Example sentences of "[indef pn] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | A writer is copied by ‘ someone other ’ than himself , and that ‘ someone other ’ can in a manner of speaking become the writer he copies : the biter bit . |
| 2 | A writer is copied by ‘ someone other ’ than himself , and that ‘ someone other ’ can in a manner of speaking become the writer he copies : the biter bit . |
| 3 | In pretending here to be someone other than himself who keeps murdering people , he does a tremendous job : this is a more than serviceable argot for the age in question and for the wizard in question . |
| 4 | All four books speak of a ‘ someone other ’ . |
| 5 | In Hawksmoor Ned the tramp encounters a ‘ someone other ’ in his double , and in Chatterton Charles Wychwood 's double is another ‘ someone other ’ . |
| 6 | In Hawksmoor Ned the tramp encounters a ‘ someone other ’ in his double , and in Chatterton Charles Wychwood 's double is another ‘ someone other ’ . |
| 7 | Eliot was able to ‘ recognise himself through someone other ’ — a changeable other , but at one point it was the Frenchman Laforgue . |
| 8 | ‘ The first law of the imagination ’ , states Ackroyd 's Wilde , is that ‘ in his work the artist is someone other than himself . ’ |
| 9 | It is plain that there are many ways of being and of imagining a someone other . |
| 10 | When he turned to God it was to someone other : he was surrendering to ‘ something outside oneself ’ . |
| 11 | Eliot comes across as the sad man who sees double , as a living embodiment of the proposition that the double has to do with pain and with relief from pain , with the search , in such circumstances , for someone other . |
| 12 | This Figaro is the first time he has tackled an opera written by someone other than himself . |
| 13 | As is so often the case in Paisley 's career , the crucial step was taken by someone other than Paisley and then offered to Paisley as an opportunity the possibilities of which he could appreciate . |
| 14 | The rule that cases should be prepared for trial by someone other than the advocate presenting them in court should not apply to solicitors , the committee said . |
| 15 | It involves getting someone other than you to make and carry out decisions , and to achieve results , for which you are nevertheless ultimately responsible . |
| 16 | This section examines cases which use indirect words , words directed to someone other than the trustee , which are none the less held to give rise to an obligation under trust in the trustee . |
| 17 | This may well be done by someone other than the interviewer . |
| 18 | Many of us sometimes need to talk through our anxieties with someone other than a friend and the Samaritans are always glad to listen . |
| 19 | I 'm interested in someone other than my seaman , she thought . |
| 20 | It is a good internal control if the dealer is not allowed to make cash transfers and if bank confirmations are matched to internal dealing records by someone other than the dealer . |
| 21 | Evidence of insufficient cover might include someone other than the insured person driving the vehicle ; the vehicle being used for the purpose other than agreed , e.g. for business purposes ; or the present vehicle not being entered on the firm 's records ( this being difficult to detect in these days of not generally showing a registered number on a certificate ) . |
| 22 | The healing of the servant was made possible by the prayerful faith of someone other than the sufferer . |
| 23 | Bowe , 6ft 5in and 235lb , and with an 81-inch reach , represents the man mountain that Holyfield must scale if he is to be accepted as someone other than a caretaker holding the keys to the division until another genuine champion arrives . |
| 24 | Perhaps he had someone other than John Barnes in mind as he paraded outside the ground , but the prophecy held true enough as Liverpool 's Chosen One produced his own version of the Second Coming . |
| 25 | Herstory is an excellent word , pointing out with wit and elegance that history has too often been the story of men 's lives ; wimmin might be applauded as a useful piece of spelling reform if someone other than feminists had invented it . |
| 26 | Without implying that Lanfranc was an enemy of the monks of the cathedral church , the whole drift of the pope 's account of the incident suggests that the request for a confirmation of the monastic status of the cathedral had come from someone other than Lanfranc : from whom the request came he left entirely unclear . |
| 27 | When a central government department is sued , it is usual to name the respondent as the Secretary of State who is constitutionally responsible for the conduct of the department 's business ; although , of course , the decision or action being challenged will more often than not have been made or done by someone other than the Secretary of State personally ; and in the case of a geographically decentralized department , such as the Department of Social Security , the challenged decision or action may have originated from any one of a large number of regional offices of the department . |
| 28 | As we have seen , the notion of a duty entails that someone other than the duty-bearer must decide what action the duty requires . |
| 29 | The Rowan Clinic at the Royal London Hospital has a team of counsellors , so basic assessment may be undertaken by someone other than the client 's personal counsellor . |
| 30 | ‘ And so often it is better for someone other to make the choosing . ’ |