Example sentences of "it sometimes " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 2 | Since Legnani first danced the famous thirty-two fouettës in Swan Lake , it sometimes seems that choreographers lacking ideas for a spectacular finish to a solo , send the dancer spinning faster and faster round the stage , or set them centre stage and make them turn with increasingly difficult poses . |
| 3 | In fact , the whole programme had an unsually philosophical undercurrent ( quoting , for example , philosopher Mary Midgeley ) — so much so that it sometimes seemed less like a current affairs report than an enquiry into a fundamental shift in Western attitudes to nature . |
| 4 | ‘ It sometimes looked as if Densign was attacking under pressure , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Ramsey confessed that they had done a lot of harm and ought to apologize but said that the best of them were trying to , and that the Church of England ought to apologize to the high churchmen for the way in which it sometimes treated them . |
| 6 | Where would we politicians be if we were not allowed to talk it sometimes ? |
| 7 | I know cos he took me out in it sometimes . |
| 8 | It sometimes happens that the wrong is so closely connected with a contract that the enforcement of liability for the wrong would in effect amount to an enforcement of the contract . |
| 9 | Never mind that in the whole country there is only one functioning synagogue , with a congregation so small and old that it sometimes can not muster a minyan . |
| 10 | But as Dot knew , it sometimes turned out they were n't . |
| 11 | Indeed , it sometimes seems to me that the whole of this big , cold city is full of cripples , lunatics and the walking wounded . |
| 12 | It sometimes felt that she was blushing all the time . |
| 13 | It sometimes happens that yearling or two-year-old colts show signs of aggression , and treat people like an inferior horse . |
| 14 | Conversation thus tended to be laconic and allusive and it sometimes scarcely seemed to possess a thread of connection between one remark and the next : this was however an illusion , seductive enough to a stranger ignorant of background , all the more so to a stranger not fully in command of the language . |
| 15 | The poll asked : ‘ In building roads it sometimes happens that roads have to be built through or across sites of natural beauty or historical interest . |
| 16 | The Stage I V8 was fitted with restrictors behind the carbs to ‘ strangle ’ the power down to comply with type approval regulations If you remove the carbs you will see behind them the restrictor ‘ plug ’ with three smaller holes in it Sometimes they pull out and sometimes they need breaking up with a chisel ( after removing the manifold ) This will give you quite a considerable increase in power , so watch the roadholding ! |
| 17 | It sometimes helps if you choose something you have not done before either , but which interests you , so that you can share the activity on equal terms . |
| 18 | It sometimes meant he lived a hectic life , especially when the band were playing far from Leeds . |
| 19 | He never said any of this to anybody , only thought it sometimes . |
| 20 | It sometimes proves worth while to tack towards one side of a course to get more wind . |
| 21 | Strange though it may seem , it sometimes pays to slow right down before rounding . |
| 22 | Even music is so often used as a ‘ background noise ’ in shops and restaurants that it sometimes seems that we have forgotten how to listen to it . |
| 23 | It sometimes seemed to me that animal rights must always prevail over every other claim , however strong , including claims from the environment . |
| 24 | And the decision on timing should not be based — as it sometimes is in public libraries — upon reservation pressure from a small minority of the library 's clientele . |
| 25 | Its functioning , including leap years , is so familiar that it sometimes comes as a revelation to researchers into early English local history to learn that there were several calendars in use in the past , each somewhat different from the other , with quite distinct ways of referring to months and days , and with days whose hours varied in length according to the season of the year . |
| 26 | It sometimes comes on in the open air . |
| 27 | When eating small mammals , it frequently strips and eats the soft parts from the carcase discarding the skin and bones , and it sometimes accomplishes this in a most peculiar fashion . |
| 28 | It sometimes helps to decide first the desired output from the system and work backwards to consider the input , leading to a statement of the desired transformation . |
| 29 | It sometimes happens that a business is well disposed to the idea of partnership but it feels it has little to offer ; just to offer time may be very helpful and can bring dividends for both the partners . |
| 30 | It is a risky form of self-defence , putting the animal completely at the mercy of its attacker 's jaws , but it sometimes works and the bluffer escapes . |