Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tie tall plants to their supports as they grow , and break off the tips of the main shoot of plants you want to be bushy , just above a leaf or pair of leaves , when they are a few cm ( in ) tall ; basil , rosemary , hyssop , marjoram , mint , sage and savory are some of these . |
| 2 | At the third-tier level are some 1,350 community councils . |
| 3 | But hidden away in Fredson Bowers 's book on bibliographical description are some altogether clearer descriptive notes . |
| 4 | There has of course been some criticism in the books of the decision in Stilk v. Myrick which is somewhat differently reported in the two sets of reports , but Campbell 's reports have the better reputation and what I have referred to as being the law on this point is referred to as ‘ the present ’ rule in Chitty on Contracts : see , also , Cheshire and Fifoot . |
| 5 | The ratios relating to return on investment are Some estimate of the risk taken by the investor can be derived from the ratios |
| 6 | The seas off the Namibian coast are some of the richest in the world . |
| 7 | Involvement in the Christmas show ( lighting and sound ) and the school 's sailing club are some of his more recent activities . |
| 8 | Yet in among the periods of sudden change and confusion are some real and remarkable opportunities for increase and advancement , notably regarding your base in life and your standing in the world . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been looking for it for years , but I 'm not in charge of promotion and the people senior to me in my department are some of the most brilliant minds in England , and elsewhere for that matter . ’ |
| 10 | In the family album are some photographs of me on the lawn with Susannah , my Indian ayah , to whom I was devoted . |
| 11 | Near to the landing-pier were some of the older houses of the town , and by climbing a steep street , the old castle may be leisurely inspected , and it quite merits a visit . |
| 12 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |
| 13 | They felt they 'd been made fools of … and the ring is some sort of family heirloom and his father went on as if it was all Rick 's fault that Angy had made off with it . ’ |
| 14 | The result is some variation among cultures in the frequency of its members who adopt this preference . |
| 15 | But even then , this is not to suggest , in the way that the positivists often seemed to do , that the result is some form of objective , scientific exercise . |
| 16 | Although the club is some miles from Alresford , extra space allowed the association to welcome members of the Winchester RAFA and ATC , the Royal British Legion and the committee of the Kingsworthy club . |
| 17 | But the positive interest of an agent is some guarantee that your work is not passing by unnoticed . |
| 18 | The ionic composition of the inside of the cell is thus different from that outside , and as a result the inside of the cell is some 70 millivolts negative with respect to the outside . |
| 19 | The weak force is some thousand times weaker than the electromagnetic force , and 100 000 times more feeble than the strong nuclear force . |
| 20 | The total fighting force is some 18,000 , which would probably mean a figure of about 72,000 for the whole migration . |
| 21 | Erm force is some , is the power at which , with which something possesses so if something , if you drop a pen on hand |
| 22 | I played it probably a million different ways during the days leading up to the recording and what 's on tape is some form of an improvisation on a somewhat generalised idea . |
| 23 | Thompson ( 1980 ) has further suggested that many of these analyses are designed to present some utopian vision of a police-free world , but often include ‘ the soppy notion that all crime is some kind of displaced revolutionary activity ’ . |
| 24 | The Swiss Technorama is some distance from the town centre , but regular buses take you there . |
| 25 | The 1991 figure is some 9% higher than the average for years 1981–85 . |
| 26 | But we now have to reckon with the fact that the peculiar essence of a human being is rationality , that is , each human essence is some particular form of rationality . |
| 27 | The local relief is relatively subdued but the mean elevation is some 5000 m with isolated masses of probable volcanic origin rising to between 6000 and 7000 m ; the Tibetan Plateau is thus by far the highest plateau of significant extent on the Earth 's surface . |
| 28 | Of all the National Trust gardens in Cornwall , it is probably the least favoured climatically ; the coast is some nine miles away which reduces the maritime influence and the south-west corner of Bodmin Moor is even nearer . |
| 29 | Wenlock Manor was some twelve miles out of Brighton , far enough away to discourage conference-going Tories , the more important of whom preferred to stay at the rebuilt Grand Hotel , and the more humble at sea-front bed-and-breakfasts . |
| 30 | One hears jocular allusions to AIDS in circles which would class themselves sophisticated but from this programme , it is clear that the early theory that AIDS was some kind of divine blight on homosexuals , is already discounted . |