Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early days both methods co-existed for some time in Great Britain , but the adherents of each method campaigned against one another here and elsewhere in Europe until towards the close of the nineteenth century , when oralism for the time being triumphed in all European countries . |
| 2 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 3 | The related issue of inflation and interest rates led to some disagreement on fiscal policy between Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve Board , and the Bush administration . |
| 4 | Discussions with representative bodies resulted in some amendments to the proposals , notably the inclusion of a ‘ matching ’ provision to allow exchange differences on a borrowing , which ‘ match ’ those on a non-monetary asset , to be deferred until the asset is disposed of . |
| 5 | THE TITLE says it all : the ‘ stolen continents ’ were the lands in North , Central and South America where gentle loving souls lived in some sort of earthly paradise , happily harvesting luxuriant crops and enjoying a stable regime with only ‘ low-key ’ wars . |
| 6 | If expectations of the general level of prices rose to some level between P and P 2 then there would be some stimulus to output and some rise in prices . |
| 7 | Progress towards political diversity under Vietnam 's , primarily economic , Doi Moi or " rejuvenation " campaign [ see p. 36696 ] suffered a number of setbacks during the latter half of 1989 , as CPV leaders reacted with some unease at the trend towards pluralism among their communist allies in Eastern Europe . |
| 8 | He recognized that the plebs participated to some extent in the affairs of the city ( 6.4.5 ) . |
| 9 | Cistercian abbeys fell to some extent outside this category . |
| 10 | Only querulous pupils and awkward governors at interviews asked for some justification for studying it . |
| 11 | As in the Z2 Carbonate , the platform sediments prograded to some extent over the top of already deposited slope carbonates and , consequently , a lower unit of slope and upper unit of platform sediments is commonly encountered in the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |