Example sentences of "some [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have also been writing an evening class programme which a colleague and I hope to get some funding towards from the local enterprise culture . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , in the 1920s the police made some progress towards directly deterring cattle stealing . |
| 3 | We can certainly make some progress towards doing so by peeling away the gender-drama from the conflicts of ideals in which it has often figured , and trying to see those conflicts in sex-neutral terms . |
| 4 | President Truman , a longtime supporter of civil rights — who may have owed his unexpected victory in the close contest of 1948 to black voters in the northern cities — made some progress towards equal status for blacks in the armed forces and in Federal employment . |
| 5 | Some progress towards satisfying King 's other requirement ( the form of ‘ transmitting the project ’ through the organization ) will be considered in chapter 7 . |
| 6 | The Circular considered that it should be possible to introduce the Report 's recommendations for induction training gradually and also to make some progress towards in-service training , but with a target of 3 per cent of staff released at any one time , rather than the recommended 5 per cent . |
| 7 | Although no geomorphology texts have been structured to emphasize man , as in the case of Simmons ( 1979a ) in biogeography and Oke ( 1978 ) in climatology , some progress towards global assessment is being made . |
| 8 | Briefly in the winter of 1966 – 67 it seemed as if the British might be making some progress towards a cease-fire agreement in conjunction with the USSR . |
| 9 | We 've made some progress towards establishing the criteria which we should set out in our policy , and the mechanisms needed to control that policy . |
| 10 | Under Making Belfast Work , for example , the DoE and the DHSS have been persuaded to ‘ bend ’ some programmes towards the designated ‘ disadvantaged areas ’ . |
| 11 | There is a risk of icy patches forming on some roads towards the morning . |
| 12 | If Burun had originated the plot , it was possible that he felt some responsibility towards Sidacai . |
| 13 | Other prostitutes were killed because they had shown some sympathy towards the organizations , I knew " Chilindrina " , who was only 17 or 18 when she was murdered . |
| 14 | It seems that at a Sunday dance at the " El Greco " Bar , she expressed some sympathy towards the revolutionary movement and somebody overheard her . |
| 15 | So he tells you that there was some , some sympathy towards Jesus through this on the Sanhedrin . |
| 16 | They instructed us to tell the promoter that they would give some money towards the gig 's adverts in the local papers . |
| 17 | I promised , so if we give my parents some money towards the expenses it will make me very happy . ’ |
| 18 | It reminded Harry of his plan to give Jenny and her boy some money towards the shop they were saving to buy . |
| 19 | I wanted to sell the helmet for some money towards a bike , I told him . |
| 20 | Er and so think er not we should not just have a policy for the we should put some money towards it as well . |
| 21 | The Beaver Committee defined 294 areas of England ‘ black ’ , requiring smoke control , and by 1974 all but fourteen local authorities had taken some steps towards implementing the Act . |
| 22 | Having acquired a wife , Leslie began to think that he ought to take some steps towards securing our future . |
| 23 | Since few actuaries will have had much practical experience of teaching before becoming tutors these notes have been prepared to give you some guidance towards helping students most effectively in the context of the tuition system . |
| 24 | There was n't any violence between prisoners in the dining hall — it was mainly smashing up prison property — but there was some violence towards the officers . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference ( set up under the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement — see pp. 34070-73 ) held meetings on July 17 , 1990 [ see p. 37624 ] , on Sept. 14 ( when the Conference displayed some optimism towards solving the problem of determining the precise stage at which the Irish government could directly enter the all-party talks ) and on Feb. 1 , 1991 . |
| 26 | Her speech will almost certainly have adapted in some respects towards the London English of her neighbours — this is the process documented ( for accent ) by J.C . |
| 27 | The most certain features of Figure 9.10 are that Jupiter consists largely of hydrogen , that much of the interior is liquid/gas , that there is no atmosphere/surface interface , that there is some concentration towards the centre of icy and rocky substances ( this is required by the density versus depth ) , that the hydrogen exists in metallic form beyond a fairly modest depth , and that the interior is hot . |
| 28 | For instance erm the erm ruminations of the ex-patriots towards their homelands , towards their families , had contributed a lot erm for some countries towards their J and P as a percentage for their J and P . |
| 29 | Many thousands more who do not get income support receive some help towards their rent and/or community charge . |
| 30 | receive some help towards its publication from the WCIA . |