Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To what extent this is the case is a matter for debate ; however , the fact that trade with the developing nations is intended to play some part is indicated by the Guidelines for the Economic and Social Development of the USSR for 1981–5 and for the Period Ending in 1990 adopted at the 26th CPSU Congress in 1981 , which envisage ‘ [ the development ] , on a long-term and equitable basis , [ of a ] mutually beneficial exchange of goods … with developing countries ’ ( in Koshelev : 1982 , pp. 8–9 ) . |
| 2 | In this sense they also help to pin-point gaps in experience or competence , when a child is considered to have some areas of developmental concern … |
| 3 | Generally speaking , this is deemed to provide some clue as to one 's destiny . |
| 4 | The idea there is to try to get some reduction , some reduction in the level of traffic at peak hours and to help public transport . |
| 5 | Promix is now the main product offering from Ross and is expected to generate some £15m sales in the UK this year , as opposed to £8m last year . |
| 6 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc is expected to be able to produce up to 600,000 Am486 chips this year , and it could produce some 4m — where Intel Corp is expected to produce some 26m 80486 chips this year and another 31m of the things in 1994 . |
| 7 | PROPERTY to be made available for a would-be council tenant is expected to raise some interest and a few eyebrows . |
| 8 | For the first time , every pupil at Key Stage 1 is expected to cover some history ( see Box 1 ) . |
| 9 | This pilot study is designed to throw some light on these important questions . |
| 10 | The more elaborate chamber illustrated in Fig. 4.4 , which can be constructed quite cheaply , is designed to overcome some problems in simpler chambers , where either the resin is drawn into the chamber after the sample is outgassed , or the sample is placed in the resin and both are evacuated together ( as in Section 8.5.5 ) . |
| 11 | Section 677(5) is designed to afford some measure of relief where the amounts repaid are lent by the settlor to the trustees of the settlement so that there is a re-advance by the settlor . |
| 12 | Coal consumption in Europe is forecast to increase some 38% by the end of the century and the increased demand will be met by imports rather than indigenous production . |
| 13 | Transmission across the callosum takes time and necessitates crossing at least one synaptic junction , during which the information is said to undergo some degree of transformation such that it arrives at the second hemisphere in a comparatively degraded state ( McKeever and Huling , 1971a ; Gross , 1972 ; Gibson , Dimond and Gazzaniga , 1972 ) . |
| 14 | The CPU is said to have some support for out-of-order execution of instructions , which requires very tricky circuitry to reassemble the stream in the right order and avoid dependency conflicts . |
| 15 | These corporations are non-elected and , although an attempt is made to ensure some representation of different interests at board levels , their tasks are clearly defined in advance in terms of development and infrastructure . |
| 16 | Precisely because it is seeking to bring some awareness of spirituality to those mostly brought up in a spiritual desert , great care is needed to avoid conveying misleading impressions . |
| 17 | Looking at the way the international bodies like IEEE and X/Open Co Ltd have failed to define even a basic set of standards due to the competitive nature of the marketplace , AFUU believes an international body of GUI users is what is needed to get some momentum going , a global organisation that can represent user requirements to the GUI providers . |
| 18 | If a manager is told to increase some measure of productivity , the manager will tend to distort things in just that direction . |
| 19 | However , some condoms are lubricated with the spermicide Nonoxynol 9 which is thought to offer some protection against HIV , but may irritate the inside of the vagina or anus . |
| 20 | ‘ My friend is going to ask some questions . |
| 21 | Therefore if the council is going to give some money , you would prefer it to give less rather than more . |
| 22 | With thirteen graph types , array manipulation facilities and full mouse interface As Easy As is going to take some beating . |
| 23 | With thirteen graph types , array manipulation facilities and full mouse interface As Easy As is going to take some beating . |
| 24 | With thirteen graph types , array manipulation facilities and full mouse interface As Easy As is going to take some beating . |
| 25 | He is going to take some photographs . |
| 26 | But that is going to take some time . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I have already been told I will need an operation and it is going to take some time to sort out my problem . |
| 28 | Making up that sort of money now that the Philippine Senate has sent them home is going to take some doing . |
| 29 | In brief , yes , you can , but it is going to take some doing . |
| 30 | If someone is sitting on the radiator it is because his trousers are wet from the rain , if someone is drifting across the classroom he is going to get some paper for written work , or if someone is leaving class he is going to empty the rubbish ‘ like he usually does ’ . |