Example sentences of "that some [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 2 | By the late 1980s , Brazilian inflation had created such a thriving ( and openly tolerated ) black market in foreign currency that some multinationals found it worthwhile to exceed the 12 per cent limit . |
| 3 | The appointment of Valuev was not quite the retrograde step that some contemporaries thought it to be . |
| 4 | Going back to those first commands and prohibitions on which ( among other things ) conscience is founded , it is apparent that some babies heed them more readily and consistently than others , and that some parents convey them more effectively than others . |
| 5 | The point is that some parents do it habitually . |
| 6 | It was to this that some judges turned their attention . |
| 7 | I kept my birthday a secret , except that some students wanted me to sign some books , and as I signed them I put the date and I happened to say that ‘ I am signing this on my 44th birthday ’ , and after that the news spread mysteriously and my whole class greeted me with ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in English , and today , when I saw the other class , they sang ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in Portuguese . |
| 8 | The Brazilian complained that some team-mates shunned him and criticised him behind his back , with Soren Lerby and Kieft the chief culprits . |
| 9 | Again , this is a complex notion in itself , so it is hardly surprising that some respondents found it difficult to reply to the questions : Has the conceptual map of your subject changed much in the last decade ? |
| 10 | ‘ And you say that some others protected you ? ’ |
| 11 | We had some more Marshalls that some friends lent us and maybe a Roland JC120 — I do n't know whether those ever made it to the final edit , though . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ All you 've said so far is that some kid thinks he 's seen the man we want . |
| 13 | I know that some ladies think it so romantic , the meeting on the moors with Heathcliffe and everything . |
| 14 | The fighting has so disrupted the country that some observers believe it may divide between north and south along ethnic lines , or into a patchwork of Islamic fiefdoms controlled by the Mujahideen tribal warlords . |
| 15 | Police investigating the murder of John Stanley , who was fourteen and from Moss side in Manchester , say that some people know who the killer is , but are too frightened to speak out . |
| 16 | They are furious that some people thought they were just some zany fashion experience , a house group , Seventies revivalists . |
| 17 | Doubts about his motivation were expressed during a long absence through injury last season , and Jarvis claims : ‘ It was pretty obvious that some people thought there was n't really much wrong with me . |
| 18 | It 's just that some people think they look their best by looking terrible . |
| 19 | Er much reference has already been made to this er golden corridor between Leeds a and York and I I really fail to see th that it is going to pose the the threat that some people think it will and and the analysis that we 've carried carried out has has thrown up two two figures , one in the region of twenty er a need of twenty to twenty five hectares in what describe as a northern centre based on on Tadcaster and I think we acknowledge that er we may struggle to achieve those twenty to twenty five hectares in and around Tadcaster , partly because of greenbelt constraint and and partly because of other constraints . |
| 20 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 21 | This slag-bank is very old — belonging , for the most part , to the last years of the last century , when smelting was so extravagant with ore that some people say there was more iron in the slag than in the pig . |
| 22 | It has to be said , however , that some people continue their addiction to death even while making repeated attempts to follow the principles of the Anonymous Fellowship , yet still relapsing time and time again . |
| 23 | Such a change from the predictable pleasantries and good manners that some people feel they have to indulge in . ’ |
| 24 | But what I hope what we hope of course is that some people give us a real good try . |
| 25 | Charlie explains that some people blame her when the weather does not turn out as they had hoped . |
| 26 | Why is it that some people find it so difficult to accommodate the idea that providing immediate relief to human suffering can go alongside campaigning for longer term solu-tions ? |
| 27 | I fully agree that an increase in subscription should be made , I also agree that some people find it difficult to find the sum required in one lump sum . |
| 28 | But most rock is false in one way or another : you have to accept that some bands fake it better than others , and Ugly Kid Joe fake it like champions . |
| 29 | This may be due to the poor quality of the preaching or it may be due to the fact that some Christians have their own interpretation of the dominical saying , ‘ Except ye be as little children ye can not enter the kingdom of heaven ’ . |
| 30 | An indifferent speller will know that some words cause him difficulty , and will ask for them ; but he will also think he is spelling some words correctly that he is , in fact , getting wrong . |