Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] to some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the twentieth century , history has suffered to some extent in terms of its general significance in relation to people 's interpretations of life , because we now have a whole generation of politicians who , and statesmen , if you can call them such , who know very little history at all . |
| 2 | I suppose everyone has to keep to some sort of rule . |
| 3 | What has emerged to some extent , especially in the more commercial climate of the 1980s , is an American-style , non-political , ‘ business trade unionism ’ . |
| 4 | Although this has led to some re-siting of base stations , Macklin says these problems have been resolved . |
| 5 | All this has led to some skill rubbing off . |
| 6 | This has led to some repatriation of the apparel industry from the Third World back to the First . |
| 7 | Subsequently , other authors have used the terms ‘ backwardation ’ , ‘ contango ’ and ‘ normal backwardation ’ in ways other than as defined by Keynes , which has led to some confusion . |
| 8 | The ruling has led to some confusion , as the barrier appears to contradict the EC principle of free movement of goods across Community borders . |
| 9 | Sadly , the reorganisation has led to some job losses — 22 out of 101 at Spondon , where the dyehouse has closed , and 75 out of 394 at Coventry , where workshop engineering , catering and cleaning services previously done in-house are now being contracted out . |
| 10 | So although he has gone to some trouble to leave tracks across his own land at Highgrove specially for the local hunt , the Beaufort , he hardly ever joins them . |
| 11 | The classification of Derry and Carrickfergus has worked to some extent . |
| 12 | This has happened to some extent with dyke , a disparaging word for lesbians , and with spinster , less disparaging but still pretty negative , which is Mary Daly 's term of choice for women who refuse to accept patriarchal society , preferring to ‘ spin' their own reality . |
| 13 | Teacher appraisal did appear to be part of the accountability process , but , as we shall see , this has changed to some extent . |
| 14 | While the situation has improved to some extent in recent years , especially in the field of education , nonetheless the basic pattern of inequality remains in all aspects of the social structure , from paid work to the household division of labour , from sexuality to violence . |
| 15 | The danger of our treacherous spring unleashing a killing frost , has receded to some extent , and although recent Aprils have done much damage , the early flowers are over by then and the bad spells are , every day , likely to be shorter . |
| 16 | What actually happens depends to some extent on the strategies that classes pursue and on the unity with which they organise themselves and seize opportunities to strengthen their positions . |
| 17 | There ought to be a right to protest in public , it might be argued , and where the bona fide exercise of this right happens to lead to some form of disorder , it is wrong to visit the perpetrators with severe sanctions . |
| 18 | The tradition that stone circles and standing stones are human beings who have been turned to stone because of some misdemeanour is widespread and seems to point to some memory of the ritual use of these sites in ancient times . |
| 19 | However , although calcium caseinate is not soluble in water it does soften to some extent after soaking . |
| 20 | But assuming we it does come to some sort of settlement ultimately , are you saying then that you still doubt whether there 's that political will ? |
| 21 | I think Mum 's come to some sort of agreement with Viola over the profits . |
| 22 | And Ann said well I 'm waiting , I ai n't waiting all fucking day someone 's got to some work like . |
| 23 | Right that 's what it is. it 's raised to some power |
| 24 | Yeah , well , thank you Chairman , I I I 'm erm er , I must admit , I 'm I I am think long and and and er think deep really , about er , you know , changes such as this , but I I also er , er have to run my own businesses , and er , I just er , I think we have experienced a water-shed , it 's coincided to some extent with the change of administration and then during the nineteen eighties , we had to a boom in this county , we had the the opportunity and I never er ever er , been against that principle , of er , of er , using our actual receipts we have hidden reserves , we we talked about the reserves of twenty nine million pounds here , for the er , erm , we have er er , assets of twenty nine million , in an earlier paper . |