Example sentences of "[vb base] some form " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worse still , one third of premature babies due or suffer some form of handicap throughout life . |
| 2 | About 1 in 10 young children suffer some form of head injury , with learning problems in later years . |
| 3 | To avoid the type of problems introduced above , among others , many commentators who accept at least some redistribution as a relevant policy objective advocate some form of automatic tax-transfer system as the only adjunct to an otherwise ‘ minimum state ’ guaranteeing law and order and little else . |
| 4 | The smoothed value should be close to each of the values which determine it except those which seem atypical ; we therefore want some form of resistant numerical summary — some local typical value . |
| 5 | Does she accept that very few people are totally opposed to Sunday trading , but millions want some form of compromise that recognises the special nature of Sunday ? |
| 6 | Two-thirds of DGMs report some form of joint commissioning arrangements for their 1992 – 93 contracts , of which 75 per cent are working with another DHA , 66 per cent with an FHSA but only 31 per cent with the local authority . |
| 7 | A surprising number have tales which suggest some form of ‘ activity ’ , almost as if they were alive , a strange thing on the surface , as stones are the archetype of solid , unmoving form . |
| 8 | And do n't site it too close to a house wall , or you will get sooty stains — unless you build some form of screening . |
| 9 | But choices , as philosophers since Aristotle have argued , involve some form of deliberation . |
| 10 | Nor is the case of information-based services so clear-cut , as most involve some form of tangible documentation , for example , off-the-shelf insurance policies , legal briefs , or even this text ! |
| 11 | It is significant that all these schemes , with the exception of educational vouchers , involve some form of testing . |
| 12 | For the personal sector , most financial assets thus provide some form of return , are marketable and can be converted into cash at minimal expense and inconvenience . |
| 13 | From Wimpey Homes to Dr A.J. Watson stating that they regretted their inability to level the area of open space and provide some form of play equipment at Baberton Mains . |
| 14 | Babies who are born normal , but encounter some form of birth trauma or injury are brain damaged , and the nature of their handicap will depend on the part of the brain affected . |
| 15 | These are that northern nationalists , through the SDLP , seek some form of joint sovereignty ; that unionists want a lesser , rather than a greater , role for Dublin and that the Irish Government has little to contribute to a solution , beyond the offer of a referendum on Articles 2 and 3 , when all else is agreed . |
| 16 | Only two vice-chancellors responded , and they both support some form of fees . |
| 17 | Any serious pollution is a hazard to the life which depends on the watercourse — all but the dirtiest of rivers support some form of fish and plant life . |
| 18 | Most DBMS support some form of B-tree and they represent the most common database storage structure . |
| 19 | Then install some form of perimeter edging : path-edging stones or brick pavers , for example , set in concrete . |
| 20 | ( It is interesting to note that the right to benefit for 16 and 17 year olds has been denied and these young people either accept some form of youth training or get nothing at all . ) |
| 21 | of the criteria and try to allocate those which would fall under the structure plan umbrella , those which would be more applicable at local plan level and added to that , give some form of weighting . |
| 22 | Similarly , the apparent text of my obsessive orderliness read , ‘ Form and order make for efficiency , and efficiency makes for a well-structured , meaningful life ’ , while the sub-text read , ‘ Unless I impose some form and order on life , I shall lose control , chaos will ensue , and life will become meaningless . ’ |
| 23 | And while two-thirds of older people get some form of home care assistance , dissatisfaction with restrictive services is common . |
| 24 | We need to ensure that these people get some form of equal right , equal right with a s simple contract . |
| 25 | Both non-cooperation and civil disobedience imply some form of resistance to unjust laws , and could result in imprisonment for those involved . |
| 26 | These are taken-for-granted groupings which assume some form of unity within each category without ever clearly identifying the source of this unity . |
| 27 | On the other hand , a systematic survey by the International Labour Organization has shown that , in a sample of ten African countries , 40 per cent of informal sector enterprises pay some form of tax or registration fee , implying a degree of recognition by government . |
| 28 | In the process of its development the manager must define the purposes of community education , identify the steps by which it can be provided , define responsibilities at each stage and operate some form of continuous monitoring . |
| 29 | Yet on average 73 per cent of UK adults now use some form of credit , compared with 22 per cent in 1969 , and 33 per cent have three or more loans , compared with three per cent in 1969 . ’ |
| 30 | share some form of common ownership |