Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] sometimes [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , no hard and fast rules and a ‘ cocktail ’ of methods is sometimes adopted in complex cases ; the basis to be adopted depends entirely on the facts of each case , especially for holdings of between 25% and 50.1% . |
| 2 | The development of databases is sometimes perceived as having three generations : |
| 3 | The need for experiments on awake animals is sometimes questioned on the grounds that the answer could be found by studying isolated cells in dishes or by using computers instead of real brains . |
| 4 | The presence of a restaurant and public toilets suggests , however , that an influx of visitors is sometimes expected , and such is the case , for across the water and soon reached by boat is the well known island of Handa . |
| 5 | An estimated value of the articles is sometimes requested in order that the hotel can be adequately covered by insurance . |
| 6 | But the inter-relation of this to the first five public relations functions is sometimes overlooked by marketing departments in their desire to measure brand sales achievement directly to brand public relations tactical results . |
| 7 | Yet this is how crying in infants is sometimes interpreted : the child is being naughty ; naughtiness is punished ; smacking is how I was punished as a child ; so I smack my baby . |
| 8 | And the brutal honesty of his observations is sometimes lost in the attempt to make the words themselves beautiful . |
| 9 | More generally , the fact that literary studies is sometimes thought of as a general training in thinking and writing means that you are expected to be able to control how you write — in particular , that you are able consistently to use a particular appropriate register . |
| 10 | The violence of these movies is sometimes excused on the ground that they portray violence already existing in society or that they entertain . |
| 11 | In other cases , issuing of cheques is sometimes delayed , or money due is retained in part , often on cosmetic excuses such as fines for overtrading etc . |
| 12 | Material listed as examples in National Curriculum Orders is sometimes incorporated into statements of attainment . |
| 13 | An additional set of floating.point instructions is sometimes provided which does not post-normalize the result of an operation . |
| 14 | Procedures is sometimes used for what are here called routines and sometimes to indicate all the operator 's information support except software . |
| 15 | The existence of internal labour markets is sometimes used to explain labour ‘ hoarding ’ ( the practice of employing more labour than is actually required ) because firms do not wish to break the link between workers and the firm , thereby losing the skills acquired by workers over the years ; and is also put forward as a cause of a reduction in the overall level of competition in the aggregate labour market and , therefore , a possible reason for the inflexibility of wage rates , particularly in the downward direction . |
| 16 | The fact that British films of the early 1930s do n't reflect pressing economic and social realities is sometimes blamed on the censorship system . |
| 17 | The ‘ something else ’ that happens in meetings is sometimes called the informal structure and it is about the politics of decision-making . |
| 18 | The exploration by pupils of number or geometrical patterns is sometimes used by teachers to develop and test pupils ' ability to recognize and to use generalizations ( Example 106 ) . |
| 19 | ( This willingness to delay seeking rewards is sometimes called ‘ deferred gratification ’ . ) |
| 20 | The whole idea of economic growth in the early Middle Ages is sometimes dismissed as anachronistic . |
| 21 | Information on employees is sometimes supplied by personnel officers of companies subscribing to the agency . |
| 22 | The tuning of the drums is sometimes altered during a movement . |