Example sentences of "is [prep] some [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its opening shot is of some character walking , walking across a featureless landscape . |
| 2 | Of course not : nor , given the same fair-minded approach , is there in the spilt of Owen 's prospectus — unless we consider that the millenarian aspiration which envisages ‘ revolutionary practice ’ is in some sense superior to one which does not . |
| 3 | A final question which must be asked in this section is whether Leapor 's view of female friendship is in some sense lesbian . |
| 4 | There are arguments about whether we have some ‘ primordial ’ sense of the world which is in some way independent of the symbol systems we use , or to what extent our visual or aural perceptions of painting or music depend on or are penetrated by the knowledge we have through such systems . |
| 5 | For example , while Cantwell and Baker ( 1987 ) imply that diagnosis is in some senses indicative of aetiology , Ingram ( 1976 ) restricts his use of the term to the description of speech and language difficulties using a particular theoretical framework . |
| 6 | 2 In psychology , generalisation refers to the process that occurs when one stimulus , which is to some degree equivalent to another , can substitute for the other in arousing a conditioned response ( behaviourist psychology ) . |
| 7 | Although this is to some extent part of any clinical consultation , it can be approached more quantitatively . |
| 8 | It should be emphasized that the interpretation of users ' actions is to some extent context-driven . |
| 9 | Although this is to some extent true of all financial intermediation , it is particularly relevant to the operations of pension funds . |
| 10 | In other words , each group of problems is to some extent causative of the other groups . |
| 11 | I have always liked to read the Golden Age detective stories , if you like , the country house murder mysteries , but I would have to admit that reading those is to some extent desire for stasis , a desire erm for a particularly safe kind of world , where everything works out in the end , because that 's usually what happens , and so these days I tend only to take very small doses of that particular medicine . |
| 12 | On the other hand , if the bulge is elongated and its long axis is at some angle oblique to the line of sight ( see Fig. 3 ) , perspective effects cause equivalent lines of sight on either side of the centre to have systematically different surface brightnesses . |
| 13 | This can meet her need temporarily when she is at some crisis point , providing , for all concerned , a trial period of living under the same roof , in this tactful guise of a holiday — without commitment on either side . |