Example sentences of "[noun sg] sometimes [verb] [be] " in BNC.

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1 para 2 : Another question sometimes asked is this …
2 The gospels show that discipleship sometimes means being at odds with the State .
3 The answer sometimes given is that murderers should be treated differently because they are particularly dangerous : anyone who chooses to kill once can choose to kill again .
4 One answer sometimes given is that they are not , because a driver who overtakes on a bend , knowingly taking the risk that there is a car travelling in the opposite direction , should not be labelled a murderer if a collision and death happen to ensue .
5 The reason sometimes given is that the defences of justification and fair comment are for the jury , which is the constitutional tribunal , and not for the judge .
6 The solution sometimes adopted is to send the article to the Attorney-General a few days prior to its intended publication .
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