Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [v-ing] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in cases of scarring some plaintiffs are much distressed by their scars , while others are largely unperturbed . |
| 2 | Still , Will had driven from his Stockport home for the twin purposes of getting some exercise and talking about his book , and neither he nor I fancied a day in sad cafe ambience doing nothing but the latter . |
| 3 | Lord Spens , awarded legal aid after his own funds ran out in 1990 , said yesterday , on hearing of Mr Seelig 's prospects of retrieving some funds : ‘ Good luck to him . |
| 4 | My own view is that it could , it be a great deal more than that , but this is within the , the erm , nationally prescribed requirements in terms of getting some consistency into local authority accounts . |
| 5 | I do not think it can be claimed that they opened up new territory ( writings by Dorothy Heathcote and others in the 1970s were concerned with a level of sophistication in drama teaching which the team seemed not to be able to articulate ) , but in terms of giving some sense of order to the basic functioning of drama the publication deserves to be seen as an important landmark . |
| 6 | The search for such dating methods has continued for some time , but in the second half of this century several methods have been developed , which provide much better ways of dating some sites and finds . |
| 7 | A decade later we are only just beginning to find ways of alleviating some experiences related to such stress ( Pound and Mills , 1985 ) and seriously addressing the role of social support as a protection from depression ( Koziarski et al . , |
| 8 | Is he having any discussions with the Treasury to find ways of getting some compensation for pensioners , who stand to lose millions of pounds ? |
| 9 | His father , in return , continued to offer advice on ways of earning some money : |
| 10 | Additional supplies of water are being actively sought , but the simple truth is that the Basingstoke Canal was never designed for the types and levels of boating some people dream of . |
| 11 | Man 's desire to fly like the birds had existed for hundreds of years but with the advent of the internal combustion engine , the chances of achieving some sort of flight appeared to be improved . |
| 12 | ‘ So it does n't matter if I say no , ’ I said with some relief , for I had been feeling somewhat guilty at risking Thessy 's chances of making some money . |
| 13 | So much for her intentions of doing some work . |