Example sentences of "on some [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So they 'd say erm write down the I mean if you 're lucky they 'll give perh perhaps on some questions they 'll give it to you and on others they 'll say write it down .
2 On some waters you can gain a degree of selectability by using harder and larger diameter baits .
3 On some machines I find I get a better result if I manipulate the edge needles in exactly the same way as Far Isle .
4 On some sites I 've had at least four promises since May that work will be carried out .
5 So , on some sites you might say , no , I , well I can control the labour costs and I can control the er , plant usage , but I do n't buy the materials myself the only way I can affect them is by altering the wastage .
6 On some things we did .
7 On some brands you will find a top fitted but on most you will find there is a rail that fixes the units to the worktop .
8 This is vintage Biffen on 19 December 1990 in a speech in which he was kind enough to comment favourably on some remarks I had made in Parliament the previous week on the same subject :
9 On some journeys she was accompanied by relations , but on her ‘ Great Journey ’ in 1698 she travelled on horseback with only one or two servants , staying at inns or at private houses where she had family connections .
10 For on some mornings I 'd wake up lying , well wrapped in blankets , on the sofa .
11 Do you know we 're actually , on some cases we 're actually stealing their thunder .
12 On some models you can adjust the distance that the blades will open and this can make them less tiring to use for a prolonged period .
13 On some days they seemed absent from the area and then we would detect two or three in the course of the next patrol .
14 On some days he delivered as many as fourteen speeches and on one occasion shook 2,000 hands in a receiving line .
15 On some days it is easy to eat very little , on others it is difficult to keep to even the most generous diet .
16 The annexe has few refectory facilities , and on some days it seems that the queue for the coffee machine snakes endlessly around the corridors .
17 On some fabrics it may be possible to pull a weft thread from the fabric leaving a guideline along which to cut .
18 I am often asked what makes a good day for bolting rabbits , bearing in mind that on some occasions they will readily leave the ground regardless of surface conditions , whereas at other times — often under what appear to be favourable conditions — they just can not be budged .
19 On some occasions they made a response if the word and picture name sounded similar ; otherwise they decided whether the two stimuli were related in meaning .
20 In the majority of cases fixed costs will be irrelevant in decision-making , but on some occasions they may be relevant .
21 This meant that on some occasions they would be conducted by Busacher , on others by Anton , the old répétiteur , and in emergencies by their own lead violinist .
22 So a supervisor appears at random , on some occasions they get tokens , some occasions they do n't .
23 Internally , it was a different matter where ultra-nationalist rivals and critics of even temporary accommodation with the French , as well as those who were suspected of favouring them , were being liquidated in purges which were probably as bloody as most in Eastern Europe and on some occasions it seems the former were killed as a result of Franco-Vietminh collaboration .
24 On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all .
25 To the Nuer , god appears both as lofty and remote , though omnipotent , while sometimes approachable and near-at-hand : indeed on some occasions he is felt to be too close for comfort and is earnestly beseeched to withdraw his presence and leave his people in peace .
26 Being a historical review , I shall deal primarily with facts ; however , on some occasions I shall be expressing opinions and I must make it clear from the beginning that these are my own personal opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the MOD .
27 On some evenings , the place was dull , impassive , stifled , solid with boredom : on some evenings it grumbled ominously , with violence , waiting for Lights Out ; on some evenings it was studious , attentive , solemn ; and on other evenings , like this , it sang with a high , sweet , feverish erotic intensity , a claustrophobic glamour , an emotional throb .
28 On some evenings , the place was dull , impassive , stifled , solid with boredom : on some evenings it grumbled ominously , with violence , waiting for Lights Out ; on some evenings it was studious , attentive , solemn ; and on other evenings , like this , it sang with a high , sweet , feverish erotic intensity , a claustrophobic glamour , an emotional throb .
29 On some evenings he will lecture with slides of his own and other nature artists ' work , followed by lively discussion .
30 It would be like traveling on some airlines I could name .
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