Example sentences of "[vb base] some " in BNC.

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1 Some men hate some women .
2 The governors of the Mines Royal decided to send up one Captain Thomas Whitmore to investigate , and if possible , educe some means of reviving them … but there is no evidence of any real improvement .
3 All foundations suffer some degree of settlement , since the sub-soil itself is elastic or compressible .
4 Although supplementary pensions and allowances ensure that basic needs are met , those who are entirely dependent upon them certainly suffer some degree of hardship compared with the standard of living of the majority of citizens , and strenuous efforts are being made to raise the level of the government 's ‘ guaranteed income ’ .
5 But if in adult life we suffer some hearing loss , then experience of language is the springboard which turns sound into sense .
6 Her logical mind told her that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her physically , and yet scarcely a day passed when she did not feel unwell or suffer some unidentified pain .
7 Christine believes the problem is much bigger than anyone believes and cited a recent study which claimed as many as one in three children suffer some kind of sexual abuse .
8 Worse still , one third of premature babies due or suffer some form of handicap throughout life .
9 Section 12 of the Administration of Justice Act , 1982 , provides for an application by a pursuer for provisional damages in circumstances where : — ‘ There is proved or admitted to be a risk that at some definite or indefinite time in the future , the injured person will , as a result of the act or omission which gave rise to the cause of the action , develop some serious disease or suffer some serious deterioration in his physical or mental condition ’ .
10 The essential restriction on the operation of the section is that it applies only where ‘ there is proved or admitted to be a risk that at some definite or indefinite time in the future , the injured person will … develop some serious disease or suffer some serious deterioration in his physical or mental condition ’ .
11 About 1 in 10 young children suffer some form of head injury , with learning problems in later years .
12 For this reason , zeolites display some features in common with such diverse systems as ion exchange resins , semiconductors , and aqueous solutions of salts .
13 Now it is time to come out of the bunker and display some other qualities , chiefly some political creativity .
14 Although they display some of the characteristic properties of idioms , bound collocations are nevertheless , as far as we are concerned , lexically complex .
15 ‘ I bring some presents : food , ’ — his eyes twinkled — ‘ and whisky .
16 But the seams dip steeply in places and there are many faults which bring some workings to an abrupt end .
17 ‘ Go and bring some bottery leaves in from t'orchard hedge , ’ he instructed .
18 Jack and Harry , bring some traces .
19 As the work tends to be a bit messy you 'll need to wear old clothes and bring some overalls or an apron with you .
20 Opposite : Vibrant shades of polyanthus — colourful relatives of that cottage garden favourite the primrose — bring some early sunshine .
21 That is carried to such an extreme that we will recognise dictatorships and ignore the coups which bring some despots to power .
22 ‘ An' bring some crocks , an' knives , an' forks an' anything else we can use . ’
23 As the rooms filled , the Sheikha came to give her approval , to suggest a need or bring some treasure .
24 Put the ribber to the half-pitch position and bring some needles on each bed to the working position .
25 It seems there might be a move afoot to align the internal interfaces of Mach and Chorus and bring some compatibility to the microkernels .
26 Bring some spare wine glasses , I 've , I 've got some wine glasses .
27 Then , tonight , bring some men and horses here , behind the castle … ‘
28 Jean so enjoyed the challenge of her new job that she asked her husband , Peter , then a watch salesman , to help her move the heavy rolls of fabric , put up shelves and pictures and generally bring some order to the store .
29 Wagner 's findings on investment intensity also bring some economic sense to the question raised above .
30 ‘ Try and bring some of your fellow workers with you , ’ said Randolph .
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