Example sentences of "[adj] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said . |
| 2 | Chameleon , for example , has been available in English , German , Danish , Portuguese and Spanish for some time , and has recently added Czech and Polish language versions . |
| 3 | Then again , another election was not due for some time , the FDP remained loyal to the coalition and Brandt 's international reputation stood high . |
| 4 | Hence , the increasing complexity of the flow can be interpreted as the result of a sequence of instabilities , each giving rise to a new pattern which is stable for some Rayleigh number range but which itself becomes unstable at higher Ra . |
| 5 | We marvelled again at the scenery of West Spitsbergen , its sharply tipped mountains of dark rock , the glacier-filled valleys between and the tiny strips of life-giving vegetation which made it possible for some birds and animals to exist . |
| 6 | It should therefore be possible for some colleges , particularly those whose staff have played a substantial role in the development , to use the material produced and offer new courses based on HN Units in session 1989–90 . |
| 7 | I am often asked how , with Biros vanishing as often as they do , is it possible for some writers to get so much down on paper in a single lifetime ? |
| 8 | In general we value goods with a price , and devalue the ‘ free lunch ’ , but it is possible for some institutions and professional and personal relationships to be viewed in different terms . |
| 9 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |
| 10 | At the moment it is possible for some people to complain that because the policy is set and also administered centrally , teams for a major championship marathon are picked in the same way as sprint squads . |
| 11 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 12 | ‘ That has been possible for some time . |
| 13 | For National Certificate modules it has been possible for some time to approve alternative outcomes , under certain circumstances , for students with special needs of all kinds . |
| 14 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 15 | ‘ He wo n't be very mobile for some time , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Surprisingly , it 's normal for some women to squirt out a fluid at the moment of orgasm . |
| 17 | While some detectors may run as normal for some time on cheap batteries , in other cases battery life will be ridiculously short leading the operator to conclude that a detector malfunction has occurred . |
| 18 | He became very depressed for some time before he could reassess himself , start to use his considerable abilities and begin courting his wife again . |
| 19 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 20 | She has been depressed for some time . |
| 21 | Rumours of cutbacks at the factory have been rife for some time . |
| 22 | It stands in the open and can be left unused for some time and is then required in a hurry ! |
| 23 | It stood unused for some time and was burnt down by vandals in 1970 . |
| 24 | She grimaced as her voice , unused for some time by the sound of it , came out in hoarse , rusty spurts . |
| 25 | No just , I , they 're scarce they 're scarce for some reason . |
| 26 | She spoke sharply , and her niece saw that she was upset for some reason . |
| 27 | She must have been asleep for some hours when the sound of her opening bedroom door penetrated her dreams and brought her instantly awake . |
| 28 | She had drifted off , and had been fast asleep for some hours when the sound of someone 's keeping their finger pressed on her doorbell roused her from a deep sleep . |
| 29 | This hour , before the heat began to build up , was the best time of day to be out of doors , and since her mistress would be asleep for some time yet she was free to go as she pleased . |
| 30 | He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare . |