Example sentences of "sort of [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for this reason that these sorts of incident are particularly disliked by policemen and are marginalized to policewomen , wherever staffing levels allow . |
| 2 | All sorts of debris was scattered in profusion . |
| 3 | We are very fortunate to live near Newmarket where equine veterinary care is taken very seriously and all sorts of equipment is available . |
| 4 | For , using it , we can say that anyone who understands the concept of pain knows that certain sorts of behaviour are criteria for pain-ascription . |
| 5 | I think in the case of members of staff , the university might well want to say certain sorts of behaviour are inappropriate and we do n't countenance them even if the person involved in the end thinks she 's prepared to put up with it , or he 's prepared to put up with it . |
| 6 | These sorts of rule-breaking are amenable to strategies of correction or control in a way that most forms of isolated crime can not be . |
| 7 | The front door was open and at least two sorts of music were oozing out on to the street . |
| 8 | In the remainder of this section we will examine the following issues : which bodies are subject to judicial review ; what sorts of decision are subject to judicial review ; who can apply to have a decision judicially reviewed ; what remedies are available to an applicant for judicial review ; and the procedures for seeking judicial review . |
| 9 | Another reason for the more restricted use of these sorts of typification is that the situations in which they become operative are infrequent , such as the typifications ‘ old biddies ’ or ‘ old dolls ’ for pensioners who make petty complaints , ‘ Easton funny ’ for strange and odd events , and ‘ loopers ’ for odd and strange people . |
| 10 | The closest sorts of group are called keiretsu , and have familiar names like Mitsui , Mitsubishi , Sumitomo and so on . |
| 11 | the opposition between the two sorts of reason is relative , not absolute . |
| 12 | ‘ Certain professions create the conditions in which seeking those sorts of pleasure is almost legitimate . |
| 13 | Then there was the question of what sorts of costume were appropriate on such a journey , and whether or not it was worth my while to invest in a new set of clothes . |
| 14 | But while there may be degrees of determination or contradiction , there must be some consensus as to what count as examples of these relations — what sorts of contradiction are there ? |
| 15 | Having two sorts of mouse is a pain . |
| 16 | This prompts you to do something else , namely to work out the relationship between the parts of the list : why all the different sorts of tragedy are all called tragedy , what the historical sequence and links between them are , etc . |
| 17 | We now consider how the substance of those different sorts of essay is organised and presented , starting with techniques for commenting on a given passage . |
| 18 | Three sorts of perspective are identified by Leonardo da Vinci in his treatise on painting , as follows : |
| 19 | And if this is so we get the delightful result that instead of there being at least two radically different sorts of things in the world , sensory states and material objects , there is only one sort of thing , sensory states , and all putatively other sorts of thing are reducible to complexes of actual and possible things of the first sort . |
| 20 | And in my experience , this sort of transcendence is not involved in anorexia nervosa , where the material world has to be grappled with and controlled , rather than dismissed as an ultimate unreality . |
| 21 | While this sort of requirement is a condition precedent to the contract rather than an expert clause , the status of the certificate is the same as that of an expert 's decision : see also 6.3.4 . |
| 22 | And he recommended that most prisons should be ‘ community prisons ’ catering for a wide variety of prisoners from their locality , a prescription which does not seem readily compatible with the notion that this sort of mixture is conducive to disorder . |
| 23 | What sort of poem is |
| 24 | This sort of finding is repeated again and again ( e.g. Savage , Evans and Savage , 1981 ) . |
| 25 | One of the reasons that Britain habitually trails in this sort of event is the culture of dogged amateurism that has grown up in recent years . |
| 26 | ‘ I have witnessed one bombing and I am very pleased that this sort of operation is being carried out , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ Among the qualities of this sort of animal is their extreme covetousness in collecting gold , silver , diamonds and pearls , ’ he writes . |
| 28 | I know this sort of stuff is we had similar to when I worked in the shop er , used to , he had three quarters of this , guy come round in a van or whatever , back of a van |
| 29 | What sort of stuff is in there ? |
| 30 | Erm the mot pressure erm from that for that sort of stuff was was came form me . |