Example sentences of "[vb base] some sort " in BNC.
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1 | If you merely mean some sort of intuitive intelligence , then I hope I am psychic . |
2 | She needs to do something concrete , make some sort of mark . |
3 | positive statements right and they need a little bit of help on how to do that and then make some sort of generalised positive comment about themselves , that 's what I mean . |
4 | make some sort of profit . |
5 | I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned . |
6 | Happily all four engines had been spared the attention of the Ju88 but I was soon to learn from the flight engineer that the aileron control cable had been severed and he went into the wing root to find the two ends and make some sort of connection . |
7 | I want some sort of phraseology that as the nights get lighter the mornings get dark |
8 | The former typically involve some sort of ‘ legitimating belief , i.e. ‘ a belief , attitude , grievance , ideology , or definition of the situation held by riot participants that directly ties the riot to some problem in the social structure and justifies or explains ( their ) behaviour , at least to themselves ( Smith , 1983:146 ) . |
9 | Traditional rape laws , therefore , also involve some sort of gradation and may well encourage plea-bargaining . |
10 | Alison wanted to talk , to negotiate , to exhibit her guilt feelings to Franca and receive some sort of absolution . |
11 | If you are pregnant and under the age of sixteen , it is compulsory that you receive some sort of education until you reach this age . |
12 | Or install some sort of screen , dividing panel , a blind that lets down from the ceiling , and even a stack of wine racks which would make a substantial and permanent wall in themselves . |
13 | Most teachers and headteachers welcome some sort of value added comparison i.e. the value added to a pupil 's educational achievements after entering the school . |
14 | If all seems well up to this point , put some sort of load which draws , say , 1A on average across the output terminals i.e. a ‘ watty ’ resistor of perhaps 10 to 15 ohms . |
15 | Some two thirds of women for whom incontinence occurs at least weekly regularly wear some sort of protection ( such as a pad ) before leaving home . |
16 | ‘ We can all put photographs , pictures and words together and create some sort of image . ’ |
17 | Okay so we are , w w we 're now in a position of , certainly by nineteen forty nine we 're , we 're on the verge of power , we want l we , land reform is not taking place any more , there are still some areas in the north it has n't taken place out in the far north west it has n't taken place , so we , we , we are going to need a new land reform document based on all the experience we 've got which will carry us through and , and it 's really that land reform document , document that we are going to implement for the whole of China , and it 's going to be that document which really is going to abolish feudalism and create some sort of equality . |
18 | There was time when they had to bribe er , give some sort of er incentive to the foreman to give them a good time , then it was the shop stewards who would give the workers to the management who will do the o overtime . |
19 | He stepped forward towards Mr Smith 's desk , Smith sat back , surprised , Grout saw him exchange looks with Dan Ashton , and thought he could see the older man nod , or give some sort of sign or signal to Mr Smith . |
20 | But it does need cleari , unless we get some sort of consensus , and it behove you to say look this is |
21 | if you it depends on what you do I mean if you 're generating quantitative material , you know , if you get some sort of scale ratings of things like sort of estimates of how , how frequently they dream |
22 | Erm yeah so I mean that 's generally the way to go so I th I think you know it 's probably worth working away towards a , a more specific set of questions that you might want to ask and , and think of ways of administering them so you get some sort of , you know , numerical information in the end . |
23 | Mm yes , erm since the home office secretary 's initiative it 's progressing quite well , with interest from certainly Bassett , Newark Stanton on the Wolds Tollerton and some other of the rural Coldfield areas were interested in going forward , Bassett looked very very interested , we went to a meeting last night , eighteen parish councils were represented , er Beckingham is going to be the first one , they 've got a special that lives there who 's gon na take up the work , Superintendent came down last night to do a circular of em a questionnaire around the village and parish to get find out what people want , and then go and see what the specials able to provide and meet the two together and get some sort of contractive agreement , he 'll work from the police house there , he 'll have access to the car , when it 's not being used by the rural officer , also his radio . |
24 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
25 | Tt and what else did I put , erm yeah when you are writing things down try and maintain some sort of eye contact , the only time , the eye contact was fine but there were |
26 | Under you know some sort of little bit of bullshit if you like saying |
27 | people know some sort of progress report is n't it really . |
28 | Taken together Tables 8.3 and 8.4 indicate some sort of policy for dividend payout ratios on behalf of the commercial companies in the UK . |
29 | The theory seems to be that the contract constituted by the articles of association defines the nature of the rights , which , however , are not purely personal rights but instead confer some sort of proprietary interest in the company though not in its property . |
30 | Erm or a need to I du n no find some sort of facility in common . |