Example sentences of "[be] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I have been concerned about in this short section has been to compare some simple forms of growth equations deriving from quite different traditions . |
| 2 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 3 | We are given some financial support from the government but this doe snot cover all our costs and we therefore depend on gifts from trusts , companies and individuals . |
| 4 | Suppose we are given some outline drawings of axes . |
| 5 | Supply teachers are more effective and happier when they are given some guidance on routines and expectations . |
| 6 | Above : Even the kitchen shelves are given some of Rita 's expert treatment and are festooned with large , bright bows |
| 7 | Secured creditors are given some protection : no proposal or modification that affects their rights to enforce security can be approved unless they concur . |
| 8 | However , once divisions are given some independence they may make decisions that are not in the best interests of the group as a whole . |
| 9 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 10 | The emergence of a set of strategies which encompass the whole institution can be developed at the same time as local links and local issues are given some priority . |
| 11 | These arguments are given some strength when we realise that the claims being made for English language by Lyons are remarkably similar to those being made for other aspects of English in general , or of English class culture in particular , by other writers . |
| 12 | Prisoners are given some choice as to which prison they go to ; what work they do ; what training or education courses they undertake . |
| 13 | If our democracy is to retain popular support and respect , it seems vital that the 60pc of voters regularly voting for change are given some opportunity to bring their ideals and values to bear on society . |
| 14 | ‘ Unless something is done and we are given some special dispensation we will never be happy with this . ’ |
| 15 | Although its size is not yet known , suggestions have been made that it was larger than a normal auxiliary fort and may have accommodated either a vexillation , possibly of Legio IX , whose tile-works may have been situated some 8 km ( 5 miles ) south of Carlisle at Scalesceugh , ( though the stamped tiles from there may belong to a slightly later period ) , or the Ala Petriana before its transfer to Stanwix over the river . |
| 16 | Because you are using some hospital staff , remember . ’ |
| 17 | In addition , a number of people who have gone through our study seminars keep in touch with us and tell us that they are using some of the things they 've learned here to be exposed here for their own work , but it 's very difficult to tell . |
| 18 | The main reason people have been wearing Adidas Shell-toes and Puma States in the past year or so is because Nike , Adidas , Troop , Converse , British Knights , Travel Fox , Reebok , LA Gear , Hi-Tec , Jordache , etc , are producing some of the silliest , shittiest trainers known to man ( and woman ) . |
| 19 | Belgium , Holland , Norway and Sweden are producing some strong new designers of clothes , shoes and accessories . |
| 20 | Promoted thereafter as a source of cheap and clean energy , neither of which has actually been realised some 40 years on , nuclear power is a source of considerable debate in the late 1980s because of its annihilation potential in the case of warfare and the problems that characterise waste disposal from nuclear power plants ( section 5.4.3 ) . |
| 21 | No doubt the publishers would claim that it was all in the pursuit of the greater truth , in the way that the slimy tabloids and the unspeakable Sunday Times do when they are parading some particularly unpleasant piece of gossip . |
| 22 | The suddenness of the increased use of artillery in the third quarter of the fourteenth century is evidenced by the fact that when Gaston Fébus , vicomte of Béarn in the Pyrenees , had a network of fortifications constructed between 1365 and 1380 ( a period during which many castles were built in France ) he must have been building some of the last fortifications to take no account of artillery , which was very soon to compel important developments in the art of defence . |
| 23 | Also , domestication of dogs and cattle had been undertaken some twelve hundred years ago in southern Europe by Azilian hunters who had used dogs to corner their prey . |
| 24 | The Yorkshire outfit have been producing some good results in their own division , and have lost only one of their eight league games so far , but we saw the big gulf in scoring power between some of the first and lower division clubs in the county competitions and York look to be facing something of a Mission Impossible . |
| 25 | Trials of state-of-the-art technology to monitor air quality in and around Wilton have been producing some interesting data . |
| 26 | Special considerations : the appellant had been diagnosed some time previously as HIV positive and more recently AIDS had developed . |
| 27 | Q I am building some decking on to one end of my 10″ x 8′ x 3′ pond . |
| 28 | But the market seems to have been generating some big increases for certain quite junior City people — notably in foreign exchange and swaps . |
| 29 | Excuse me , ’ I said , ‘ I am cooking some meat . ’ |
| 30 | If the young daughters of women with gonorrhoea are examined some 5 per cent will be found to be suffering from a gonococcal vulva-vaginitis . |