Example sentences of "be sometimes [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The incommodiousness of Scotch windows keeps them very closely shut … even in houses well built and elegantly furnished , a stranger may be sometimes forgiven if he allows himself to wish for fresher air . ’ |
| 2 | Other ‘ domatia ’ are more substantial structures and are known from over 400 species ( half in America , fewest in Africa ) in over 30 genera of trees and lianes : in A cacia they are in stipular thorns but in the rest they are in the stems , where the stems are sometimes swollen as in some species of Clerodendrum ( Verbenaceae ) . |
| 3 | Negative attitudes are sometimes rationalised and disguised as concern , emphasising that disabled people may damage themselves by undertaking such demanding work ( Safilios-Rothschild , 1976 ; French , 1986a ) . |
| 4 | Such programmes are sometimes dismissed as being merely ‘ slick ’ , when slickness is anything but mere , or as if ‘ sloppy ’ were somehow preferable . |
| 5 | This defining characteristic — it is a goal-seeking entity-makes a corporation inherently criminogenic , for it necessarily operates in an uncertain and unpredictable environment such that its purely legitimate opportunities for goal achievement are sometimes limited and con-strained . |
| 6 | Falcons , buzzards and golden eagles are sometimes observed but these are occasional visitors . |
| 7 | The predominant accent of the foreigners in the hotel corridors and restaurants is American , though English voices are sometimes heard and , it is said , the occasional Aberdonian . |
| 8 | However , under a provision known as the ‘ Official Error Concession ’ , allowances are sometimes made and it is possible that you may not have to pay the full amount . |
| 9 | Thrips or thunder flies as they are sometimes called because of their tendency to fly in clouds when thunder threatens — are minute midge-like flies that like to get into buds just as the bud scales ( sepals ) are opening and lay their eggs there . |
| 10 | ‘ That you ’ Cases are sometimes lost when the prosecution fails to identify the driver . |
| 11 | Tuna are sometimes landed when they try to swim through holes in fishing nets and get their teeth caught in the mesh ; once trapped in this way , they can be dragged on to the beach with the net . |
| 12 | A psychologist gave an assessment of the mother/daughter relationship thus : ‘ The classic anorexia symptoms are sometimes inherited and , as Kylie 's mother was a ballerina , she would have been weight obsessed all her life . |
| 13 | Vegetable lasagne or cannelloni are sometimes offered and would do especially well as a main course choice . |
| 14 | Although the shaft of the penis is the site most often affected , the glans penis and the coronal sulcus are sometimes infected and , rarely , the infection may start inside the urethra . |
| 15 | These are sometimes suggested if a baby has an allergy to cow 's milk or if the parents are vegans , and is made from a soya bean protein ( an example is Wysoy ) . |
| 16 | The really gigantic spiders are sometimes captured and used as barter , but mostly these enormous creatures are avoided because they are too dangerous . |
| 17 | These humanist goals could be fully covered by the ideals which are sometimes described as socialist . |
| 18 | These organizations are sometimes described as fringe bodies but more often the acronym ‘ quango ’ is used . |
| 19 | The third characteristic envisaged for the polytechnics , namely that they should have an ‘ applied philosophy ’ , means that their courses should have a vocational orientation and be designed with specific career outlets in mind , thus distinguishing them from many university courses which are sometimes described as ‘ pure ’ . |
| 20 | Entire worms are sometimes vomited or passed in the faeces . |
| 21 | The constraints imposed upon the State by the interests of the nobility are sometimes overlooked because of its apparent collective vulnerability to state interference . |
| 22 | The latter are sometimes forgotten and left in the vagina at the end of a period and may be responsible for a persistent , foul , vaginal discharge , which is , however , easy to treat . |
| 23 | We are sometimes scared that , if we tell the other person what we think , we may hurt that person . |
| 24 | In our day , as mentioned in chapter one , we are sometimes told that the efforts of our statesmen , the voting procedures of our councils , the ethical advances of our humanitarians , are being directed by the Holy Spirit . |
| 25 | However , bistables based on individual transistors are sometimes used and valves were used for the purpose many years ago . |
| 26 | Instalment Credits are sometimes used where capital goods are involved . |
| 27 | Potassium , rather than sodium salts , are sometimes used as these are more soluble although more expensive . |
| 28 | Caustic machine detergents are sometimes used as decarbonisers under certain circumstances where costs are comparable . |
| 29 | Other fluids are sometimes used because they give better values of the governing parameters or because they have properties particularly appropriate to an experiment . |
| 30 | This is never likely to be a fast operation and dates are sometimes passed while it is being done . |