Example sentences of "it [be] [conj] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are mama and my sisters truly in sanctuary — or could it be that some grave misfortune has overtaken them also ? |
| 2 | Could it be that some machines have been neglected all summer ? |
| 3 | I ca n't believe it 's because some silly woman like Melissa had a go at you . ’ |
| 4 | If there was a drawback to this grand strategy , it is that some of the gramophone recordings in recent years have lacked the startling intensity and insights of the theatre performances they have helped to prepare . |
| 5 | Life-positions throw light on why it is that some people tend to be winners and some losers in life . |
| 6 | Thus it is that some of the Khans may perceive influence where I have exerted none . ’ |
| 7 | This curious truth about language is that it is always perfect : when a user of the language fails to express himself clearly it is because some existing linguistic resource is not known to him , not because such a resource does not exist . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , perhaps the most startling statistic contained in it was that some one-third of the rail route mileage carried only about 1 per cent of the freight and passenger traffic , while one-half of the route mileage accounted for only 4 to 5 per cent of total traffic . |