Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [prep] some [noun sg] " 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 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 .
10 Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’
11 Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’
12 Secondly , an exemption clause may be partially effective if it is shown to be to some extent reasonable .
13 Yet they can be shown to be in some sense the implicit guardians of morality .
14 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 .
15 And when Eagles ' David Mycoe grabbed a try in the 45th minute Wigan looked to be in some danger .
16 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 ?
17 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 ) .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 For this reason , the fourth edition of Coopers ' manual will continue to be of some value .
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