as we 've already remarked , that it 's caused by some combination of desire and belief : in this case , by Pooh 's desire , not just for honey , but to get a true belief about whether what 's in the pot is honey , and his belief that the way to get that true belief is to taste what 's in the pot .
2 It 's haunted by some awful phantom , or a devil or something .
3 Yet it is condemned by some as inflexible to the point where it can not be a curriculum for all children .
4 Although publicly scathing about the student left and the anti-Vietnam movement , Healy none the less cultivated a discussion circle of London writers , actors and television producers , it is said with some charm and intellectual force , which was to presage his fixation with Equity , the actors ' Union which increasingly provided personnel and finance for the ERP .
5 It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp .
6 It is said by some to be more tiring physically than a paid job , by others to be less tiring : some women say it takes a greater emotional toll , others that the drain is less than other work .
7 It is said in some circles that Morrison is alive and well and living in Des Moines , so perhaps we will one day have to sit through Doors II : the Incognito Years .
8 It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters .
9 But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements , and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation .
10 It is negotiable , and if the drawer is of financial substance or if it is supported by some sort of security , cash may be raised by discounting it , selling it , or lodging it as collateral for a loan .
11 It is viewed with some suspicion by staff anxious about the standards of care provided , but there is undoubtedly an advantage to clients , who are able to be cared for in more homely environments rather than long stay wards .
12 It is viewed by some as having a prime role as a respite for carers , others additionally see their role as assisting in the more practical needs such as baths , chiropody , medication etc .
13 Since perfect competition does not exist in practice — at best it is approximated in some markets — the stringent conditions for efficient resource allocation by the market are not met .
14 The United States is particularly vulnerable in this respect , both because it is lacking in some valuable resources , and because its vast productive machine uses so much of everything .
15 It is argued by some workers in artificial intelligence ( such as Boden ) , drawing analogies from neurophysiology , that consciousness is a function of the degree of complexity and connectedness of networks — neural or artificial — but this view has been strongly criticised by Penrose as simplistic and lacking the necessary objective evidence .
16 But there again it is argued by some that these United Nations Conventions are western inspired .
17 Furthermore , it is argued by some commentators that , if an attempt were made to trace the redistributive consequences of other types of government policy , e.g. subsidies that are part of industrial policy , then an already very fuzzy picture would become totally confused .
18 And for evenings , the little black dress ( only permissible if it is split in some extremely unexpected places ) .
19 As a matter of general law , apart from the statutory provisions and the Law Society 's regulations , the firm 's name must not be such as to deceive the general public into believing that it is dealing with some rival firm .
20 This arrangement secures a quiet legal life for the film industry in general , although it is resented by some film-makers who are obliged to tailor their product to BBFC standards in order to secure distribution outlets .
21 It is believed by some that women who say no to sexual intercourse are merely playing sexual games and their ‘ no ’ means ‘ yes . ’
22 , America ) is true in the start state but it is contradicted in some later states .
23 The way in which some modern political leaders exploit envy for their own purposes , and the way it is built into some party programmes , positively suggest that this is a powerful current of feeling which can be readily and effectively exploited .
24 It is an endowment fund , and we read his intentions as being mainly to help with purchases , but in part it is to help toward some very important restoration projects , such as the Barry Rooms .
25 Water conditions will fall into the compatibility range of all the fish so far , and you should have no problems keeping any one of these attractive eels , the only requirement being that it is provided with some small tubing to hide in .
26 It is estimated with some reliability that one in five of those aged 85 and over now suffer from dementia ( Norman 1987a : 2 ) .
27 And I think that the alternative of the new settlement is by far the best solution , provided it is mixed with some peripheral development , one ca n't go into a position where there is all peripheral development or all new settlement , it has to be in perfect balance , because some needs can not of course be met by the new settlement .
28 It is addressed to some learned woman of a higher station who appears to be a new acquaintance ; it is therefore possible that Leapor had had correspondence with a literary woman in London who arranged for the poem 's publication .
29 It is taken by some to be that which falls under statements of certain logico-linguistic kinds .
30 In sentence 1 the identity of the person who wants to resign is grammatically established as the president and in sentence 2 it is established as some male person who is not the president : the grammar itself specifies disjunctive reference for him .
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