Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [verb] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tim James , the council 's urban woodlands officer , said : ‘ Dutch elm disease has killed some of the trees and the high winds have accounted for some of the pine and larch . |
| 2 | It was now criticized as anachronistic , and the German government had signalled for some time its concern over rising costs and their justifiability at a time when German unification put great strains on the public finances [ see also pp. 37212 ; 38508 ] . |
| 3 | ‘ Headway Intermediate is one of the soundest , most innovative coursebooks to have appeared for some time . ’ |
| 4 | Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer . |
| 5 | Such palpable absurdities have continued for some 20 years , despite the partial and cautious liberalisation of the past three or four . |
| 6 | Rumours of a military coup had circulated for some time [ see p. 38571 ] . |
| 7 | Modest chain-link fences have existed for some time in the border cities of El Paso and Brownsville , Texas . |
| 8 | The Special Branch had known for some weeks that he was in Germany . |