Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity may be some way away , despite yesterday 's rise in sterling . |
| 2 | If we assume that this ratio is stable and repeat our earlier point that banks will normally be looking to expand their lending as a source of profit , then it follows fairly obviously that a change in the availability of base money to banks must be matched by a change in the size of the total balance sheet and that this latter change must be some multiple of the change in the size of the base . |
| 3 | In such cases melatonin might be some sort of ‘ darkness indicator ’ and some have even called it an ‘ internal time-cue ’ . |
| 4 | If they make too long a line in one direction , it will be corrected by a shorter line somewhere else , and the result will be some modification of the normal vision , which is a natural error in the vision of the artist , and which constitutes his style . ’ |
| 5 | However , in a game which is notoriously tardy at accepting scientific method and new technology , the widespread application of findings by the Alsager team could be some time in coming . |
| 6 | He had a feeling that precious moment would be some time away . |
| 7 | As to the cost of the measures , the two-year cost of the skill check initiative will be some £25 million and the cost of the pilot scheme of vouchers to help unemployed people to make use of open learning facilities will be £3 million . |
| 8 | The overflow should be some 50mm ( 2in ) above the cistern water level . |
| 9 | Cleaning is often carried out at ‘ unsocial hours ’ when the key holders to the store are not available or the store may be some distance from the area of operation . |
| 10 | A less obvious example might be some relationship between , say , size of shop and type of credit available through that shop . |
| 11 | One would have thought that its very existence would be some sort of deterrent . |
| 12 | I thought ( I was sure ) that our transgression would be some kind of departure . |
| 13 | At 1,000 feet the pilot may be some distance from his base when some extra height is lost because of strong sink . |
| 14 | Usually a certain amount of trade credit will be given so that payment will be some time after delivery of goods or services . |
| 15 | The wagons will be the widest rail vehicles ever built and a complete train with a 25kv locomotive at each end will be some 750m long . |
| 16 | That all fitted in with the theory that the reason for Luke 's non-appearance must be some kind of business disaster . |
| 17 | Therefore , as Professor Alexiou has said ( undated , p. 124 ) , the system must be some sort of half-way house , with some of the signs qualifying the meanings of others . |
| 18 | That Cnut 's earliest coin type , Quatrefoil , is the first since Edgar 's Bust Crowned issue to show a king wearing a crown could be some indication of its importance . |
| 19 | Swindon against Villa would be some match … and Oxford have every incentive to beat Sunderland with another home tie |
| 20 | Mr Havel 's Civic Forum may be some way behind East Germany 's New Forum , but it can draw upon a reservoir of informally networked dissent which dates back more than a decade . |
| 21 | Mr Havel 's Civic Forum may be some way behind East Germany 's New Forum , but it can draw upon a reservoir of informally networked dissent which dates back more than a decade . |
| 22 | About literality and freedom in the rendering of poetic texts , however , the applied linguists are not altogether at ease ; Hatim and Mason ( 1990 ) allude to Roman Jakobson 's argument that in a poem " formal aspects of the linguistic code become part of the meaning , so that translation proper is impossible " — in other words , that the only option may be some form of creative equation in which the resources of the target language are searched for equivalents or compensatory balances . |
| 23 | Not only would accommodation and compromise between these various interests be desirable , but also it may be that the best solution would be some alternative to a motorway , or some alternative route not already considered . |