Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where the two roads cross the procession is stopped by a column of prisoners guarded by some Uhlans , who wear the chapska perched on their ear , and ride with couched lances . |
| 2 | Secondly , the apparent occurrence of a rapid fall from six to seven authors seen in some journals suggests that conferral of authorship may sometimes have a volitional component . |
| 3 | In addition to , and apart from , susceptibilities built into some varieties of rose ( as a result of breeding for colour , habit , scent or whatever at the expense of vigour and resistance ) , growing conditions , cultivation and weather all have an important influence on the ability of the plants to withstand and ward off fungal attack . |
| 4 | Gandhi 's reference to people being allowed to follow their own desires , provided they were old enough to know what they were doing and were not subjected to force or material inducements , is an indication of the dubious conversion methods employed by some missionaries . |
| 5 | Medical rehabilitation units attached to some hospitals specialize in helping disabled patients maximize their potential and overcome their disabilities , and rehabilitation is increasingly seen as an integral part of a full treatment programme . |
| 6 | Perhaps you would like to see some improvements made to some shops , museums , galleries or sports centres ? |
| 7 | With the spread of home ownership , a process that began in earnest during the inter-war years and has accelerated since the 1960s , the passing on of the family home will become an increasingly important aspect of defining who owns what , and confirming the advantages enjoyed by some groups of the population . |
| 8 | Something over two hundred vacancies resulted in the immediate aftermath and a trickle of further resignations followed for some years to come . |
| 9 | Surely the lives led by some nuns and monks are both admirable and happy . |
| 10 | But the mood did not last long : " rat " labour was soon in town , attracted by the comparatively high wages , combined with the lower cost of living , and the additional inducement of three-month contracts offered by some employers . |
| 11 | Alternative dispersants used in some laboratories are Calgon ( 2 g per 1000 ml water ) and Teepol ( 4 drops per 1000 ml of water ) . |
| 12 | There appear to be substantial differences between the " traditional " temporary workers employed in seasonal jobs in such sectors as retailing , entertainments and the holiday industry and the " new " temporary workers employed in some organisations in the manufacturing sector . |
| 13 | New-style services of this type are usually less expensive to run than traditional Drug Dependence Clinics and the in-patient beds provided in some areas by the National Health Service ; money spent on establishing local voluntary organization action and a professional back-up service will usually reach a far wider group of people . |
| 14 | The subdivision of mansi into fractions documented in some polyptychs has been held to suggest the pressure of rising population on land-holding , and evidence of land-clearance and the extension of the cultivated area could point the same way . |
| 15 | These and possibly smaller collections held by some ministers would rarely be available . |
| 16 | Because the length of the period is so short and can be measured in generations , considerable caution has been shown in the accuracy of dates given by some writers ( Avent 1975 , p. 56 ) . |
| 17 | Editor , — A B Kay notes the lack of any validation of the diagnostic methods and treatments used by some practitioners of clinical ecology and the possibility of dangerous adverse reactions . |
| 18 | These would have contained garden-like areas for growing vegetables , herbs for flavouring , dyes and medicines , fruit trees and space for hives — honey being an important commodity and mentioned as goods rendered from some estates . |
| 19 | She walked slowly up the street on the shaded side , stepping carefully round the stalls set up on the pavement and the goods displayed by some vendors which were spread out on cloths on the pavement itself . |
| 20 | For particular kinds of chemical reaction , and for particular diffusion rates , it turns out that , even if the reactants are at first distributed uniformly throughout the medium , a regular pattern appears , with substances concentrated in some regions and almost absent from others . |
| 21 | If papal provisions worked in some instances under John XXII to the disadvantage of the king , the pope endeavoured where he could to satisfy the king 's wishes , so that at the end of the reign far more bishoprics were occupied by civil servants than in 1307 . |
| 22 | Cornwall can serve as an illustration of the problems faced in some areas . |
| 23 | In Holman 's view — and in contrast to beliefs held in some quarters — social work practice tends not to encourage contact between parents and children in care , or the reunification of separated families . |
| 24 | The Cabinet changes predicted for some weeks were announced on May 20 . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , comments made by some doctors to older people nurture and encourage the view that pain , illness and disease are an unavoidable feature of normal ageing . |
| 26 | Smokers who are motivated to give up the habit may benefit from cessation clinics or self-help groups , although smokers should be cautious about claims of high success rates made by some clinics . |
| 27 | KAY BLAIR looks at the techniques employed by some companies to boost sales |
| 28 | There is something to be said for an industry ombudsman , who would certainly command greater respect than the in-house prefects appointed by some proprietors . |
| 29 | Apart from establishing common criteria for the licensing of airlines and routes , they set out to guarantee an EC-wide right of cabotage ( the carriage of one country 's freight or passenger traffic by an airline from another country ) , to phase out capacity quotas at airports , and to end the preferential access arrangements accorded by some countries to their own domestic airlines . |
| 30 | Official investigations followed in some cases . |