Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] was [vb pp] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until the Partnership Act was amended some 25years ago , the maximum number in a partnership was limited to 20 . |
| 2 | Subsequently , while the total number of 110mph trains was retained some were withdrawn from the Glasgow service in favour of key Manchester and Liverpool business trains . |
| 3 | The Lord Chancellor 's proposals to cut eligibility represent the most serious threat to access to justice since the Legal Aid Scheme was introduced some 40 years ago . |
| 4 | Made from ICI Propathene , the bins , up to five feet high have stood redundant since the Terylene plant was closed some three years ago . |
| 5 | It was Easter when Wallis Simpson was given some ‘ awfully nice stones ’ whilst on holiday with the Prince of Wales in 1931 . |
| 6 | Mr Fallon was told some forces in previous years have not been able to take up the extra posts , which have then been redistributed to other places . |
| 7 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
| 8 | The idea for the COMDEX exhibition was born some sixteen years ago , featured 157 American companies and attracted less than 4,000 visitors . |
| 9 | A group of antigens capable of stimulating a strong mixed lymphocyte reaction between mice of the same MHC haplotype was recognised some time ago , and these were termed minor lymphocyte stimulating ( Mls ) determinants . |
| 10 | Although the London conference was arranged some time ago it became an opportunity for the princess to deliver her pledge in a speech re-written in the past day or two . |
| 11 | But I do know that the real Louise Müller was removed some time ago so that you could take her place . ’ |
| 12 | PREMIER John Major was given some Christmas cheer last night when top economists forecast economic revival in Britain next year . |
| 13 | In fact , it was copied almost entirely from an apartment in the Dakota building , outside which John Lennon was shot some years later and where Yates himself would live . |