Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] sometimes [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failing to set the handbrake is sometimes detected when it is too late i.e. when a vehicle has been parked unattended and has then begun to move and run away downhill , perhaps resulting in an accident . |
| 2 | This method of government borrowing is sometimes described as ‘ turning the printing press ’ . |
| 3 | The product is sometimes styled as ‘ solvent free ’ with prices to match this apparent premium feature |
| 4 | Syrup of ipecac is sometimes recommended but there is currently some medical disagreement about its use . |
| 5 | This procedure is sometimes followed when a " branch " county court has a long defended action which is more conveniently heard at the judge 's main court in some large town . |
| 6 | On another the conflict is sometimes portrayed as between older , established ways of handling pollution control and newer , more ‘ scientific ’ approaches in which environmental impact in its widest sense is the primary concern . |
| 7 | 1 am , Ribble Valley : The area is sometimes described as Lancashire 's answer to the Yorkshire Dales and , like the Dales , has plenty of farming stock . |
| 8 | The claim is sometimes made that the capacity of British industry to achieve higher absolute levels of investment has been weakened by declining rates of profit [ Flemming et al. , 1976 ] . |
| 9 | Also , while unpaid volunteers have much to offer , and their work deserves to be commended , long-term commitment is sometimes improved if the befriender is paid for the hours of ‘ companionship ’ work as well as being reimbursed for travelling and related expenses . |
| 10 | Moore is not denying that such elucidation is sometimes needed and possible , but bringing home to us that this is never what is going on when all things with a certain complex property are said to be good . |
| 11 | The incursion of party politics into local government is sometimes deplored but it is not a new development ( Widdicombe 1986 , Vol . |
| 12 | Schooling is sometimes seen as yet another burden on scarce family resources . |
| 13 | Creating our own reality is sometimes interpreted as meaning that we can not hurt people unless they allow us to do so . |
| 14 | The extreme case is , of course , a partial reinforcement schedule in which food is sometimes presented and sometimes not . |
| 15 | The disorder is sometimes seen as serving a homoeostatic or stabilising role in the family . |
| 16 | In fact , the rational expectations hypothesis is sometimes seen as providing support for the ‘ strong ’ version of the Friedman approach to monetary policy in which the x per cent rule is made constitutionally binding . |
| 17 | It is said that yaks ' milk is sometimes used and in Italy buffalos ' milk is made into cheese . |
| 18 | And when Marcel visits Elstir 's studio , he 's fascinated by the way in which the sea is sometimes painted as though it were part of the sky , and sometimes it looks as though the sky is part of the sea . |
| 19 | This view is sometimes seen as represented in the Gospel of John . |
| 20 | This type of linguistic material is sometimes described as ‘ performance-data ’ and may contain features such as hesitations , slips , and non-standard forms which a linguist like Chomsky ( 1965 ) believed should not have to be accounted for in the grammar of a language . |