Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 2km ( just over a mile ) the left-hand branch of the road from Hinterthal reaches the entrance to the remarkable Holloch Caverns ( the labyrinthine passages of which are calculated to extend some 93km ( 58 miles ) ; 1km ( half a mile ) of the caves are open to visitors ) . |
| 2 | My contemporary interest in the case is in the argument that Parliament could not sensibly have intended to frame its enactment in these terms simply for the purpose of dealing with the rare and improbable case of a crooked solicitor and , therefore , the provision must have been intended to have some wider operation . |
| 3 | Recently the castle remains , neglected for centuries and largely hidden , have been excavated to expose some solid stonework foundations and a few ancient arches . |
| 4 | Small and poorly appointed as her ‘ place ’ was , it had been arranged to satisfy some inner need or order … |
| 5 | Where objects are deliberately unique it may be that they are intended to signify some generic concept of uniqueness , such as in art ; the object is then both an individual form and an example of a larger category to which it must be related . |
| 6 | The new tiers of membership , which become available this month , are intended to add some teeth to the X/Open 's existing system vendor , independent software vendor and user councils , described by X/Open chief technical officer Mike Lambert as pure ‘ talking shops . ’ |
| 7 | The following example module headers are intended to provide some guidelines on how the various fields might be filled in . |
| 8 | The points set out below are not intended to be a full explanation of the intricacies of the acquisition of premises and their use as a catering enterprise ; they are designed to illustrate some of the legal issues involved . |
| 9 | This leaflet outlines the international payment services available through Midland , which are designed to remove some of the headaches associated with importing and exporting , and to help you trade more profitable . |
| 10 | Thompson ( 1980 ) has further suggested that many of these analyses are designed to present some utopian vision of a police-free world , but often include ‘ the soppy notion that all crime is some kind of displaced revolutionary activity ’ . |
| 11 | Mairi Campbell of BOC at Cumbernauld and Jean Buchan of Playtex at Port Glasgow took part in Exercise Executive Stretch , 48 hours of physical and mental challenges that are designed to have some feedback into management skills . |
| 12 | Cigarette filters are designed to trap some of the tar and nicotine enabling smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes gradually . |
| 13 | That letter almost sounds like we us around this table are expected to choose some of the sites . |
| 14 | They are expected to win some 100 seats straight off in the first round of voting , and the Socialists none . |
| 15 | The cuts , equivalent to a 2p reduction in the basic rate of income tax , are expected to replenish some of the consumers ' depleted ammunition . |
| 16 | Appeal courts are expected to show some mercy because the defendant has twice had to face the ordeal of being sentenced . |
| 17 | I AM RESOLVED to leave some brief account of my days while I am still able . |
| 18 | The yachts , themselves , have been designed to recoup some of the costs . |
| 19 | A brief test at the end of this chapter has been designed to give some idea of how much of a ‘ lark ’ or ‘ owl ’ you are . |
| 20 | Other , ‘ professional ’ drugs have been designed to overcome some of these problems , but they have often been designed to have even more worrying characteristics . |
| 21 | This leaflet has been designed to provide some basic information . |
| 22 | But if MAFF 's original assessment for the UK 's LFA had been based on an objective survey rather than merely regurgitating the ‘ hill line ’ drawn up under the 1946 Hill Farming Act , it would have had a more reliable basis to which the results of its Hills and Uplands land classification could have been added to determine some meaningful handicap zones . |
| 23 | Study at such world levels can now be achieved first because enough process data have been collected to allow some degree of national and world pattern to be discerned ; secondly because international cooperation has been initiated specifically to remedy the past deficiencies of data coverage ; and thirdly because the opportunities of remote sensing are now beginning to provide further clues to the world picture . |
| 24 | Like most works that are felt to mark some kind of watershed in the history of music , Peter Grimes has been heavily probed for , among other things , debts to and possible borrowings from the works of other composers . |
| 25 | Ironically , now that Renault and Volvo are part of a greater alliance they are seeking to use some of the same components in their two , separate gearboxes . |
| 26 | The plain fact is that in most of your interactions with other people you are seeking to exert some influence — to persuade . |
| 27 | Mr Drake said : ‘ We are seeking to redress some of the ills of our predecessors . |
| 28 | ‘ We deal in seventeenth- , eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art , and we are looking to find some in the East ’ , says Salander . |
| 29 | Sub-Divisional Officer Max Craggs said : ‘ We are looking to recruit some more Special Constables in Darlington . |
| 30 | Sub-divisional officer Max Craggs said : ‘ We are looking to recruit some more Special Constables in Darlington . |