Example sentences of "be [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar boost to the imports of Eastern Europe ( excluding the Soviet Union ) would be worth some $7.5billion a year for five years . |
| 2 | The stockpile will be worth some £400 million by 1985 , if spending targets are met . |
| 3 | The Unix systems management market is thought to be worth some $40m now — its expected to top $1bn by 1997/98 . |
| 4 | The Unix systems management market is thought to be worth some $40m now — its expected to top $1,000m by 1997-98 . |
| 5 | 1991 saw total Unix systems revenue in Europe climb to $6.9bn from $6bn in 1990. 1991 's growth of 15% is two points up on 1990 's 13% — IDC predicts a mean compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 14% for the next six years , by which time it believes the European market will be worth some $16.3bn . |
| 6 | I will send the hon. Gentleman a copy of the Strathclyde programme , which will be worth some £20 million ecu , which is £15 million . |
| 7 | The Financial Times of Nov. 27 , 1989 , reported that the United Kingdom was seeking to arrange a £2,000 million bank loan to finance Saudi Arabia 's continued purchase of British arms under the massive Al-Yamamah arms deal first agreed in 1985 and expanded in 1988 [ see pp. 34012 ; 36312 ; 36952 ] , chiefly involving the purchase of Tornado fighter-bombers built by British Aerospace ( BAe ) and currently estimated to be worth some £20,000 million . |
| 8 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 9 | It 's incredible what an aphrodisiac the prospect of motherhood can be for some women . |
| 10 | I know it will not be for some months yet , but time passes quickly . |
| 11 | NEDs may not be independent at all , as their appointment may be for some personal reason or because of existing business connections . |
| 12 | I mean anyone who comes into contact with foreigners , and them trying to grasp our language , knows you know has an insight into how difficult into how difficult it can be for some some people . |
| 13 | You 're growing up , yes , but you 're not grown-up and you wo n't be for some time , and in the meantime you 're still my girl . |
| 14 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 15 | Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period . |
| 16 | Even when all intended partners of the new firm have indicated assent it will still be necessary to establish some order of seniority and to select the first senior partner : though joint senior partners are not unknown , the better arrangement may be for some restriction to be put upon the time that office is held by any one individual so that by rotating it between the participating firms a reasonable balance is achieved . |
| 17 | The emotional response shows how upsetting it must be for some , but private nursing homes provide good quality care , better than we can provide and cheaper than we can provide . |
| 18 | And that , according to a North-East psychologist , may be for some the secret of the chatline compulsion . |
| 19 | Finally , the market square in Aylesbury is still closed for major work and obviously will be for some time , and you need to still avoid that area . |
| 20 | ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value . |
| 21 | It was all at my fingertips and I was only too pleased to be of some assistance , from whatever quarter the request came . |
| 22 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 23 | He was a man apart , a man desperate to be of some use , driven to understand the purpose of life and his role within it . |
| 24 | If they were genuine imports into prehistoric Britain then they would be of some importance in suggesting trade networks . |
| 25 | He , while happy to be of some use , was not content that inequality on this scale should persist — inequality of opportunity , of course , for as a station-master he was a hierarchical man . |
| 26 | As a final word , for those who are novices in the world of finding somewhere to sleep in the wilds , I can be of some assistance . |
| 27 | And a family of nephews — ’ another hesitation — ‘ and a niece — ’ Noreen looked up at this , and almost defied the Bishop with her stare , ‘ — that do him much credit in this world and I trust will be of some satisfaction to his account in the next . |
| 28 | The relief of being able to talk about the problem at all will probably be of some comfort . |
| 29 | I have told this story in the hope that it may be of some help to other adoptive parents , and out of the profound belief that love is the most important thing in the world . |
| 30 | They will be of some use in working out what it was that testators hoped to achieve by adding on a trust disposition to provisions at civil law . |