Example sentences of "[adj] be some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably contemporary with this are some bronze shields with relief decoration of purely if crudely oriental character . |
| 2 | The shops were mostly dreary Woolworth-type places , and they were all shut , but there was a surprising number of people wandering around , as if this were some kind of marvellous place to take an evening stroll . |
| 3 | Letting the words flow over her Jezrael waited , standing loose , as though this were some jam dance session . |
| 4 | Ah well cos I think the newer one will be this is some government thing to do with the gas . |
| 5 | ‘ This is some whore with money . ’ |
| 6 | This is some way short of percentages in recent years like 1990 for example , when the amount totalled 30 per cent of sales . |
| 7 | ‘ If this is some trick to manoeuvre me into allowing anything to develop there … ’ he threatened . |
| 8 | This is some trick , ’ Steiner said . |
| 9 | ( It is not clear to me whether this is some kind of philosophical claim or an hypothesis . |
| 10 | A spokesperson told NME : ‘ People have this idea that this is some kind of punk poetry reading session , but Rollins the speaker is a completely different animal to Rollins the musician . ’ |
| 11 | So , pluralists argue that if those of economic wealth are not directly involved in public policy-making then this is some kind of proof that they lack political power , but if poorer people are not directly involved then it is suggested that they are satisfied and enjoy power because politicians will " anticipate " their concerns and they themselves possess the " potential " to organise for their own advantage . |
| 12 | ‘ If this is some kind of guessing game you 'll have to count me out . |
| 13 | While this is some ways a mercy , it nonetheless serves to accentuate the loss that she experiences . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | ‘ I seem to recall hearing you say that the last thing you needed was a husband-hunting female who thinks this is some sort of pleasure cruise . |
| 16 | near the leaves , it looks like , give , this is some sort of quarry or something , you know when they |
| 17 | Now this is Some people would take that literally . |
| 18 | What I 'd really like for us to have , and this is some time in the future , is one nice sort of saloon type car for best |
| 19 | This is some dilemma facing the manager but he can cope : the question is whether this gifted player can respond . |
| 20 | ‘ Hey , this is some dilemma , Floyd , ’ says Huey , gazing at the ceiling . |
| 21 | Often this is some form of manipulative skill . |
| 22 | You 'll see that at point five er there was very little change on the in the A sixty one flow er following the opening of the bypass this is some months er afterwards . |
| 23 | This is some information which is useful for you but we need a trial balance sheet every three months which Wendy at the moment |
| 24 | ‘ If this is some joke — ’ |
| 25 | I tell you this is some cake . |
| 26 | This is some orders of magnitude less than the primary bond energy and , as mentioned above , is responsible for the bulk modulus and bulk cohesion of the polymer . |
| 27 | Perhaps this was some kind of protection . |
| 28 | She was sure this was some trick of Zuleika 's to get her off-balance , slow down her reaction time . |
| 29 | This was some compensation for the fact that she was almost certainly no better at the piano . |
| 30 | In fact , by 1991 GDFCF had grown by more than 15bn in real terms since 1979 , although this was some 10bn smaller than the figure recorded for 1989 . |