Example sentences of "some [noun sg] of [noun] for the " in BNC.

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1 Even these more sophisticated attempts to elaborate where power lies and to allow for some freedom of manoeuvre for the state in capitalism can between , however .
2 Careful explanations at this time could give them at least an inkling of the importance of the game , and some measure of preparation for the time when it will be no game , but a reality of great promise .
3 If the housing market is some kind of barometer for the rest of the economy , it may be time for a mile sigh of relief .
4 Or if an adult hospital patient with young children is known to be terminally ill , it should be possible to provide some kind of support for the spouse and the children in preparation for their loss , in order that they may work through their grief and come to terms with their new situation .
5 From the point of view of prevention , this suggests that when a lack of care arises in the context of marital separation or parental death , some kind of support for the single parent may be particularly valuable .
6 see like , see like some kind of spots for the past few
7 Herodotus was able to establish some kind of time-sequence for the two centuries before his time , but he was a more diffuse writer than Thucydides , who was concerned with many events occurring in a shorter time interval .
8 ‘ Of course , you must make him wear a wig or some kind of decoration for the performance itself . ’
9 It is possible that there is quite genuinely some impairment of recall for the most risky situations , however , such risky events were simply extremely rare .
10 However , alterations were more often than not effected with some degree of sympathy for the existing fabric and atmosphere .
11 In his own words he was seeking to get immigration control on a basis where it was firm but where it was administered with some degree of compassion for the individual case ’ .
12 The only idea she had was of discovering some sort of shelter for the night , for she must catch the stage to her destination early in the morning .
13 Then we were confined to our rooms as the Corporals organised some sort of excuse for the Sergeants and Sergeant-Major .
14 ‘ So I 'm really hoping for some sort of sponsorship for the eight months we 're away , ’ she added .
15 But he would never see it because his heart was more concerned with the new love of his life and some sort of retribution for the past .
16 Also , if you have a cat and you want to let it out , you could at least provided some sort of warning for the prey , so that the prey has a better chance of escaping ; such as a bell around the neck for example .
17 Question : does this suggest that ( a ) his nine lives are up ; or ( b ) this is some sort of vision for the future of the health service ?
18 It would have had to be protected by some sort of front for the gold chain to run through . ’
19 After a period of apparent — and perhaps misleading — political stability in the first twenty-five years following the Second World War , the 1970s seem to have marked some sort of turning-point for the British political system .
20 The inclusion of ‘ subsidiarity ’ in the Maastricht Treaty on European Union has been presented as a great victory for those who wanted to see the centralising , Federalist and irrevocable proposals of the Treaty given some sort of counterbalance for the rights of the nation state .
21 Christine Richard , Conservative group leader on Edinburgh District Council , said she hoped ministers would give some sort of recognition for the creation of 160 jobs in an area of high unemployment .
22 You should always include some form of check for the end of the file .
23 Another way of setting viewing tasks is to have some form of worksheet for the student to fill in during or after viewing .
24 Much route planning will rely on some form of memory for the potential routes available , either in terms of a cognitive map of the environment or procedural knowledge of following the route ( e.g. Evans , 1980 ; Thorndyke & Hayes-Roth , 1982 ; van Winsum , Alm , Schraagen & Rothengatter , 1990 ) .
25 Locally , people began to talk about some form of recognition for the aircraft and how the town could help its tourist industry into the bargain .
26 During the decade prior to the First World War there was some discussion of proposals for the state maintenance of children .
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