Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 These various strands of information work with the computer are combined in some of the newest developments in user education in schools .
2 Several of the group who took part most from the Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education course are handicapped in some way .
3 The difficulties inherent in classifying systems according to this criterion are illustrated to some extent by the position of the British Prime Minister .
4 Banbridge started the second half in more determined mood and forced Bangor back and the home side were rattled by some excellent play by the visitors .
5 Charles felt he must have heard Steen being interviewed at some stage on radio or television , because it was very familiar .
6 The report also drew attention to the state aid being offered by some countries to larger industries , estimating that the total had reached ECU83,300 million in 1990 , or 2.8 per cent of the EC 's total economy .
7 Although the last allegation is regarded with some scepticism by royal watchers , their speculation is heightened because the royal couple have barely been seen to exchange words or glances so far in the tour , even though they have been smiling and cheerful to those they have met .
8 The first prison marriage of convicted murderers from across Ulster 's bitter sectarian divide is seen by some as a positive sign of change .
9 Some of the Naval survey parties may also have landed briefly on Krakatoa , because a hot spring is marked on some maps , but apart from this we know remarkably little about the islands or their volcanic history .
10 Nearly all animal fighting is restrained in some way , and contests in some species resemble highly ritualized tournaments .
11 A disinfectant capability is claimed by some manufacturers .
12 In whatever way it is financed , such investment is regarded by some as having been a direct loss to the domestic economy and as such having contributed to Britain 's poor investment record [ Singh , 1977 ] .
13 Labour is represented by some genuinely transnational trade unions .
14 The second alternative is supported to some extent by the coinage .
15 Such a figure is based to some extent on notional accounting — an expert 's time per hour is , for example , assessed at a much higher rate than he or she is actually paid — but it indicates the profit margins which both houses need to maintain .
16 And this is true of all actions : every action is caused by some combination of belief and desire .
17 Well , if one looks at the Sussex coast at the present day , most of the Sussex coast is protected in some way from the action of the sea , either by a sea wall , or by a groined beach .
18 According to Dexter , ‘ much time was spent on a detailed review of the Old Trafford Test and disappointment was expressed at some elements of England 's performance .
19 Although other burials clustered around the enclosure , the internal area was respected , until the whole monument was dismantled at some time in the fourth century .
20 Mention was made by some of a belief that Blacks get custodial sentences more often .
21 She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way .
22 This optimism was shared to some extent by students , especially those learning technical subjects .
23 The demonstration was sponsored by some 70 organizations , including SOS-Racisme , the League of Human Rights , the Federation of Immigrant Workers ' Solidarity Organizations ( FASTI ) and the Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples ( MRAP ) , as well as left-wing political parties and trade unions .
24 The prejudice was compounded by some foster parents who had a bias against education :
25 In the first edition , a chapter was included on some fine houses still standing , but empty and at risk .
26 However , the publication of the abstract for his talk was claimed by some in the University of Utah as having brought the cold fusion work into the public domain and excusing their own subsequent announcement .
27 Finally the appraisal was undertaken of some 80 compounds against the malarias of man .
28 Their intention was focused on some of the huge benefits that distributed database might deliver .
29 But this is so only where the fence etc. was erected with reference to the highway and would probably not apply where the fence was erected for some other reason ( A.G. v Beynon , [ 1969 ] 2 All ER 263 ) .
30 The October 1990 rate cut was anticipated for some time in advance by the gilt market which bought gilts and drove up gilt prices ( see Fig. 17.3 ) , as was the continued fall in base rates over the next two years .
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