Example sentences of "[vb -s] some kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 2 | ‘ But is one of the main problems , ’ I asked , ‘ not that there is intense pressure on land in Peru and that , to the campesinos from the Andes , the rainforest offers some kind of an alternative ? ’ |
| 3 | Close inspection reveals that mean smoothing creates relatively large residuals in months adjacent to the strikingly atypical months , where perhaps common sense would suggest otherwise ; if the percentage in February 1985 represents some kind of error , for example , then the less resistant mean has spread this error over into the adjacent months . |
| 4 | Misconception number two is that a Taiwanese factory represents some kind of ecologically disastrous sweatshop , with underpaid conscripts breathing dust and fumes and churning out rubbish guitars for eighteen hours at a stretch . |
| 5 | A verb always makes a link and it always represents some kind of movement . |
| 6 | An amino acid is a chemical sub-unit of a protein , and ultimately everything that happens in a cell it produces some kind of protein , so you can see that erm the triplet or produces erm which is one of the , one of the er amino acids and so on and there are also punctuation marks U A A or U A G means stop , as does U G A , so when , when a R N A template running through a gets to a sequence which reads , where was it now , U A A it stops reading because it knows it 's got to the end of the gene . |
| 7 | You believe that artistic expression involves some kind of radical transformation . |
| 8 | The important thing seems to be that teachers should be aware of this conflict and take some steps to resolve it , and this involves some kind of negotiation between teacher and pupils . |
| 9 | Logically , they can not exist separately : all knowledge involves some kind of mental processing and exists in a cultural context ; all cultures are conceptualized in terms of knowledge and involve abilities and skills ; all development has a content and a context . |
| 10 | It is an important question how far political change , which almost always involves some kind of conflict , also tends to be accomplished by violent means . |
| 11 | However , it thinks some kind of contact will be forged over time and expects a port to the company 's DRS6000 Unix box to materialise in the not too distant future . |
| 12 | Ideas about not ‘ burdening others ’ with personal problems , that discussing them denotes some kind of ‘ personal weakness ’ , are common within the older generations , especially when the prospective counsellee has a strong sense of personal dignity and pride . |
| 13 | For that , one needs some kind of feedback loop . |
| 14 | But it needs some kind of explanation . |
| 15 | Mrs Murchie , 48 , who has been a member for nine years , believes everyone needs some kind of first aid training . |
| 16 | Some people find that the trouble begins when they have the builders in and the house undergoes some kind of dramatic redesigning . |
| 17 | ‘ The fact that it has some kind of playful relationship with Birmingham is something with which readers of my novels can easily cope . |
| 18 | I can not imagine what it must be like , but of course , facts have to be faced , one 's own life has some kind of vestigial importance , the question of cruelty really does not arise . |
| 19 | Everyone has some kind of world view . |
| 20 | To recapitulate : the novel tells a story , which has some kind of generalisable thematic significance , by means of a tissue of interwoven discourses . |
| 21 | The gardener wo n't like it , but I 'll say it has some kind of disease — ’ |
| 22 | He has some kind of indifference which Charles has lost . |
| 23 | Influence is the process by which one person in an organisation , A , directs or modifies the behaviour or attitudes of another person , B. Influence can only be exerted by A on B if A has some kind of power from which the influence emanates . |
| 24 | About one child in 20 admitted to hospital has some kind of genetic disorder . |
| 25 | There are also deeper questions : any tool , being a computer programme , has some kind of formalism built-in ( LOGO for example includes procedures and lists ) . |
| 26 | For example , if you believe in religion , you believe that the world and life has some kind of order and meaning . |
| 27 | She has some kind of black shawl over her shoulders . |
| 28 | It 's estimated that one in seven of the part-time workforce has some kind of caring responsibilities , and many of them are attempting to maintain a full-time or at least a part-time job , while carrying those responsibilities . |
| 29 | The BNFL method assumes some kind of ‘ safe ’ level ; the NRPB 's does not . |
| 30 | The dowser uses some kind of indicator , such as a twig , metal rods , or a pendulum to show the presence or absence of archaeological features as the dowser walks over the ground . |