Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [conj] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allows that some definitions will be of greater ‘ priority and intensity ’ than others and this has been taken to imply that the definitions will differ in their subjective interpretation by those who receive them ( see Taylor , Walton and Young , 1973 ) . |
| 2 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 3 | and I second agenda and erm we ask for your attention to para three point four er which is the financial part of this budget really and it says that some contingencies in nursery schools should be increased , erm that it is actually allowed for in the later budget erm the tax payer budget will be . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , it appears that some play-pens themselves are dangerous . |
| 5 | As Buck states , ‘ there is , in reality , a lot of difference between the expression of a preference and a choice and it seems that some parents who have heard of the new rights sometimes confuse these two concepts . ’ |
| 6 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 7 | Now it seems that some things work , especially those like the AEC that are associated with what has come to be described as the problem-focused/task-centred approach ( Roberts , 1990 ) . |
| 8 | Er with the new contracts that started in September erm basically it seems that some teachers are having to do bits of cleaning themselves to keep their their classroom up to up to scratch up to the standards they ought they ought to be . |
| 9 | In other words , it seems that some schoolchildren ( boys ) are rewarded for breaking the rules while others ( girls ) are punished for following them . |
| 10 | It seems that some designers of upright cookers think they can get away with dowdy styling and primitive features . |
| 11 | Burlington , Massachusetts-based Bachman Information Systems Inc warns that it expects revenues for its third fiscal quarter to Aprch 31 to be below analysts ' expectations and that the operating loss for the quarter will also be greater than financial market expectations — it notes that some analysts had forecast revenues of about $10m . |
| 12 | It recognizes that some laws are passed purely as symbolic victories which the dominant class grants to inferior interest groups , basically to keep them quiet ; once passed , they need never be efficiently or systematically enforced . |