Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] some [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He gives us a few outlines of ‘ paper logic ’ followed by a paragraph or two describing some of the religious experiences themselves .
2 There is nowhere better or , frankly , easier than this to see some of the high Pyrenean lakes , of which there are at least four that you can get to here by car , as well as a fifth reachable fairly simply on foot .
3 The figures that I have before me certainly show that the highest spending authorities comprise almost entirely Labour and the occasional Liberal authority and that those have some of the worst results .
4 Secondly , erm actually most of the rest of us on the governing body , or many of the rest of us on the governing body , even though we 're not parent Governors , are either now or have been parents of children at Banbury School , and that includes some of the political members too , so that erm I hope we all share the same interests .
5 Ha face was pale , her eyes dark-rimmed , and this assuaged some of my pain at the nun 's silly chatter .
6 Boswell 's portrait of Johnson at Dunvegan shows an elderly man with the snuffles , easily tired , and happy to savour some of the comforts of home .
7 The difference between those spending all and those spending some of the last twelve months in a home persisted when the analysis is confined to those for whom relatives responded .
8 The case studies presented in Chapters 5 and 6 illustrate some of the forms which study skills have taken and the place which their development has occupied in the evolving project .
9 It was even argued that a State could justifiably be compelled , by the other members of that system , to sacrifice for the common good territory to which it had every legal right , just as it in its turn could compel one of its subjects if necessary to sacrifice some of his wealth to its needs ; for ‘ the most legitimate rulers must sometimes renounce their rights in order to maintain the balance ’ .
10 Sections 1.2 , 1.3 and 1.4 outline some of the changes that have occurred in the UK economy and its international position over recent history .
11 The Easter egg , overcome by heat , too much food , and an excess of wine , had to go and stand outside the door for a little fresh air , but came back full of verve and ready to tackle some of Willi 's bonbons that were scattered about the room in dishes in case anyone felt the need of more to eat .
12 Francis Bacon advised King James to hold on to his royal wastes and hunting forests for exactly this potential ; and , as if to confirm the good sense of such drainage enterprises , a series of bad winters between 1607 and 1613 created some of the worst floods in living memory .
13 The ‘ great rebuilding ’ which affected most of England between 1540 and 1640 saw some of its finest manifestations in the county , as a wealthy and more educated secular leadership diverted funds and investment from religious ends to their own grandeur .
14 The changes which took place in Eastern Europe during 1989 and 1990 pose some of the same problems .
15 The same technique can be used for projections though this reintroduces some of the disadvantages — notably the bulk — of CRTs .
16 The manor has long since been broken up and sold off and Andrew now only holds small pieces of land , though these include some of the grass and trees where the proclamation is made .
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