Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to some " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is often the case in this sort of situation , both sides are right to some degree . |
| 2 | Resorting to personal ties to survive or advance is a mechanism which has been used to some effect over the generations , but which prevents people turning to organisations or political activity which might , in the long run , prove more effective in solving their problems . |
| 3 | ‘ The enormity of the figures describing zero-point energy has led theorists to question from time to time whether these numbers should be taken seriously , or whether they are due to some defect or misinterpretation of the theory . |
| 4 | At the other end of the scale , we are deaf to some of the frequencies given off by jangling keys or screeching brakes , cutting off at around 20 000 hertz . |
| 5 | Most building materials are porous to some extent , although in a well-designed and properly maintained building the absorbed moisture can evaporate harmlessly to the outside . |
| 6 | A product 's actual ingredients are subject to some variation depending on the local supplier , the region of the country and the season of the year . |
| 7 | Future trends in marital status are subject to some uncertainty . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , all language tests are subject to some degree of unreliability . |
| 9 | You may find that you are subject to some good-natured heckling from the audience . |
| 10 | The proposal from the Commission for a coordinated Industrial Policy is therefore an attempt to move the EC towards a federal system , where all policies which affect the industrial base are subject to some kind of Community involvement . |
| 11 | Because these values are subject to some degree of change , you wo n't want to use constants . |
| 12 | But they differ from private enterprise in that their defining characteristic , indeed the rationale for their existence , is that they are subject to some form of political control . |
| 13 | me patient should have the right sort of symptoms and should have been subject to some stressful emotional experience before the onset of the illness . |
| 14 | The notion that ‘ primitive ’ societies classify and organise their intellectual world simply in terms of their crude ‘ needs ’ , which Goody derives from Malinowski and uses to further characterise ‘ oral ’ societies , has also been subject to some radical revision in recent years . |
| 15 | There has also been a proposal to increase the term of copyright to the life of the author plus 70 years , although this had been subject to some controversy within the EC . |
| 16 | Some of the Continental examples , for instance the headband from Cologne , St Severinus grave 73 , is very similar in design to one from Chessell Down grave 45 , and that from Saint-Denis , Paris grave 9 and Planig , Rheinhessen , Germany are similar to some Kentish braids ; they are , however , made of silk and no silk has yet been identified in an Anglo-Saxon grave . |
| 17 | They provide a set of descriptive categories , many of which are similar to some of those presented by Tough . |
| 18 | Even if some sounds are similar to some in your own language they still need to be practised , as they may differ just a bit , and that sometimes makes it even harder to get them sound right automatically . |
| 19 | The Water Authority , well , there again , they 're interested to some extent in forecast rainfall , but they 're more interested in erm how much rain has fallen over quite a big area and erm over what a , what sort of period , so we maintain all the rainfall statistics throughout the country . |
| 20 | I like it if they 're independent to some degree . |
| 21 | ‘ I expect you 've heard the rumours about us seeking further investment for the station — you might even have been privy to some inside information . ’ |
| 22 | The majority of men are accustomed to some particular style of living , and they generally refrain from marriage , if the increased expenses of married life would compel them to live in a manner which would not give them what has been aptly termed their historical standard of comfort . |
| 23 | All heroes are in some measure anti-heroes , after all , if the term means that they are opposed to some antiquated sense of heroism that their creators are eager to question or discredit . |
| 24 | Well doctors estimate that 32 per cent of women in Britain ( and 40 per cent of men ) are overweight to some degree . |
| 25 | It may have been idyllic to some but evidently not to the people who lived as close to the land as James Seely did . |
| 26 | Again , computer models ( incorporating knowledge gained from previous dams ) can be used to some extent to predict the likely effects of future projects . |
| 27 | 7.1 You shall indemnify us against all loss , actions , costs , claims , demands , expenses and liabilities whatsoever ( if any ) which we may incur either at common law or by statute in respect of personal injury to or the death of any person or in respect of any loss or destruction of or damage to property ( other than as a result of any default or neglect of ourselves or of any person for whom we are responsible ) which shall have occurred in connection with any work executed by you against this Order or shall be alleged to be attributable to some defect in the goods . |
| 28 | It seems that public concern is mostly raised when the pollutant is easily observed and can be shown to be due to some organisation flouting the law . |
| 29 | ( 3 ) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or at a hospital ; and it can not be made at a police station unless — ( a ) the constable making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath can not be provided or should not be required , or ( b ) at the time the requirement is made a device or a reliable device of the type mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) above is not available at the police station or it is then for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there , or ( c ) the suspected offence is one under section 4 of this Act and the constable making the requirement has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person required to provide the specimen might be due to some drug ; but may then be made notwithstanding that the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide two specimens of breath . |
| 30 | These findings are unlikely to be due to some superior " tuning " for line detection in the right hemisphere.although Tei and Owen ( 1980 ) have argued that the right hemisphere is neurophysiologically more sensitive to orientation than is the left hemisphere . |