Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , I suppose , must be regarded as some sort of progress . |
| 2 | ‘ I think he had come for some sort of show . |
| 3 | The strategy works by means of paradox , a paradox which has ultimately to be resolved through some sort of fusion between the apparent text and the sub-text . |
| 4 | I think Mum 's come to some sort of agreement with Viola over the profits . |
| 5 | It looks fairly ordinary , although it 's one of the ‘ big head ’ designs and it seems to be made of some sort of high-tech composite of plastic and metal . |
| 6 | , it 's all done with some sort of ultra sound thing . |
| 7 | Is this connected with some sort of local custom ? |
| 8 | I was only on the drug for seven days and by the seventh day , I 'd suddenly turned into some sort of maniac . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've turned into some sort of monster since Suzanna left you , ’ he said shortly . |
| 10 | Since the invasion is illegal , it is often met with some sort of opposition but in general , the shanties remain , mostly because there is nowhere else for their inhabitants to live . |
| 11 | Coloni received a message to say his mother had been injured in some sort of political disturbance in Valparaíso , so instead of cooking for us , he decided to go home . |
| 12 | It was made from some sort of high explosive , but we do n't know what type . |
| 13 | Once this is achieved — and this , it is held , can be done by some sort of physicalist theory of mind with strong behaviourist elements — then most of the insoluble problems of early modern philosophy disappear . |
| 14 | As I said , I 've done dozens of talks now at various schools , but one that sticks in my mind is a private preparatory school for girls in Tavistock , where I was received like some sort of pop star ! |
| 15 | If we do n't locate and interview every inmate detained there at that time , we 'll be accused of some sort of cover-up . ’ |
| 16 | In the middle of the spectrum are those rare books that are rooted in some sort of evidence while looking at humans as the fascinating evolutionary product that they are . |
| 17 | erm The Spire is erm a symbol that has a lot of meanings attached to it , and it 's finally a book not about the building of a spire , but about a particular obsession in an individual human being , about the ideas that a man might have about ways of doing great things , which might actually be ideas that are rooted in some sort of self-deception . |
| 18 | But , if we had bought in some sort of penal clause , then I mean firms might be inclined to look very critically at the qualifications their engineers have got . |
| 19 | Most Latin American countries have embarked on some sort of land reform programme , though these have varied considerably across the region in scope and depth . |
| 20 | The door had been opened by some sort of electric release , but two Negro footmen in grey silk — complete with stockings — stood inside the door and said , ‘ Good evening , sir , ’ in unison . |
| 21 | The texture of his voice was unfamiliar , and his face , when Eochaid glanced up , was drained with some sort of force which Eochaid suddenly saw was consuming anger . |
| 22 | I know that local playgroups find them useful , certainly for skittles and as cone and ball games , but I though maybe if they were filled with some sort of plaster and decorated , they would make good door stops . |
| 23 | Adapting this potential so that the plants can be easily integrated with some sort of collection system will depend on advances in the techniques of genetic engineering . |
| 24 | Macmillan showered political honours on his backbenchers like confetti , and during the thirteen years of Conservative government which ended in 1964 over two hundred MPs , one third of all those who sat on the Tory benches , were rewarded with some sort of gong . |
| 25 | The inside of the channel is coated in some sort of Teflon-like substance which ensures that no matter how hard one scrapes along the bottom or smashes into corners , remarkably little blood gets drawn . |
| 26 | The charge can be based on some sort of apportionment of the total contribution . |
| 27 | Meanwhile at Our Home the unspeakable ingrates seem bent on some sort of work-to-contract . |
| 28 | ‘ I HAVE been portrayed as some sort of tyrant landlady . |
| 29 | It 's always slightly daunting at this particular time because you 're introduced as some sort of guru and people expect great things . |
| 30 | Obviously she had walked into some sort of a secret and Felipe was not at all amused by the fact . |