Example sentences of "[vb pp] for some [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , she remembered , as he walked a little behind her , it was a title received for some public work or other … . |
| 2 | Mo may just not care what gets said about the Company — it 's all the new team now — as long as he is n't caught saying it himself And if he gas blamed for some dirty work that got started fifteen years ago — and I doubt he was directly responsible ; he was too senior then — how much does it hurt him now ? |
| 3 | The major field monuments , which are better documented , almost certainly provided the foci in the landscape , around which such subsistence settlements would have been placed and to which they would have looked for some specialised goods and services . |
| 4 | Answer guide : An opportunity cost is defined as the maximum benefit which could be obtained from a resource if it were used for some alternative purpose than the opportunity under consideration . |
| 5 | The situation called for some drastic action and so I laid it on the line ; either they won this game or I would resign . |
| 6 | No statement which you make during the interview may be given in evidence against you unless : ( a ) you are prosecuted for making a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular ; or ( b ) you are prosecuted for some other offence and when giving evidence , you make a statement which is inconsistent with a statement made during the interview . |
| 7 | Organisations have known for some considerable time that the acquisition , distribution and effective use of information is a key factor in gaining a competitive advantage . |
| 8 | Recently he had had to have a catheter fitted for some medical problem and because of his absconding behaviour , the nurses had hit on a really original wheeze — to force him to carry the slowly filling urine bag in one of those four-milk crates one sometimes sees on doorsteps . |