Example sentences of "sometimes [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like many others , it too had its great hall in which the classes did sometimes mingle for such festivities as Mr Lyle 's Christmas celebration . |
| 2 | The male does sometimes mate with one of the young female helpers but this , for reasons we do not understand , never seems to result in pregnancy . |
| 3 | It is not clear whether the courts would take the same attitude in relation to a general disclosure in a discretionary customer agreement of the fact that the firm might sometimes act as principal . |
| 4 | Young men do sometimes fall for older women , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Failure to take account of the other 's feelings can sometimes result from plain ignorance of the facts . |
| 6 | A valuation fee will be paid with the Mortgage Application , and the subsequent inspection will sometimes result in additional information being required eg estimates for essential repair work or modernisation , etc . |
| 7 | The epidemiological importance of arrested larval development from whatever cause is that , first , it ensures the survival of the nematode during periods of adversity ; secondly , the subsequent maturation of arrested larvae increases the contamination of the environment and can sometimes result in clinical disease . |
| 8 | My feeling is that two separate matters sometimes get mixed up : the practice and study of connected speech is agreed by everyone to be of great importance , but this can sometimes result in some relatively unimportant aspects of speech ( e.g. assimilation , juncture ) being given more emphasis than they should . |
| 9 | However , even the most well-meaning attempts to induce and promote local enterprise may sometimes result in little in terms of quantifiable gains to the community at large . |
| 10 | He explained his vision of primacy stemmed from the way the Pope can sometimes speak for all Christians in a way that no other bishop can . |
| 11 | Rather like God , New Scotland Yard could sometimes work in mysterious ways . |
| 12 | This civil litigation can and does sometimes work in direct conflict with the best interests of air safety . |
| 13 | Only broad generalisations are possible , drawing on Romany and Irish traveller history , which can sometimes apply to other groups . |
| 14 | I never expected it to be easy , but I do sometimes wish for those moments that I experienced in the distant past , when the umpire used to say , ‘ game , set and match ’ , and you shook hands before entering the comparative safety of the changing room . |
| 15 | Mr E described Dave , now in his second term at this school , as exasperatingly ‘ lazy ’ , always talking to others , the only one in the class who will make a mess of things , who can not even copy from the board , but who can sometimes surprise by good work . |
| 16 | Replotting data from the cumulative curve to the frequency curve shows that linear segments do sometimes coincide with recognizable sub-populations but in other cases inflexions where linear segments join also coincide with population peaks . |
| 17 | They did sometimes falter against lesser teams , and in particular had a habit of losing to Crystal Palace in Cup ties , but Northampton were still rank outsiders , especially as their League performances were in the doldrums . |
| 18 | For both men and women , there are erotic dreams — with feelings of acute arousal which for men ( less often for women ) may sometimes culminate in involuntary orgasm ( " wet dreams ' ) . |
| 19 | And although we may concentrate attention on teachers ' socially regulated selves , " their own descriptions of their feelings about pupils , and their relationships with them and with their colleagues remind us that the regressive , passionate and unruly aspects of human nature are always present in the classroom and may sometimes escape from rational control " ( 1989 : 203 ) . |
| 20 | But — although this is very rare — you do sometimes come across one or two who seem to have a genuine interest and ‘ feel ’ for the birds ; then , obviously , I try to give them all the advice and encouragement I can . |
| 21 | We can and do sometimes charge for this time , but where there are significant PR benefits for the Garden and its activities , and companies are not willing to pay , we do not charge . |
| 22 | Indeed , as Whips we must sometimes sit through long and tedious debates |
| 23 | All the same , Bernard , I suppose you could sometimes talk about other things . ’ |
| 24 | The determination of trace elements can sometimes help with mint problems . |