Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Conservative policy on the inner cities has diverged in some ways from the earlier policies of the 1970s , especially in shifting away from social and environmental programmes towards an emphasis on economic and enterprise-generating ones .
2 Sadly , the reorganisation has led to some job losses — 22 out of 101 at Spondon , where the dyehouse has closed , and 75 out of 394 at Coventry , where workshop engineering , catering and cleaning services previously done in-house are now being contracted out .
3 There are some unavoidable costs er on that account , particularly on the engine programme where delays to the aircraft programme which result in extra costs on the engine side , are the customer 's liability , erm but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think , from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment that we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non-common and we have had to take a larger share of the costs of those equipments than originally planned .
4 Erm , but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment than we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non common and we have had to take a larger share of the cost of those equipments than originally planned .
5 The search for such dating methods has continued for some time , but in the second half of this century several methods have been developed , which provide much better ways of dating some sites and finds .
6 Chapple-Hyam has warned for some days that he is reluctant to risk Rodrigo de Triano , winner of the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas , on soft ground .
7 Jan Age Fjortoft — attacker with trouble at Swindon — did not score in 13 matches — Swindon bought Scott from some lower div. club — Scott has put in some goals — and Fjortoft is left out both from Swindon and the national team .
8 Creditor business continues to be affected by the poor economic climate but rating action has resulted in some improvement in Q2 .
9 The Committee has pointed out that nothing is more foolish than to have timetable motions introduced after a Committee has sat for some sessions , perhaps debating the first two or three clauses of a Bill , and then , the guilloting having been introduced , the rest of the Bill — perhaps 60 , 70 or 80 clauses — is rushed through with hardly any debate .
10 Though his work has met with some scepticism in the medical community , Medenica is respected in South Carolina .
11 Inside the palace , restoration work has begun of some areas of the Sala di Luca Giordano under the direction of Mina Gregori , Professor of Art History at the University of Florence .
12 In a report for the Greater London Association of Community Health Councils , Naomi Pfeffer and Allison Quick wrote , ’ We gained a strong impression that … the quality of treatment that the majority of the infertile men and women receive within the NHS has deteriorated in some areas although , or even because , in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer have been introduced ’ .
13 Since 1973 oil consumption has decreased by some 40% .
14 The recent introduction of genetically engineered insulin has lead to some problems for diabetics who have changed from animal-derived insulin .
15 NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects .
16 The shag population has plummeted in some areas and many divers have failed to raise young .
17 But in any reference to useful labour it occupies a significant place as a village where the medieval open field system of farming has survived in some degree .
18 Almost every Council meeting has debated in some way how the profession can face the economic realities of the 1990s while remaining constant to the need to serve law and justice .
19 The derogation , which applies to all cereals intervened after November 1 , puts UK farmers on a par with their counterparts in northern Europe where the relaxation has applied for some time .
20 ‘ Every evening , the living room gets converted into some kind of camp by the children and smeared in food and footprints , ’ she laughs , ‘ but what 's the point of a home if you have to be precious with it ? ’
21 Lastly , trench warfare is a policy Mr Yeltsin has pursued with some success for much of the past 12 months .
22 Because star formation and hence the formation of neutron stars by supernova collapse in NGC6342 ceased long ago , the apparent youth of the pulsar suggests that a major event has occurred at some time during the last 10Myr .
23 Avoid specimens that are swimming off the aquarium bottom as this is a sign of distress and usually means an imbalance of water has occurred at some stage of the export/importation process .
24 This paper has described in some detail a possible framework for comprehensive assessment of older people , starting from an analysis of current practice and based on principles derived with practitioners and middle managers of social service departments .
25 The staff has worked for some years to create links with the community and has worked to develop the curriculum , giving special attention to the learning needs of bilingual children .
26 On this occasion , devising a pretext for attacking the auditors has called for some ingenuity .
27 The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament .
28 Intense competition has led in some instances to quite unrealistic pricing and often , in consequence , to an unacceptable deterioration in quality and standards .
29 The Scottish Dairy Trade Federation has said for some time it is not happy with that .
30 The ruling has led to some confusion , as the barrier appears to contradict the EC principle of free movement of goods across Community borders .
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