Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] some [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the defence accused some of the teenagers of conspiring against foster parents , Norman and Evelyn Roberts , of Gwalchmai , Anglesey , and of planning to share any compensation Mr Jones might receive . |
| 2 | The presentations of the results followed the same format as last year and journalists invited to Blackfriars were given the opportunity to sample some of the own brand products introduced into stores in 1992/93 . |
| 3 | The Exhibition celebrated Museums Year and also gave the opportunity to display some of the County 's resources . |
| 4 | When Christine Osborne travelled 4,348 kilometers across Australia on the Indian-Pacific she met some down-to-earth characters and had the opportunity to see some of the country 's most remote mining centres . |
| 5 | We decided we ought to give people the opportunity to see some of the water meadow . |
| 6 | I very much appreciated the opportunity to meet some of the hon. Gentleman 's constituents in a delegation . |
| 7 | The teaching checklist 3 in the Appendix epitomizes some of the issues he faces . |
| 8 | The computer recognises some of the words and phrases which the child types in and reflects them back at the child as open-ended questions that encourage the child to reply . |
| 9 | Dovaston says that the computer contains some of the most sickening and horrific details imaginable . |
| 10 | Strip any leaves from the portion to be buried , and then expose some of the inner tissues near a node by scraping bark from the underside , twisting the stem to break some of the fibres , or by making a long sloping cut into the centre of the stem to form a ‘ tongue ’ , held open with a matchstick . |
| 11 | The groups contained some of the most talented , creative , experienced and successful people in UK marketing and public relations . |
| 12 | The recession explains some of the rise . |
| 13 | I mean it was taking that whole Swiss thing and saying that okay these are the new rules , whereas The Guardian accepts some of the old rules . |
| 14 | The police came to the college to arrest some of the students . |
| 15 | The pictures show some of the ways in which people have spoiled the environments around them . |
| 16 | Bingham does not question this opinion but indicates that more explanation about the uncertainty surrounding some of the loans would have been helpful . |
| 17 | but at a meeting with the Scottish Office , the ADSW claimed some of the proposals ran counter to tight assessments . |
| 18 | The syndicat obtained some of the wine from an agent named Herr A. Centawer and its members were amazed by the almost identical labels ; the spelling variation was virtually unnoticeable . |
| 19 | Although Bartlett 's vote was predominantly Liberal the result restored some of the waning popularity of the Peace Alliance . |
| 20 | The study highlights some of the problems associated with user participation in centres which purport to provide social and ‘ rehabilitative ’ facilities in an explicitly voluntarist framework . |
| 21 | The D R one A is currently an excellent er tactical reconnaissance aircraft , all weather , at night etcetera and er it will go on well into the next century so there 's no great hurry to make a decision er one of the first points has got ta be decided is whether we carry the reconnaissance equipment in a pod under the aircraft replacing some of the other weapons or whether we try to build it in and er but taking first things first we have to get the requirement sorted out . |
| 22 | Thick , black pools around the spikes showed some of the heads were fresh , though all were rotting , crumbling under the rain and wind which whipped up their oddly silken hair . |
| 23 | It now appears the lawyer representing some of the drug cartel 's ‘ extraditables ’ once headed the Justice Department 's extradition division . |
| 24 | The Club recruited some of the most talented militants . |
| 25 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 26 | The poet immortalised some of the Tennants in his poem , Epistle to James Tennant , addressed to John Tennant 's eldest son . |
| 27 | Although it has mended its ways in recent years , the NRDC deserves some of the criticism that has come its way . |
| 28 | On X 's order and with Y 's tacit consent the defendants dispatched some of the barley to Kuwait . |
| 29 | Each begins with a consideration of the nature of the area being discussed on the basis that greater understanding of the nature and origin of the problems of old age , dispelling some of the myths surrounding them , can help the counsellor in his task , and help the counsellee to prevent some of the more avoidable pitfalls of ageing . |
| 30 | A decorated band below the gallery commemorates some of the Library 's benefactors in the 17th and 18th centuries : Archbishop James Ussher , King Charles II , Palliser and Gilbert . |