Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of lack of time has been eased to some degree by the setting up of communal kitchens like those in Lima , Peru . |
| 2 | In a more general sense I am fascinated by some of the things you 've just mentioned in your introduction , the question of continuity in German history , how we , how this marvellous nation , the nation of Beethoven and Wagner and Marx and Freud , actually finishes up going to war twice against its European neighbours , and in the Second World War in particular committing these awful atrocities . |
| 3 | The creamy bedroom carpet is echoed in the bathroom which has been furnished with some of the antique fixtures and fittings gleaned on Jake 's auction tours . |
| 4 | Her interest has been aroused by some new paintings which she has seen in a SoHo gallery , which a friend has compared unfavourably with the work of Lee Krasner . |
| 5 | If you are dismissed for some other reason unconnected with redundancy , you will have to consider whether the circumstances justify an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 6 | Non-basic beliefs are justified in terms of the basic and the basic are justified in some other way ; the asymmetry lies in the fact that justification is all one way , from non-basic to basic . |
| 7 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 8 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 9 | It is characteristic of the metabolism of a cell that the relative amounts of the different substances remain roughly constant , and that if these proportions are altered by some outside disturbance , they tend to return to their initial values when the disturbance is removed . |
| 10 | Whenever all the reps are completed with some strength still in reserve , then the weight should be increased , never the reps . |
| 11 | The need for regulatory change had been mooted for some time . |
| 12 | Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time . |
| 13 | An attempt to remove Kevin Maxwell has been mooted for some time . |
| 14 | That system had been intended for some time . |
| 15 | True marine conditions probably prevailed only in the north of the Fens but brackish conditions further south are witnessed by some of the fossils . |
| 16 | The notion of fact is apt to cause difficulties only if facts are treated as some special species of existences . |
| 17 | Citizens of Birmingham are treated to some of the finest displays of the North American golden rod to be seen in the country . |
| 18 | In the case of hierarchies only general formal characteristics are discussed : specific types of hierarchy are treated in some detail in chapter 6 ( taxonomic hierarchies ) , chapter 7 ( part-whole hierarchies ) and chapter 8 ( non-branching hierarchies ) . |
| 19 | Surely , then , word would have been heard of some of them . |
| 20 | Movie memorabilia is nothing new but cries of blaX-ploitation have been heard in some quarters . |
| 21 | The structure and organization of public services do not , at present , foster service developments which match the King 's Fund recommendations , and the need for an overhaul in the way services are organized has been recognized for some years . |
| 22 | The release of these chemicals following drainage has been recognized for some time , but researchers at the Australian national research organization ( CSIRO ) now offer an explanation of the cause and also point to the great risks involved in large-scale land reclamation projects . |
| 23 | I start up the hill towards Dýrafjöđ3ur but before I reach the top I am treated to some Icelandic weather . |
| 24 | Even in its best days the circulation of the magazine had been limited to some eight hundred subscribers ( most of whom were " Eliot watchers " , according to Stephen Spender ) and by the time it had ceased publication that number had dropped to a couple of hundred . |
| 25 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 26 | CPRW has evidence that the sale of holiday units as permanent residences is already beginning to happen where the temporary occupancy clause , which is customarily enforced on caravan and chalet sites , has been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 27 | A substantial amount of prospecting may have been undertaken in some of the areas , but not necessarily for the deposit styles mentioned above . |
| 28 | ‘ With the Tottenham Three being acquitted , people feel the problem has been ameliorated to some extent , ’ said a campaigner . |
| 29 | ‘ I am disappointed for the crowd because generally they have been treated to some good football here and all our performance lacked was some goals . |
| 30 | A mystery surrounded his death which was assiduously played up by the media in suggesting every kind of melodramatic possibility , the favourite being that poor Hugh Gaitskell had been stabbed with the sharp ferrule of an umbrella , the end of which had been treated with some poisonous concoction . |