Example sentences of "[vb mod] sometimes [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This distinction was heavily criticized , chiefly on the ground that courts , when exercising judicial functions , often can not resolve a dispute simply by applying the law but must sometimes exercise discretion on policy grounds to fill gaps in the law ; so the need to have recourse to policy was no reason not to commit a decision to a body which would deal with it in a fully ‘ judicial ’ way . |
| 2 | A jelly might sometimes have lumps of fruit in it , just as space can have lumps of matter in it — the Earth , the Sun , the Moon . |
| 3 | He had his own clergy attached to his cathedral , and gradually he eventually acquired a parish clergy over whom he could sometimes exercise control . |
| 4 | The delays incurred could sometimes render samples inadmissible as evidence in court . |
| 5 | Some of the Area Board chairmen could not help noticing that their colleagues who shouted loudest could sometimes induce appeasement , Citrine and Self seeming to show more regard for consensus than for the merits of the case . |
| 6 | We could sometimes hear animals in the distance , but only caught fleeting glimpses of the occasional bird — a symptom of the large amount of illegal hunting that goes on . |
| 7 | This would sometimes draw Laura in and she would spring tigerishly to Bernard 's defence , especially if some long dreamed of project of his was under threat through lack of cash . |
| 8 | Whores would sometimes don men 's apparel , leading to Charles I to issue an order forbidding it , because it now made whores more difficult to detect , but this was generally ignored by the soldiery . |
| 9 | Round about four o'clock in the afternoon he would sometimes forget Morris and sprawl back in his chair with his hands behind his head , yawning and looking at the ceiling , just as he had before Morris 's arrival . |
| 10 | She also went regularly to exhibitions and on her visits to London would sometimes meet Minton , either for lunch in his studio or at a private view . |
| 11 | But he also smoked and drank and boasted that he would sometimes have sex before a race because he enjoyed the physical release . |
| 12 | This same dealer would sometimes take clients out of many solid stocks to reinvest proceeds in just one huge holding in an OTC stock . |
| 13 | ‘ What will become of me ? ’ she would sometimes ask Liz and Esther , in mock-alarm . |
| 14 | A Colonel Drage , for instance , who lived at The Rodd near Presteigne , would sometimes invite Brian and me over for a night . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , a doctor or psychologist may sometimes reinforce parents ' concern by remarking , ‘ Well , of course , he 's adopted , ’ when this has nothing to do with the matter in question . |
| 16 | There is conversation which is usually face to face but may sometimes involve telecommunication . |
| 17 | In this way the theory may sometimes strike readers as a little naive . |
| 18 | Although the concentration and effort required to do this may sometimes produce fatigue , this is temporary and in no way signifies that sight will ‘ wear out ’ with use . |
| 19 | One factor here is that we are increasing the number of referees we use outside Britain , and this may sometimes increase delay , although electronic communication is shrinking the globe fast . |
| 20 | There is no one answer applicable to all schools , but systematic analysis in each institution may sometimes yield answers helpful to overall planning of accommodation allocation . |
| 21 | Sending the editor a copy of parents ' newsletters as a regular routine will sometimes create interest in events at school which you will not have considered as having any press appeal . |
| 22 | The purchaser will sometimes make completion conditional on receiving a satisfactory surveyor 's report in relation to the property . |
| 23 | Depending upon the size of your area and the arrangements with the local CAB they will sometimes carry brochures and it is worth asking if you can leave your specialist personal injury literature . |
| 24 | Tigers are catholic in their taste ; they have been known to eat frogs and will sometimes catch fish . |
| 25 | Hence the warranties will sometimes state matters which all parties know to be incorrect . |
| 26 | The less scrupulous small investor will sometimes delay payment for his stock , then pay for it only if its price has gone up . |
| 27 | Some of this kind of information is very culture-specific and in fact will sometimes have significance only to certain groups within a culture — think for example of " old school ties " . |
| 28 | Because science is public knowledge , experiments and observations should be repeatable ; but an enterprise that depends on trust will sometimes have advantage taken of it by a rogue . |
| 29 | A rabbit in fear of an enemy will sometimes crouch stockstill , either fascinated or else trusting to its natural inconspicuousness to remain unnoticed . |
| 30 | They sleep during the day , and you will sometimes see flocks of little birds mobbing a sleeping owl in broad daylight . |