Example sentences of "be some [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your tone would seem to imply that I am some sort of Bluebeard who keeps her incarcerated . |
| 2 | He seems to think I am some sort of double-dealing rascal who is going to cheat him — " |
| 3 | Are some forms of behaviour addictive ? |
| 4 | There are some reports of a major eruption which took place between May 1680 and November 1681 , and this eruption is said to have stripped bare the rich vegetation and ejected vast quantities of pumice that covered all the surrounding seas , but this is all that is known . |
| 5 | Some result from experiences or preferences , and are reactions to our fears or those we feel are some kind of threat to us . |
| 6 | ‘ You are not going to have them say you are some kind of dickhead . ’ |
| 7 | Monsterland are some kind of weird Beatles from hell , Hüsker Dü without the ennui factor , badly-produced feedback guitar shouters from Nowheresville who start off like Mudhoney , turn into late-era Byrds and then go haring off on their revving guitars before we can have them arrested . |
| 8 | I was just there for Type ninety , and he has a wall of books in his living room that — the shells are some kind of Danish wall system from nineteen fifty-five and it seemed , you know , that the shelves were slightly saggy , a few nicks and scrapes , so it 's not new looking at all . |
| 9 | Yes , I 've always , I 've always understood , understood more recently the reason why that there would always seemed to be enough prisoners , when we know there really must be enough prisoners throughout the world is that the betting procedure and they 're making quite sure they 're the right people takes time and money and effort , erm , that 's part and also there are some areas of the world now , where , where there are n't as many prisoners as there were , there are very few , there are very few prisoners of conscience in Latin America because they do n't put them in prison they just get rid of them , they just disappear and there are practically , practically none from Latin America countries , cos of these , these disappearances rather than being put in prison , erm , but it 's a sort of combination of reasons I think but er quite a long time now , ten , fifteen years I think groups have only had one prisoner , whereas when I first joined and Ann 's there , we had three did n't we at one time ? |
| 10 | As for my own research , there are some areas of it in which quantification has not been used because in these areas it was not necessary or appropriate for the purpose I had in mind ( see for example the discussions in chapter 5 ) . |
| 11 | There are some areas of medical activity whose beneficiaries are almost invariably of advanced years and whose practitioners could thereby be claimed to favour older citizens . |
| 12 | There are some instances of sophisticated tool use by elephants . |
| 13 | Very very very briefly Chairman , erm first of all you can see in paragraph two point three and you see the matter that 's being erm the subject of discussion previously erm there was n't to be an issues report as such , but er Stragg itself the advisory group did feel that it would be useful that er er a leaflet be prepared and distributed erm you I do n't think Chairman would have seen it , but hot off the presses is being erm with us this morning er an an and only delivered this morning are some copies of th the leaflet that we have now erm prepared er you will have seen that in draft form Chairman and members of Strang will have seen that draft form so er both Stragg members and other members of the Committee if they would like to take a copy away with them , that there are a number here , but they will be er given wide distribution later on . |
| 14 | However , even if there are some cases of peaceable peoples who rarely feel mutual hostility , they are not easy to find . |
| 15 | For example , there are some decisions of the Court of Appeal , like that in Musgrove v. Pandelis , that would probably be reluctantly followed by the Court of Appeal but would almost certainly be overruled by the House of Lords . |
| 16 | On the way to the tomb there are some mementoes of the great man , a crucifix staff and a mitre . |
| 17 | There are some 2,150km of levada channels , with 40km of tunnels . |
| 18 | Before we move on the actual method of working out this printout , please take a closer look at Figure 1 and notice that , at the bottom left hand corner , there are some blocks of colour that appear to be part of the whole design . |
| 19 | Rosa Maria Malet , Director of the Fundación Miró in Barcelona , declared : ‘ We are talking about one of the best collections of Mirós in the world , and even if some periods are not very well represented there are some works of very great importance in the evolution of the painter 's oeuvre ’ . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , there are some consequences of early marriages that are common in all countries and may cause the same concern everywhere . |
| 21 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Datapoint Corp says that the decline in revenue as of January 30 was down mainly to unfavourable foreign currency translations and an interruption of the French subsidiary 's operations following a fire in its leased warehouse — but there are some bulls of the shares around these days : analyst Howard Harlow of New York 's Whale Securities sees a major turnaround and a doubling in value of the shares over the next 12 months ; he sees earnings of $0.60 a share in 1993 followed by $1.20 a share in 1994 . |
| 22 | He argued that scientists have shown that even in some metals there is a vestige of the spark of life , and there are some metals of which it is difficult to say whether they are alive or not . |
| 23 | The action occupies roughly the lower half of the frame and the painting fills the central area of the upper half — at the sides are some bits of built set , in miniature . |
| 24 | These are some sources of useful information about who 's who in the industry . |
| 25 | There are some problems of communication and continuity ( some multi-media students are full-time , some are part-time ) . |
| 26 | Here are some illustrations of that attitude . |
| 27 | ‘ There are some cans of drink on the back seat if you 're thirsty . |
| 28 | Even if the baby wakes at random times — in order to feed , for example — there are some times of the 24 hours when its environment is less stimulating and responsive than others . |
| 29 | The classic examples are some members of the Molly family . |
| 30 | ‘ Amongst the most active British groups advocating LSD are some members of the London Free School which comprises about 200 people and has many supporters . ’ |