Example sentences of "some [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some advertise in the local papers — to my mind quite the most profitless form of contact or recruitment . |
| 2 | Some concentrate on the large-scale surface geometry model and structural analysis . |
| 3 | Some spiders hide in a handy crevice in the bark of a tree ; some hide beneath a leaf ; and other spiders build a funnel as part of their web and hide in that . |
| 4 | It was built in 1632 by Sir Edward Peyto , some say to a design by Inigo Jones , though that is unproven . |
| 5 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 6 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 7 | Unveiling details of the £1.7m deal , Ed WAllis , PowerGen 's chief executive , candidly said he would expect some say in the way the weather was presented . |
| 8 | Stockbrokers W I Carr are aiming the Helmsman Self-Managed Personal Pension at controlling directors , partners , self-employed and senior executives who want some say in the control of their investments . |
| 9 | A move from consensus management , where a small , but arguably representative nucleus of people had at least some say in the decision-making , to a more dictatorial style known as ‘ general management ’ now means that decisions are made by one man or woman who may accept or reject the advice of interested parties , including nursing and medical advisers . |
| 10 | Indeed , to invite him to do so , it seems to me , can only be misleading in suggesting that the driver is entitled to some say in the matter . |
| 11 | Some say in the States got things moving first , others credit in Durham . |
| 12 | But the breed 's origins are uncertain and the theories are numerous — that they are almost directly descended from the wild aurochs , for example ( the claim of many a breed ! ) or are at least of Bos primigenius stock like the Podolians of the steppes , or are descended from large , long-horned continental cattle imported several centuries ago ( some say by the Romans ) , or were imported 3,000–4,000 years ago , or came from Ireland where they were an ancient indigenous type , or were developed from Dutch and old English breeds before the eighteenth century , or must have Norse origins because of their coat colour and pattern . |
| 13 | King Harold was slain — some say by an arrow piercing his eye — and the rest , of course , is history . |
| 14 | Some are difficult to grow under cultivation because of their natural habitat 's different climatic , soil or aspect requirements , but some grow like the weeds they often are in their native land . |
| 15 | Although there has been some shift in the 1980s to the political right in the United States and West Germany , the socialist share of the vote has hardly changed over the two decades in Austria , Scandinavia , West Germany , and Italy . |
| 16 | ‘ That may mean some shift in the regional balance of expenditure . |
| 17 | Now if you relate that to other things the government does like , for example , financing a fighter aeroplane , which costs £30 million , the sums are so small , one would hope there would be some shift in the allocation of resources towards the museums sector and the arts generally , because they are such extraordinarily important features of British life , not least in commercial terms . |
| 18 | But some depend on a specific view of science , notably that there are objective and timeless laws at work and that normative considerations are to be excluded . |
| 19 | Some depend on the ability to find or switch extra support , to seek outside help or to use the skills of new staff . |
| 20 | Some circulate in the Arctic Ocean , others stream down the east Greenland or Labrador coasts and disperse widely in the north Atlantic Ocean , becoming a hazard to shipping . |
| 21 | Some succumb to the pressure and claim they have obtained evidence where in fact there is little or none . |
| 22 | Some consist of a simple bowl with a lip , over which the water trickles , while others come in sections of varying lengths and shapes which can be joined together to form complex arrangements . |
| 23 | As has been shown above , the movement denoted by to can be intercepted at some point before its term to evoke a support at some remove from the position occupied by the representation of person at the beginning of the infinitive 's event , thus giving rise to the impression which we have called " subsequent potentiality " ( He struggled to get free ) . |
| 24 | Some die at the first hint of frost ; others , for example the damp-living larvae of chironomid midges , can be subjected repeatedly to temperatures of -20°C and below , with up to 90% of their body water frozen , and recover completely on thawing ( Scholander et al , 1953 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ And some wear on the elbows . ’ |
| 26 | There is probably some wear in the pump body where the actuating mechanism is . |
| 27 | Some stare into the cafe where Marjorie and Sandra are sitting . |
| 28 | It may not be quite as easy as some assume in the developed world , either . |
| 29 | Some last on the skin longer than others . |
| 30 | When you measure the sizes of birds ' beaks , there may be some scatter among the readings . |