Example sentences of "[is] [prep] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a matter that is worth some brief discussion , since it is closely connected with the fuss that has been made about the application of the term ‘ altruism ’ to animal as to human behaviour . |
| 2 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 3 | The rule does not require the proper officer to accept a document which is illegible , has not been duly authorised or is for some other reason unsatisfactory ( Ord 50 , r 4A(2) ( a ) ) . |
| 4 | Stripped , tied up and left to freeze It sounds like torture — and it is for some young workers forced to endure outdated initiation rites . |
| 5 | What is lacking at this stage is for some imaginative research laboratory or university department to contact serious UFO researchers and design an experimental study for these UAPs . |
| 6 | It is in both the firm 's and the consumer s interests that this is for some extended period : in the case of the latter because search costs ( presumably ) are finite and so will not be worth incurring if there is only some probability of finding low prices , unless the benefits are substantial . |
| 7 | answers my question but it 's of some considerable relevance is n't it . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , since the subject is of some general importance in Hong Kong the Board was invited to express an opinion upon it . |
| 9 | The impression given is of some sticky , viscous , unpleasant material which has to do with the satisfaction of obscure and uncontrollable personal needs . |
| 10 | The Methodist chapel , 1861 , along with other buildings in the village , is of some architectural interest . |
| 11 | The ratio of the proportions of lavas and pyroclastic rocks in any area is of some intrinsic interest , but the total rate at which new pyroclastic rocks and lavas are erupted at destructive plate margins is of more fundamental significance . |
| 12 | This failure of latent inhibition to transfer from one context to another is of some theoretical significance , being uniquely predicted by Wagner 's ( 1976 , 1981 ) theory ( see below , p. 81 ) , and it has subsequently been sought and found in a variety of other training procedures ( e.g. taste aversion , Hall and Channell ( 1986 ) ; conditioned suppression , Hall and Minor ( 1984 ) , Lovibond , Preston , and Mackintosh ( 1984 ) , Swartzentruber and Bouton ( 1986 ) ) . |
| 13 | The second group of experiments examine how face recognition is affected by the context in which a face is presented , and allow a comparison with contextual effects observed in studies of word recognition , a comparison which is of some theoretical interest . |
| 14 | Exactly how the controlling group agrees on common interests and actions is not specified , though the implication is of some quasi-conspiratorial corporatist process . |
| 15 | It 's like some algebraic equations that we sometimes use . |
| 16 | He 's like some perfect uncle , authoritative and kind , but slightly removed . |
| 17 | and it , yeah I know but it 's like some English sit-com introduction . |
| 18 | How he walks up to me , he sort of looked at me yeah like , like he looked really went hello , give me a kiss then he 's like some old man |
| 19 | At a time when the largest nuclear power in the world is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , when that massive nuclear arsenal is under some central control of the remaining central authorities , and when our keen concern is to ensure that that security is real , it seems absolutely unthinkable that we should not have our own protection and the ultimate assurance of an independent deterrent . |
| 20 | A useful place to start such a discussion is with some recent research on the African bourgeoisie . |
| 21 | Someone as beautiful as you , I suppose your heart is with some young man ? ’ |
| 22 | It is with some personal relief , still distressed at my cosmic shortcomings , that I learn that the UFO-spotting records of the male members of Deee-Lite is rather less impressive . |
| 23 | Do you reckon he 's with some young lady , enjoying an al fresco lunch ? ’ |
| 24 | I think it 's from some French writer . |
| 25 | That moustache is not an English moustache , the flower in the button-hole is from some foreign field and I fancy he does not care for his pickled egg . |
| 26 | The conclusive objection to ‘ kit of tools ’ or ‘ job in hand ’ as appropriate expressions when we talk of poetry , is in some late lines by Eliot : |
| 27 | Here cultural power and compliance can be overwhelming , as it is in some religious organizations . |
| 28 | If Forgive us our … had been followed by sins ( as it is in some modern versions of the Lord 's Prayer ) , inappropriate contextual information could slow down word identification if used too early . |
| 29 | However , it is not necessary for the restraint of trade clause to be part of the main contract so long as it is possible to argue that it is referable to it or is in some other way of contractual force . |
| 30 | But other members of the EEC will undoubtably support changes — the hope is it wo n't lead to sights like this becoming as common here as it is in some other parts of Europe . |