Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Connected speech processes ( CSP ) are phenomena such as the deletions and assimilations characteristic of allegro speech , which appear to be in some way phonetically motivated rather than linguistically arbitrary variation . |
2 | You appear to be in some sort of surreal shopping mall , with the world 's TV laid out for purchase : you almost feel like you should have a shopping trolley , to wheel up and down the aisles . |
3 | ‘ We appear to be in some sort of glass box , ’ said the Thing . |
4 | First , the authority of the lecturer in the teaching relationship has to be to some degree granted by the student . |
5 | However , since representations of satyrs are often given negroid features , there is a suggestion that negroes were considered to be in some sense monstrous . |
6 | When this is no longer so , the fact of a male priesthood makes God appear to be in some way peculiarly male , such that He needs a male priesthood to represent Him . |
7 | My leg muscles seemed to be in some daze of quivering tension . |
8 | Coleman , whose three surviving daughters sat opposite him , was noticed to be in some pain ( he suffered from gout in his later years ) . |
9 | The Unix systems management market is thought to be worth some $40m now — its expected to top $1bn by 1997/98 . |
10 | The Unix systems management market is thought to be worth some $40m now — its expected to top $1,000m by 1997-98 . |
11 | Although it is too early to assess the full effects , some of the rich shellfish and oyster beds offshore are thought to be in some danger . |
12 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
13 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
14 | Secondly , an exemption clause may be partially effective if it is shown to be to some extent reasonable . |
15 | Yet they can be shown to be in some sense the implicit guardians of morality . |
16 | The sacrilege lies in the desire on the part of the murderer to mutilate what we understand to be in some sense the image of God . |
17 | In Cornwall , which has a very attractive image , in-migration of firms seems to be in some cases linked with a form of semi-retirement by owners . |
18 | There seems to be in some patients a failure of recognition of self , and as a consequence the immune system turns inwards and begins to attack selected targets within the body , and when this happens disease may arise . |
19 | And when Eagles ' David Mycoe grabbed a try in the 45th minute Wigan looked to be in some danger . |
20 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Emerson revealed that both those who continued working and those who retired ‘ appeared to be to some extent affected by rather garbled information concerning retirement impact ’ ( Emerson 1959 ) . |
23 | Although President George Bush won the primary , his margin of victory over right-wing challenger Patrick Buchanan was unconvincing , and by the end of the month the Bush campaign appeared to be in some disarray . |
24 | His brain , never an overactive organ even on those rare moments when it was n't pickled in alcohol , grappled with the fact that he appeared to be in some sort of tent before triumphantly reaching the conclusion that he was at a party . |
25 | So here , for the fraught and confused among you , is a short guide to male restaurant etiquette that may prove to be of some assistance . |
26 | I would just like to answer one or two things , erm , erm , he , he , one of the things he 's saying er , is that erm , oh dear I 've forgotten what I was going to say now , and I have n't got it written down , got it written down , can I go on to something else erm , the Home Secretary does seem to be in some disarray over the proposed bill . |
27 | Sweden continued to be in some ways deeply divided even after the coup d'état by which Gustavus III reasserted in 1772 the power of the monarchy . |
28 | It is said that if the Logos is to be conceived to be in some sense male , then equally the Spirit is to be held to be female . |
29 | For this reason , the fourth edition of Coopers ' manual will continue to be of some value . |
30 | Also , the tempi in the original Bruckner scores are much simpler than they come to be in some editions . |