Example sentences of "it has some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 While there are obviously problems in developing and using this type of notional scale it has some utility .
2 Involved in the idea is the injecting of emotion into the relationship so that it has some substance and the subject and object are linked by feeling .
3 Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) .
4 By the time that you have battled against the wind to get there , you may find that it has some hazard that you could not see from a distance , and then there may be no other good field within reach .
5 It can provide a precis only where the topic is something that it knows about , so that it has some sense of what conceptual relationships to expect in the story .
6 In that it has some support from the International Monetary Fund , whose managing director has urged the G7 to come up with at least $5 billion or $6 billion in special funding for Russia this year for such projects , as well as for Russian companies restructuring their operations and for further reform in such key areas as energy .
7 ‘ The fact that it has some kind of playful relationship with Birmingham is something with which readers of my novels can easily cope .
8 The gardener wo n't like it , but I 'll say it has some kind of disease — ’
9 A Fresco ‘ canvas ’ on to which gliffs can be ‘ painted ’ will allow developers create things like two-dimensional geometric figures : like X it has some difficulty with three dimensions at the moment .
10 Although our productivity compares well with coal industries in Europe , it has some way to go before it is at the level of some of the coal industries outside Europe .
11 support among GPs , so it has some way to go in winning the argument .
12 The simplicity of the process assumed for aggregate demand is something we shall return to later , since it has some bearing on the interpretation of Lucas 's results .
13 the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York
14 Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes .
15 Learning it is easier if it has some reason behind it ; but such reasons are theoretically based , and will therefore date .
16 MANY people believe that the Royal Navy is referred to as the Senior Service because it has some sort of superiority to the Army , but the term was not even heard before the 17th Century .
17 The justification advanced — and clearly it has some validity — is that medical opinion is divided , or , more important , that the legal concept is of a different nature from the medical , involving considerations other than the mere question of scientific evidence , such as notions of responsibility or the common good .
18 If appraisal now reveals that it has some validity in principle , the next stage is application .
19 It is not a heartening picture , but it has some validity as a profile of our times .
20 Its chief virtue lies in its medicinal qualities which were thought considerable ; even now it has some use in the treatment of ailments .
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