Example sentences of "which [be] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chlorinated hydrocarbons , which are some of the most persistent and environmentally damaging of the industrial chemicals , and the industrial organochlorides known as polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) , are particularly soluble in fatty tissues . |
| 2 | ‘ I notice he made no mention of London Transport 's 30-year-old double deckers which are some of the oldest and most reliable in the country . ’ |
| 3 | The delightful gardens , at their best in the late August sunshine , were home to peacocks and hens , cockerels , a caged canary , a goat that kept the grass trim in a neat semi-circle around the tree to which it was tethered , several dogs and a sizeable cattery — stars of which were some blue-grey Abyssinians . |
| 4 | The son of a wealthy London merchant , Lethieullier was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries ; he knew both William and John Hunter , who in turn must have been aware of his collection of Egyptian antiquities , amongst which were some mummies brought back from Egypt to Aldersbrook by Lethieullier 's cousin , Colonel William Lethieullier . |
| 5 | He pointed to the plate on which were some slices of cold streaky bacon . |
| 6 | She was made to stand naked on two stools which were some yard apart . |
| 7 | Stig makes a full recovery which is some compensation . |
| 8 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission is currently investigating the pre-tax price of cars , which is some 30% higher in Britain than in , say , Belgium . |
| 9 | A reservoir had to be constructed to drive the wheel , which is some distance away from the pump shaft . |
| 10 | Peter Curd , a spokesman for NIREX said this week that ‘ preliminary approaches ’ had been made to ICI about the mine , which is some 300 m deep . |
| 11 | The Department will be connected via a private telephone line to the processing units in the computer room which is some half a mile distant . |
| 12 | I mean , John , who was a local builder , sold a house a day for five years , which is some building . |
| 13 | 639 to ‘ this day ’ , that is , Adomnán 's time of writing , c . 700 , which is some time after the power of the northern Angles beyond the Forth had been shattered at Nechtanesmere in 685 , and the reference is rather to the failure of the kings of Scottish Dál Riata to regain control of Irish Dál Riata in Antrim . |
| 14 | In the first half of 1991 it was £2.1 billion , which is some 30 per cent . |
| 15 | I 'm using ‘ happy ’ in one specific turn of phrase , which is some kind of extension of its basic meaning . ’ |
| 16 | Where a word used in a lease has multiple meanings , one of which is its ordinary meaning and the other of which is some technical meaning , there must be some objective evidence that the parties intended the technical meaning to be adopted , otherwise the word will be construed in its ordinary sense ( Holt & Co v Collyer ( 1881 ) 16 ChD 719 ) . |
| 17 | The client will not necessarily understand , particularly a first-time buyer , that the deposit has to be paid on exchange of contracts , which is some time before the mortgage advance becomes available . |
| 18 | Now turning to the , the the good news and that is that the Lincolnshire Flood Defence Committee was set to increase after ninety-four , five which is some twenty per cent below the normal three-four level . |
| 19 | What we do need is the equivalent of what we 've got in the documents which I 've given to you which is some sort of allowance for every bit of control of the thing . |
| 20 | This is one of the reasons why we are saying to the government that they should consider what our competitor countries do , which is some form of temporary credit management ; some form of temporary credit controls to squeeze off this surge in demand before it really gets going and pushes inflation up again . |
| 21 | On one occasion a very experienced pilot in a Nimbus 2 was starting on a car launch when it swung off the runway into a K8 which was some distance ahead . |
| 22 | They had arrived home near the turnpike crossroads at 10.15pm , they had heard a shot at 10.25 , and they had seen William Tidbury and William Day leaving a Path near the woods at 10.50 , which was some five minutes after PC Golby had discovered the first body . |
| 23 | Sadly , the last time I saw it , which was some years ago , it had pretty well faded beyond recognition . |
| 24 | The late mortality rate for disease was one point seven percent and again this was significantly less than the late mortality for patients with prostate cancer , which was some four times higher at eight point four percent . |
| 25 | This is compared with the 1990 figure which was some 35% higher . |
| 26 | Another specific usage of private stations was that of Railway Staff halts which enabled staff to reach a place of work which was some distance from a public stopping place . |
| 27 | That 's why I was still there when John Russell appeared , which was some fifteen minutes later . |