Example sentences of "and to some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this , and not any dispute about the existence of variable norms , that leads in practice to a number of differences in our treatment of ‘ speech community ’ and to some differences in our model of linguistic change . |
| 2 | It is strange to relate that this short stretch of water should be such a barrier but the hills of Wouldham and village are as foreign to some people of Halling as any parts of the world and in fact there are some who travel all over the country and to some places abroad , but have lived all their lives in the village without ever setting foot on the further banks of the river . |
| 3 | Cleaning may consist of a quick dust or ‘ whip round ’ for the harassed housewife , and to some eyes at least it will still look as though the house has been cleaned — hence the expression ‘ eye service ’ ( 'I 've just given the house eye service today' ) . |
| 4 | There is a simplicity in plainsong or Taizé chants , for example , which is well suited to certain seasons of the year and to some parts of a service . |
| 5 | In the early 1980s , there had been a noticeably leftwards swing in some urban authorities , and to some councils the idea of upholding an initiative apparently rooted in the laissez-faire capitalism of the nineteenth century was unthinkable . |