Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [v-ing] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This equity was not always easily achieved , however , since the organisation and philosophy of schooling in some divisions was somewhat at odds with the values embraced by the project . |
| 2 | It happened to me when I was sort of looking at some sort of electronic engineering that I was n't supposed to be doing I was just looking at it for interest like Well I 'd like to have the time to spend on that but I 'll leave that thank you very much . |
| 3 | And I remember just sort of leaping onto some grass and just letting it go , you know , could of been . |
| 4 | Yesterday Dr Williamson said : ‘ I am aware of a difference of understanding between some committee members and the health authority . |
| 5 | Yesterday Dr Williamson said : ‘ I am aware of a difference of understanding between some committee members and the health authority . |
| 6 | ‘ We are in danger of turning into some seaside vaudeville , ’ was the view of the Prime Minister . |
| 7 | ISPRA , the EEC 's main nuclear research establishment , is now certain to be a ‘ favoured competitor ’ in an orgy of bidding for some £300 million worth of EEC-funded research into fusion technology that is now getting under way . |
| 8 | We find the process simultaneously tiring , frustrating and rewarding when , at the end of tussling with some problems , we reach a shared view and a commitment to that view , which is usually of a different order to that which we can achieve by any other means . |
| 9 | Here we consider the incidence of features which are fore-grounded ( 1.4 ) by virtue of departing in some way from general norms of communication by means of the language code ; for example , exploitation of regularities of formal patterning , or of deviations from the linguistic code . |
| 10 | In fact , what was particularly surprising was the extent of support for the principle of examining in some arts departments . |
| 11 | ‘ He may have considered the possibility of selling at some stage in the past , ’ she conceded reluctantly . |