Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] in some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The behaviourist theory of knowledge says that for someone , S , to know or believe that some proposition p is true is for S to be disposed to behave in some way which is supposed to be appropriate to the world 's being as p says . |
| 2 | We are therefore looking to YOU — Perhaps you are prepared to help in some way ? ? ? |
| 3 | A member of the group mentioned that an uncle of his , a retired coal miner , had been telling him about Highlander , and it was suggested that Highlander might be willing to help in some way . |
| 4 | It is perhaps instructive to look in some detail at one accident report to see if the question as to why it happened was answered as well as the question of what happened . |
| 5 | The physical interference need not be sufficiently forceful or well-aimed to result in some form of damage or destruction to a proper part of the victim , though we suppose that a violent action would generally be painful to the recipient . |
| 6 | On this page we just talk about Dinghy Sailing , but this is a very flexible centre , where it 's easy to mix in some windsurfing — see page 27 . |
| 7 | Despite the end of the Cold War , military alliances seem likely to continue in some form — the Gulf War demonstrated the inability even of the United States to fund a medium-scale war unaided , and illustrated , again , the limitations to state autonomy . |
| 8 | Unseemly , internecine brawls , however , will be more likely to result in some form of state regulation . |
| 9 | For the foreseeable future , occupational pension provision is likely to exist in some form . |
| 10 | This appears very likely to culminate in some form of official appraisal of their work . |
| 11 | Since The Machine Gunners found the biggest audience , it is useful to look in some detail at the range of reasons offered by teachers for its popularity . |
| 12 | Before we go too deeply into the treatment of illness with homoeopathy , it is useful to consider in some detail the nature of health and disease , and what is likely to have happened when an individual becomes ill . |
| 13 | Before turning to a detailed discussion of the lives of the Muftis , it will be useful to examine in some detail the development of the learned hierarchy in the Ottoman state , since it is only against this background that the development of the institution of the Muftilik can be properly appreciated . |
| 14 | So that although these are er fairly different relatives in terms of bacteria it 's striking that the ETEC organism has been able to acquire in some way almost exactly the same gene that 's present in choleri . |
| 15 | Most of the research is concerned to explore in some detail the response to visually presented sequences of light flashes , where these sequences form patterns . |
| 16 | If you want to be at all selective about what is recorded or about what is viewed , you need to be able to edit in some way . |
| 17 | ‘ I never seen anybody come back for a second dose of the blue , ’ said a man behind her , for all the world as though he were safe reminiscing in some bar of his old age . |
| 18 | Given the extent to which geographic information management is applications driven , it is important to consider in some depth the characteristics of some potential application fields . |
| 19 | In this instance , however , it was especially important to measure in some detail the tasks undertaken at field level . |
| 20 | On a daily basis these questions should lead you to keep a list of specific activities which you currently see as important to complete in some way . |
| 21 | Scotland , suggested my mother , and Syl said at least he would be able to get in some shooting , but I do n't think he ever did anything about it . |
| 22 | Let's hope he is able to get in some training at his field hospital so that he at least stays in touch with his fitness . |
| 23 | Distraught , he went to his parents , thinking they might be able to intercede in some way . |
| 24 | From 1940 they were joined by thousands of refugees who were keen to serve in some capacity , however lowly , and equally keen to escape internment . |
| 25 | He may never have envisioned a situation in which it would be possible to specify in some detail the characteristics of the phylogenetic id , the evolutionary starting-point from which the modern id-ego organization began . |
| 26 | We showed how in certain areas — for example home-school links , the curriculum , and whole-school management — clear policies can be appropriate and helpful ; and how in other areas — notably classroom practice — advisory staff seemed eager to prescribe in some detail how teachers should organize their classrooms and manage their teaching , a focus for policy and action at that level which seemed rather less appropriate . |