Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we wan na do is think of some buildings and describe them to ourselves and then work out what style , cos the thing is since the 1960s , styles like we want , like a progression of styles till the 1990s and see what 's changed and what 's stayed . |
| 2 | When the concept is explained by some writers , educational technology : |
| 3 | Fourth , I will describe how the organisation of the curriculum into arbitrary hierarchies is compounded by some attempts to make the National Curriculum accessible to all pupils . |
| 4 | The fact is recognized by some philosophers who take the given view of causation . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Once again opinions vary as to whether conditions should be attached with the aim of controlling odour pollution and is regarded by some planners as an undesirable duplication of powers , a view endorsed by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution especially with regard to planning conditions designed to control air pollution from registered works . |
| 7 | Moreover to advocate exposing French tradition to foreign literatures , citing Whitman , Williams , and Pound , as seminal influences , to translate them in addition to David Jones or Basil Bunting , and to deny any allegiance to the French poetic mainstream is received in some circles with incomprehension . |
| 8 | Interactive modelling and analysis facilities are provided on both systems although an option is given in some cases to run jobs in batch mode . |
| 9 | The problems are most acute in Africa where population pressures are also greatest , though modification of South American savannas is increasing ; desertification is occurring in some areas as a result of overgrazing . |
| 10 | A disinfectant capability is claimed by some manufacturers . |
| 11 | The position is the same if the offender is committed for some offences under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 and for some under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 ; the restrictions in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 have no application to the offences subject to committal under section 38 , as the Crown Court can sentence for those offences as if the offender has just been convicted of them on indictment , but do apply to the offences committed under section 56 . |
| 12 | Fortunately , with improved surgical and technical techniques it is now possible to operate on the cataracts of newborn children within the first ten days of life in some cases , and this is considered by some consultants to be advisable . |
| 13 | There is some uncertainty in the literature as to whether conjunctions which occur within sentences can be considered cohesive , since cohesion is considered by some linguists to be a relation between sentences rather than within sentences ( see Halliday and Hasan , 1976 : 232 ; see also note 2 at the end of this chapter ) . |
| 14 | There are arguments for suggesting the landings at Tarawa were unnecessary , much in the way the Dieppe raid on the French coast the previous summer is considered by some historians to have been a waste of many Canadian and other lives . |
| 15 | If one can not — and that is happening in some cases — it only means that … ’ |
| 16 | Nevertheless , if there is any sense in which capitalism can develop the Third World , and there is evidence that this is happening in some countries or in some sectors , then the theoretical elaboration of the idea of dependency reversal may be useful . |
| 17 | I paddle quickly , aware too that the Ocean 's cold has gnawed its way uncomfortably through the thin GRP of the kayak and into my poorly protected flesh Tony waits for me , to point out a small brown luck that is lurking among some rocks to our right . |
| 18 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters . |
| 21 | This is seen by some judges as usurping their function . |
| 22 | Representing Dagenham , in east London , Mr Gould is seen by some colleagues as well-placed to assess how Labour can broaden its appeal to the communities that have rejected it at four general elections in a row . |
| 23 | At its shortest the coat is seen by some designers as little more than a regular outsize jacket . |
| 24 | The timing of the proposals is seen by some observers as reflecting the growing strength of the French Green Party in the run-up to regional elections in March . |
| 25 | There are two open bothies on the route but contrary to what is written in some places , the farm at lonely Carnmore on the Letterewe estate is not inhabited except for part of the year . |
| 26 | The proposed tax would bring carbon-rich fuels in line with natural gas , which is taxed in some countries but not others . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Another way out of the problem of fraud could be to require from both parties the presentation of a birth certificate as a prerequisite for the issuing of a marriage licence , as is done in some states in the United States . |
| 30 | The easiest way to understand the nature and extent of this type of crime is to look at some examples of the effect of specific corporate crimes . |