Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 2 | They 'd obviously been badly infected at some time . |
| 3 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 4 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 5 | Increases in the volume of shipping are usually accommodated for some time by existing docks and harbours before the pressure on them leads to a heavy capital investment in fresh and usually lengthy building . |
| 6 | Ninety-eight ( 18 per cent ) said they had been sexually abused at some time , including 82 girls — the victims of rape , incest , sexual assault or prostitution . |
| 7 | Eighteen per cent of these young people had been sexually abused at some time and 4 per cent of the females cited this as the main reason for running ( Newman , forthcoming ) . |
| 8 | The effects of the seeds that were hopefully planted in the minds of the young students during this period of contact with the world of photography may not become evident for years , but it seems likely that as long as lively and enthusiastic people remain involved in showing young people the variety of their creative options , Britain 's high artistic standards will be zealously maintained for some time to come . |
| 9 | It will fail to perform its function of maintaining a stable society if people 's expectations can not be reasonably guaranteed for some time to come . |
| 10 | The pharmacology of clozapine has been closely scrutinized for some time because of the drug 's atypical effects . |
| 11 | CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office . |
| 12 | A child was fatally injured at some time between noon and 8.30 pm . |
| 13 | The face was probably polished at some time , the reverse is rougher but beaten rather than cast . |