Example sentences of "it is [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the past week there have been several occasions where people have been meddling with candles and other things in the church , including the money boxes yet again , and so it is with some sadness that I have decided to keep the church locked during the holiday period . |
| 2 | It is with some pride that I am able to bring you a useful etiquette tip from the Denis Thatcher Handbook Of Handy Hints For Husbands . |
| 3 | So it is with some surprise that the soft left has found itself endorsing Byrne 's view of the conduct of those around him . |
| 4 | It is with some reluctance that I have to strongly disagree with one of my fellow presidents , but some of the impressions that her article creates are very misleading and , in some cases , offensive . |
| 5 | It is with some trepidation , therefore , that we now suggest one or two newer ways to enjoy Wensleydale . |
| 6 | It is with some personal relief , still distressed at my cosmic shortcomings , that I learn that the UFO-spotting records of the male members of Deee-Lite is rather less impressive . |
| 7 | Like Li Yuan , his respect is not a matter of rote , as it is with some of this new generation , but a deep-rooted thing . |
| 8 | As English Heritage do not like us , it is with some glee that I report dissent in their own ranks . |
| 9 | It is with some sadness we said Goodbye recently to Tom Bryce who left us under SVS . |
| 10 | It is with some trepidation that I mention our feathered friends — LARUS CANUS — the common gull . |
| 11 | It is with some photos . |
| 12 | Green talks a good deal in an inflated style , and always looks sideways at the object he is speaking to ; when he looks directly forward , it is at some piece of furniture or other inanimate object , still talking all the while . |
| 13 | In other words , it is not arbitrary that the wolf and dog are closer to one another than either is to the cat , but it is to some extent arbitrary whether one recognizes some given degree of similarity by placing two species in the same genus , or in the same family . |
| 14 | One of the simplest and most basic semantic judgements one can make concerning an utterance in one 's native language is whether it is to some degree odd or not . |
| 15 | For instance , in some intuitive , non-technical sense of ‘ probable ’ , we may be prepared to assert that it is to some degree probable that a very heavy smoker will die of lung cancer . |
| 16 | It is to some extent understandable why the police have failed to learn the lesson of science . |
| 17 | It is to some extent modelled on the supposed ‘ Obrecht ’ Passion , which he mentions in his preface , though his text is entirely from St. John and he goes on to point out that he has been ‘ diligent so to set the words under the notes that almost every syllable has its note , and the four voices sing the words at the same time so that the listeners may hear the words clearly ’ . |
| 18 | But these studies have had their critics , and it is to some of the key criticisms of them that we now turn in chapter 7 . |
| 19 | If it is breaking down , it is to some extent because the international community has not recognised the separate nature , if not the independence , of that part of Somalia . |
| 20 | Art therapy can be of immense value to some Disabled people , as it is to some non-Disabled people , but it has not intrinsic link to Disability and offers no solution to the problem as Disabled people perceive it . |
| 21 | Stripped , tied up and left to freeze It sounds like torture — and it is for some young workers forced to endure outdated initiation rites . |
| 22 | What humbug it is for some Opposition Members to say that one should buy British and then travel around in foreign cars . |
| 23 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 24 | The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract . |
| 25 | and they 're not appreciating how difficult it is for some of them families to send them there . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , it is of some importance to try to establish what the effect of this learning environment is on the actual communication between deaf and hearing people . |
| 27 | It is of some interest that these attachments are very similar to those of Lewis Carroll ( Charles L. Dodgson , q.v. ) , whom Kilvert is said to have known at Oxford . |
| 28 | It is of some interest in the present study to note that senescence does not significantly decrease the leaf reflectance in the infra-red ; in the blue and red a rise occurs . |
| 29 | That is what they like to do with their few acres and it is of some benefit to us . |
| 30 | Following the outcome of the inquiry ( if successful ) it is of some importance that the parliamentary agent follows the order through its-final stages so as to report that amendments , etc , have indeed been implemented . |