Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 2 | This will make it extremely hard for some players to get more than two or three of the 11 games in Australia — and that would not be long enough to evaluate the newcomers ' test qualifications . |
| 3 | While such programs are valuable for school librarians and teachers , in that most spelling errors are , in fact typing errors , they may be less useful for some pupils , as the act of checking for errors may be a way of improving their spelling , perhaps related to the use of dictionaries , and their use of language . |
| 4 | Vines , as a non-member , was directed to retire from the meeting , but he was apparently responsible for some insurrection among the student members . |
| 5 | Additionally , and perhaps even more uncomfortably , how does a consideration of Spenser and Ireland impinge on our understanding and involvement with the current ‘ Irish Problem ’ ( an involvement which may be extremely immediate for some readers ) ? |
| 6 | But oil is only suitable for some pieces . |
| 7 | Yes it could be less distressing for some women . |
| 8 | Right now , the Howards are just grateful for some time to themselves . |
| 9 | Interest rates will have to remain painfully high for some months , and departmental spending will be made to stay within the current planning totals : even the big-spending ministers recognise they are involved in bidding against each other , rather than against the Treasury . |
| 10 | These are immensely useful for some operations , and a number must be retained at high readiness . |
| 11 | The trend will probably further delay the creating of new consultant posts , which is critically important for some specialties , including oncology , where unrealistic workloads are carried . |
| 12 | A little self-reflection about such matters may be even more important for some men than improving sexual techniques … |
| 13 | Even more alarming for some Australians , this could come sooner rather than later . |
| 14 | The case remained technically open for some time , with sporadic review rather than monitoring ( because , it was said , anything requiring active intervention would have been readily made known ) ; finally events made residential care inevitable , and were immediately notified by the GP . |
| 15 | I believe that these ( and not only these ) deeply-rooted social-dynamic forces act on other groups in society in such a way as to make it relatively more difficult for some groups than others to enter particular occupations . |
| 16 | These targets were more difficult for some doctors to meet in deprived areas or in practices where the population moved frequently . |
| 17 | This method may be more suitable for some subjects than for others — try it and see if it meets your needs . |
| 18 | Private money is less important , but still significant for some areas of voluntary non-profit social service . |
| 19 | Diethyl ether — just plain ether to most of us — needs to be scrupulously dry for some experiments , and the normal method of drying is to use sodium wire in the bottle . |
| 20 | I was also ill for some weeks , but slowly , I got better . |
| 21 | The Church of England is also responsible for some homes , but unmarried mothers have never been a very popular cause for charity funding , and therefore these often depend mainly on local funding . |
| 22 | A young probationary teacher and a student-teacher were also available for some periods of " fringe help , mostly supervisory " ( op. " cit. : 5 ) , but played little part in the planning discussions . |
| 23 | The British government is leaving the way wide open for some training schemes to further exploit unemployed people by giving them £10 on top of their dole . |
| 24 | And now I think we are both ready for some food . ’ |
| 25 | While some detectors may run as normal for some time on cheap batteries , in other cases battery life will be ridiculously short leading the operator to conclude that a detector malfunction has occurred . |
| 26 | This can make the conventional approach perfectly adequate for some systems development work . |
| 27 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 28 | So far , there has been no review of the way in which the British procedures operate and what the consequences are should a pupil be wrongly failed at a particular level which employers may come to accept as appropriate for some jobs . |
| 29 | These short-course treatments are as effective for some illnesses as longer courses and may be suitable for your child . ’ |
| 30 | Of course , as we shall see , not all policemen see themselves as Rambo in police uniform , and the emotional effects of routine policing cam be as traumatic for some men . |