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

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1 What you can do is make some exaggerated moves such as lying on the floor , climbing through each other 's arms or whatever .
2 What we 've done in North Notts is to sink some new bore-holes .
3 Another helpful approach is to substitute some low-fat foods for their high-fat counterparts , for example , have semi-skimmed or skimmed milk instead of full-fat milk .
4 The aim of this project is to answer some specific questions about how language , logic and memory interact in the interpretation of utterances .
5 Its policy is to open some Japanese markets ( which it deems to be closed ) by setting import targets — an approach to trade policy that supporters call ‘ results-oriented ’ .
6 We look forward to his arrival in Britannia again and Boudicca is saving some good legs for him , — in fact they belong to a soldier of the IXth Legion who did n't hear her shout ‘ Get outta the way you stupid git ’ when she was trying her chariot out on the new road .
7 All we have to do is send some nice flowers to each of his girlfriends .
8 has become an increasingly dangerous on this right hand side I have said just now they must try and stop this coming in because he is getting some magnificent balls in to the penalty area and sooner or later they 're gon na concede a goal .
9 Claiming to have ‘ seen it all , ’ they say Fujitsu is doing some interesting things with Sparc , but the Cypress Semiconductor Corp/Ross Pinnacle effort is ‘ still a long way off . ’
10 Now as part of an annual goal which is to run some public courses later on in the year , erm , I 've broken that down in a way that I may go through later , to things that I have to do on , on a month by month basis , and this month I need to create the mailing list .
11 Moreover , while there are good reasons for concern about the availability of services for ‘ revolving door patients ’ during the run down of the old psychiatric hospitals and while doubts remain over the capacity of district general hospital units to provide appropriate care to people in crisis , the relocation of the long stay population of psychiatric hospitals is achieving some successful results .
12 His tip is to lift some mint roots now and lay them in boxes of garden soil or the contents of old Gro-bags .
13 The thought of pale cheese is making some Euro Mps red in the face .
14 What he really needs is to have some blond streaks to lift it a shade or two . ’
15 The main purpose of the present chapter is to develop some basic concepts that will be used throughout the subsequent discussion of semantic relations .
16 But more recently , as criticism of ‘ non-planning ’ and piecemeal development has grown , the LDDC , along with the other UDCs , is introducing some social programmes and is trying to be reasonable and cooperative with local communities and ‘ host ’ local authorities .
17 AT THE University of Centreville , Maryland , a research programme which its director admits he obtained the money for by a far from rare academic tactic is showing some surprising results about human behaviour .
18 What it must now do is issue some clear guidelines on the manner in which doctors involve themselves — directly or indirectly — in promoting unproved remedies to the general public .
19 Miss Anthony 's London agent tells me : ‘ Lysette is filming The Hour of The Pig , in France , at the moment and it is true she is discussing some forthcoming projects , but I can not tell you what they are . ’
20 The purpose of this chapter is to examine some possible answers to these questions and to relate them to the clinical situation .
21 He believes that talk of the so-called ‘ post-industrial society ’ is raising some unnecessary fears that may be causing some talented managers to have second thoughts about aspiring to a top job .
22 One idea is to make some blank crowns out of cardboard and ask the children to colour them in .
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