Example sentences of "some [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occupational therapist may supply portable handrails in the early stages after the stroke , so that the patient has some support on each side while he sits on the toilet , although these should not be used to lean on when standing up or sitting down . |
| 2 | Dr. John Marshall told the meeting : ‘ We are actually doing some operations on Saturday mornings . ’ |
| 3 | There was some milk on a plate on top of the box . |
| 4 | The treatment of some shareholders on an unequal basis may take the offer outside the exemption and a valuer 's report may , accordingly , be required . |
| 5 | I think we should make a serious effort to get some progress on this thing . ’ |
| 6 | There has been some progress on the Museum . |
| 7 | Will my hon. Friend try to bring both sides together nationally — as is happening locally in Devon and Cornwall — to try to make some progress on this central issue , as well as pursuing the matter internationally ? |
| 8 | I hope that in Committee we can make some progress on that front . |
| 9 | And on the Jimmy Young Show , as the news of Telecom 's unannounced increase in charges was discussed : ‘ Well , said Jimmy , brightly , ‘ let's take some calls on this issue and the first one is Mrs so-and-so from whatnot … ’ and , yes you 've guessed it , what did Mrs so-and-so from whatnot have to say ? |
| 10 | I used the privacy to make some calls on the house phone without logging them in the red exercise book Mr Goodson had drawing-pinned to the wall . |
| 11 | Just over a hundred thousand in notes of ten in the drawer next to the telephone , some change on the fridge in the kitchen . |
| 12 | ‘ That 'll put some hair on her tits , ’ he said . |
| 13 | It is not essential for a small council such as a parish council to have standing orders , but even then it may be useful to have a ‘ model ’ set from the National Association of Local Councils for guidance if some difficulty on procedure arises . |
| 14 | Granny decided to dismount which she did with some difficulty on account of.having to keep her frock pulled down to hide her torn drawers . |
| 15 | Opposite are examples of weekly income levels up to which you should be entitled to some reduction on your Poll Tax bill . |
| 16 | First , consider the optimal life history , given some constraint on the rates of juvenile and adult survival that can be achieved . |
| 17 | Given his deep-rooted Salvation Army connections , it came as no surprise when the 18-year-old Eric Ball found himself employed ( not without some misgivings on his part ) in their Music Editorial Department . |
| 18 | Ha , yet the Southwold Parish Council , I 've seen it in there , er there 's been a some vandalism on the golf course , you know on the common and er |
| 19 | There would be no hard news , said the DoI , but if we were interested in learning the background it would bring together some experts on fibre optics to brief us on this new technology . |
| 20 | She is no longer merely a ‘ bimbo , ’ as designated by some experts on this sort of thing — Beaumont , Douglas and Rose . |
| 21 | The servants believed there was some blight on Iskandara and her mother — they had gossiped across Alexandra in her nursery when she was supposedly too small to understand — some blight so that only daughters were born to these remarkable women who craved sons , and lone daughters at that , born late , at a time when most women were coming to an end of their childbearing . |
| 22 | She waited for some minutes on a platform , a train came and she would have got into it if that had been possible . |
| 23 | He intended also to attempt ‘ some play on what everybody says is characteristic , namely , vanity of power and personality ’ . |
| 24 | His comments here , interestingly enough , were occasioned by a reading of some essays on musical topics by Otto Jahn , Ritschl 's former colleague and opponent at Bonn . |
| 25 | On this analysis , it follows that irrationality could mean either a reluctance to adopt the particular norms within a mode of thought ( i.e. a disinclination to fall in with the substantive rationality of the discipline in question ) or a determination , perverse or otherwise , to impose a constraint of some kind on the open discourse of the discipline ( in other words , to distort the procedural rationality of the academic community ) . |
| 26 | The people who set the standards are no longer the older generation , the people who have lived their lives and come to some judgement on what life is all about . |
| 27 | I was ( I think you will understand ) initially dubious about a single 10″ driver in such a small box really delivering the goods ( especially with the lower notes on my 5-string ) but was certainly intrigued by the cabinet design , so I was looking forward to giving the little beast some stick on a couple of gigs … |
| 28 | Er I should think we might just have some products on the table and some leaflets . |
| 29 | ‘ Not this time , ’ he said , ‘ I 'll bathe your ankle with warm water in a moment , and put some liniment on it . ’ |
| 30 | To develop commercial environmental consultancy and research activities and undertake some teaching on Environmental Health related courses up to postgraduate level . |