Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Active chronic duodenitis in patients not taking NSAIDs was more commonly diagnosed in our study than in that reported by some workers , who studied this abnormality in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia .
2 This led to some discussion on the Earl 's attitudes and behaviour .
3 This led to some people identifying the disease solely with these people and the idea of ‘ risk groups ’ for HIV and AIDS developed .
4 This met with some opposition , for there were those who regarded music with suspicion because of its ‘ human ’ origins and its consequent unworthiness for the offering of pure worship , Nevertheless , hymns grew in favour in succeeding years and especially in the first part of the eighteenth century .
5 This happened to some extent to the Slavs who invaded Greece in the sixth century , but in the Balkans three distinct Slav groups may be identified by the tenth century — the ancestors of the present-day Serbs , Croats , and Slovenes .
6 Certainly this happened in some Partnerships .
7 To cope with its new level of business the Great Western has a fleet of thirty-one supplemented by some sets of locomotive-hauled stock .
8 This resulted in some success in lowering dolphin mortality , but it is still at least twice as high as during daylight hours .
9 This went through some crises , as when the Americans dispatched marines to put down a left-wing government in the British island of Grenada in 1984 , without communicating their intentions to the British government .
10 It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) .
11 This lasted for some weeks but at no time was the baby at risk either physically or psychologically nor was the mother and baby bond threatened .
12 thought that , … in preference to the suggestion that there might be more frequent recommendations for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative , it might be possible to introduce a system similar to that adopted in some parts of the United States under which a distinction was made between murder in the first and second degree , the death penalty being reserved for cases of the former kind .
13 That seemed in some way cruel , a form of burying .
14 It was a very disturbing erm letter that that arrived at some flats , that was from Birmingham .
15 Indeed , in the very aftermath of the elections , a series of government initiatives all ran into some difficulty .
16 In fact some of the Republics have such such a mixed population , it 's almost impossible to see how they could be separated out , Russians and Tartars erm , and all the rest of it , all intermingled to some extent .
17 Chapter 10 explained that although the four macroeconomic objectives listed earlier are each related in some manner to the level of demand , the relationship is by no means uniform or in the same direction .
18 But the fact that several critics began to challenge them as early as 1924 demonstrates that the campaign she had initiated in 1923 met with some success .
19 When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again .
20 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person .
21 That continued with some effort for the next twenty-five years , when I had the good fortune to be introduced to Lady Collins , who had inspired a succession of what was eventually called Fount Books , some reprints of more expensive books , some specially written for her series , both varieties being published in paperback , at the lowest possible price .
22 Indeed , the altered conditions of 1939 led to some co-operation between fascist , anti-semitic and pro-German groups , although Leese was excluded from the informal alliance .
23 Written parliamentary replies on Jan. 18 , Feb. 15 and June 28 , 1990 , stated that ( i ) net proceeds from privatization over the seven years from April 1983 amounted to some £26,000 million ; ( ii ) net proceeds from privatization in 1989-90 were most recently estimated at £4,250 million , and ( iii ) approximately 11,000,000 people owned shares .
24 Berg 's financial statements for the year ended 31 March 1982 showed turnover of more than £23m , profit before tax of £54,224 , net assets of £243,980 , and contingent liabilities in respect of bills discounted of more than £6m ; bills receivable amounted to some £4.8m .
25 The remaining third consisted of some jokes from Zach , a few sentences about animals from George and a patriotic essay from Ginnie about how collecting salvage was helping to win the war .
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