Example sentences of "[vb -s] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water level is automatically reduced to normal if the machine over-fills for some reason . |
| 2 | ( This reference to the task of childhood is rather my own effort to develop Spinoza 's own richly fruitful but rather abstract ideas in more concrete terms than a direct report upon what he says — the same goes for some other of my remarks . ) |
| 3 | The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level . |
| 4 | The Revenue has for some time been concerned about what is done with the money . |
| 5 | It has for some time been considered a most urgent need to extricate mentally handicapped children from long-stay hospitals and stop their admission to them , and there has , as a result , been a sharp fall in the numbers of mentally handicapped children in hospitals . |
| 6 | By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal . |
| 7 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 8 | Because of pressure from many different lobbies , government has for some time been considering in what way to respond to it . |
| 9 | The government has for some time known that this site would be available , yet from the announcement of the project to the Minister 's stated deadline for consultation is 8 months , including the summer months . |
| 10 | The existence of such a large ( see 12:37 ) alien group in his borderlands has for some time made Pharaoh uneasy . |
| 11 | The twentieth century has seen the growth of a considerable literature on management as an acquired skill and it has for some time been possible to obtain academic management qualifications . |
| 12 | Holloway prison 's C1 unit has for some time been the subject of public concern and outrage . |
| 13 | BML has for some time been concerned about the declining popularity of the NBS , which began in a blaze of publicity in 1955 . |
| 14 | But three years later on 27 July 1795 the new head of the Macclesfield company , Abraham Mills , wrote to the new agent Thomas Harrison of Kendal , advising him , alas , that " … the Coniston Mine has for some time been so unproductive that it has been determined to discontinue the working … " |
| 15 | 1984 has for some time been identified as an important milestone in the twentieth century . |
| 16 | While the Scottish Wildlife Trust has for some time had a system for identifying second tier biological sites , primarily as a conservation mechanism , no such system has been created for geological or geomorphological sites , until now . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman has for some time been against the original fast rail link through Kent and south London , and we have learnt tonight that he is against the current project , apparently because he believes that all British Rail 's money should be spent on saving his neck by improving the lousy commuter service that his constituents have had to tolerate for 13 years of Tory misrule — to use a well-known phrase from a couple of decades back . |
| 18 | The Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) has for some time been worried that British spending on civil science , especially within the higher education sector , may not be adequate to enable the country to remain internationally competitive . |
| 19 | The toast to the Divisions has for some time been a ‘ musical geography tour ’ and this time people present were treated to an extra musical item being the toast to National Office , whereby gave an immaculate rendition of The Hippopotamus Song . |
| 20 | If so he wonders if the patient needs to cry and has for some reason stopped himself . |
| 21 | For example , an English person who lives for some time in the United States will often acquire a " partially " American accent . |
| 22 | The systems planning team will ensure that the subsystems are developed according to the plan which allows for some form of integration later . |
| 23 | In contrast with earlier discussions and orders , which treated all " Cossacks " and " Russians " as an entity , it certainly allows for some distinction to be drawn between those who were liable for repatriation and those who were not — hence , for instance , the ruling that the White Russian Schutzkorps was to be excluded . |
| 24 | Bell , like other assessors of the translation process ( Newmark 1988 , 1991 : Hatim and Mason 1990 ) allows for some breadth and diversity of purpose in the translator , and consequently for different translating styles appropriate to different levels of communicative function . |
| 25 | She says for some reason he did n't come back for it . |
| 26 | apparently monitors for some reason the most monitor cost , monitor class speakers |
| 27 | Silence ensues for some time . |
| 28 | I have searched the grey Atlantic wastes for some sign of the wreckage , expecting to find nothing , and there suddenly , very small among the waves , is something . |
| 29 | Those who imagine that they see the spectre of euthanasia raising its head look with particular misgiving at the doctor 's decision to discontinue ventilation.4 Those lawyers who have given the issue their attention have accepted the common factual assumption that turning off a ventilator is significant , and have then sought legal arguments by which to justify it.5 For they have had to recognize both that it is a common medical practice , and that it is one which prima facie calls for some justification . |
| 30 | The phrase ‘ statutory trusts ’ calls for some explanation . |