Example sentences of "[be] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're growing up , yes , but you 're not grown-up and you wo n't be for some time , and in the meantime you 're still my girl . |
| 2 | Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period . |
| 3 | Finally , the market square in Aylesbury is still closed for major work and obviously will be for some time , and you need to still avoid that area . |
| 4 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 5 | Even when all intended partners of the new firm have indicated assent it will still be necessary to establish some order of seniority and to select the first senior partner : though joint senior partners are not unknown , the better arrangement may be for some restriction to be put upon the time that office is held by any one individual so that by rotating it between the participating firms a reasonable balance is achieved . |
| 6 | I have told this story in the hope that it may be of some help to other adoptive parents , and out of the profound belief that love is the most important thing in the world . |
| 7 | ‘ Livée , perhaps you can be of some help to Citizen Vaubrun , ’ said Mme de Ratho pointedly . |
| 8 | Now , however , she felt that she could be of some help . |
| 9 | There was no evidence that Berowne had started his own meal — that in itself might be of some help in deciding on the approximate time of death — but he had apparently either cajoled Harry into the church with the promise of a meal or , more likely , had supplied an obvious and immediate need before he was ready for his own share of the supper . |
| 10 | Although they tend to fit one pencil size only , there are rather more expensive holders available for use with wide pencils and industrial chalks which may be of some help to artists . |
| 11 | Besides , I might be of some help settling the young gentleman . ’ |
| 12 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
| 13 | So now that 's about all I have on these two missions for you and I hope this will be of some help and er be only too glad to hear from you . |
| 14 | One technique which can be of some help in deciding on the nature of an electronic transition is resonance Raman spectroscopy ( see Section 5.17 ) . |
| 15 | I hope that that will be of some help to my right hon. and hon. Friends . |
| 16 | erm I 'm sure that I could be of some help to them |
| 17 | It was all at my fingertips and I was only too pleased to be of some assistance , from whatever quarter the request came . |
| 18 | As a final word , for those who are novices in the world of finding somewhere to sleep in the wilds , I can be of some assistance . |
| 19 | So here , for the fraught and confused among you , is a short guide to male restaurant etiquette that may prove to be of some assistance . |
| 20 | ‘ I hope , sir , ’ he said , not noticing the pun , ‘ that we may be of some assistance to you in your stay in the region . |
| 21 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 22 | A previous knowledge of computing may be of some advantage initially but is not a prerequisite for entry to the course . |
| 23 | If , as is all too common , Scots lawyers have to apply in their own system a document imperfectly adapted to their own familiar terms , such as is the RICS scale in this particular , it may be of some advantage to know what ‘ rent reserved ’ means , at least in the country in which it originated . |
| 24 | The earlier response of smoke detectors in detecting fumes and smoke in the smouldering stages of fire will be of some benefit . |
| 25 | A similar approach would be of some benefit to the ANLT system . |
| 26 | Can I give you a bit of something that we picked up last week that may be of some benefit to you ? |
| 27 | But it does mean that cross-addiction is a factor that may possibly be of some influence in all of this and that it is a factor that may need to be taken into consideration in the long term in attempting to improve the over all quality of recovery . |
| 28 | Whilst external social factors may be of some relevance to the management , even control , of the behaviour of those afflicted , the harsh fact is that external social influences play little part in its onset or progress . |
| 29 | And a family of nephews — ’ another hesitation — ‘ and a niece — ’ Noreen looked up at this , and almost defied the Bishop with her stare , ‘ — that do him much credit in this world and I trust will be of some satisfaction to his account in the next . |
| 30 | He felt he had his hand on a way to proceed , and one that might be of some consequence , with luck . |