Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The assassin must have been lying on the ground or Father standing on some steps ?
2 Activities involving the close use of vision can be tiring for children with this condition , and stress or excitement seem in some cases to exacerbate it .
3 Equally , Heisenberg 's uncertainty principle implies that particles behave in some respects like waves : they do not have a definite position but are " smeared out " with a certain probability distribution .
4 It emerged that Hayman had for some years been connected with the Paedophile Information Exchange ( PIE ) , and had received their contact magazine — carrying advertisements from men seeking sex with children — through the post .
5 If there is a regional variation in the rate of treatment for glue ear need this be a sign that overtreatment occurs in some areas ?
6 It can happen , however , that records kept during some interventions show a worsening trend .
7 Some historians have been arguing recently that payments of census and hostilicium specified in some polyptychs are forms of tax collection and demonstrate the continuity of taxation , and of the administrative structures to exact it , from the late Roman period to the Carolingians .
8 Editor , — A B Kay notes the lack of any validation of the diagnostic methods and treatments used by some practitioners of clinical ecology and the possibility of dangerous adverse reactions .
9 Languages : Italian ; German , Ladin , French and Catalan spoken in some regions .
10 Resentments may persist between members of staff who belonged to different unions , and in particular the goodwill between headteacher and staff seems in some places to have been almost irreparably damaged .
11 On the current market situation Mr Peel noted that Old Masters continued to be the strongest area , although there had been a reduction in both size of sales and prices realised in some areas .
12 In this case , there is a tradeoff between distortions induced by a subsidy policy and distortions induced by some prices being above marginal cost .
13 For example , in forensic contexts phoneticians and linguists have for some years now used their expertise to assist in voice identification ; academically this is a highly controversial enterprise .
14 Carbenoxolone was the market leader for about 10 years but its structural similarities to the steroid hormone aldosterone was probably responsible for side-effects such as weight gain , oedema ( accumulation of fluid in tissues ) , hypokalaemia ( potassium loss ) and hypertension found in some patients .
15 After the fall of Calais , when war ceased for some years , the king had to persuade the commons that direct taxes should continue in order to finance the defence of English positions abroad , notably Calais itself , and to maintain English forces in a state of readiness in case the enemy broke the truce and resumed the war .
16 When Connor threw on some clothes and left the Watermen at a run , in search of a doctor , he left his mother to hold Ruth 's hand and try to comfort her .
17 These would have contained garden-like areas for growing vegetables , herbs for flavouring , dyes and medicines , fruit trees and space for hives — honey being an important commodity and mentioned as goods rendered from some estates .
18 In the general hospital , where visitors pour through every day of the week , physical humiliation is less likely though ward rounds by some consultants are still an exercise in treating the patient as a malfunctioning piece of machinery .
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