Example sentences of "but [ex0] [is] some " in BNC.

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1 But there is some question of a pathogenic secret , of the recovery of material hitherto repressed which influenced his perception of his mother : and his understanding of the past would certainly appear to have been enlarged by his researches .
2 But there is some instability in the accounts he gives of dark professions of faith , in his acerbities and fatalities .
3 But there is some evidence that the gap is closing .
4 But there is some justification for the argument that , so far as in-classroom sanctions such as detention , confiscation and withdrawal of privileges are concerned , some consolidation of the law in a statutory form would be desirable .
5 Again , Thompson and Spencer suggest that intense stimuli habituate only slowly but there is some evidence that they might acquire latent inhibition especially readily , ( Crowell and Anderson 1972 ; Lantz 1976 ; Schnur and Lubow 1976 ) .
6 Economically it is sensible to use as high a concentration as possible and dilute on site to the required level but there is some validity in specifying low activity concentration where users consistently ignore dilution instructions .
7 But there is some duplication in the figures of government revenues , because in the years covered by the table about half of the gross revenues of the republics and provinces was transferred to the federation ( where it again appears as revenue ) .
8 No one denies that there is beauty in art but there is some controversy about its existence in science .
9 Most meteorites are believed to be fragments of collisional debris from asteroids , but there is some evidence that carbonaceous chondrites may be stony masses released from the icy nuclei of comets , which lose their frozen binding material as they orbit close to the sun .
10 But there is some good news , because it seems that some people are beginning to take seriously the problem of graduate unemployment .
11 But there is some loss of signal in coaxial cable , and this increases with frequency because the inner and outer conductors behave like a capacitor which is transparent to high frequencies .
12 But there is some evidence of his association with liberals at Cambridge which must be mentioned briefly at this point , since it seems rather unlikely that he would have visited France in 1790 and again in 1791–2 if he had no sympathy with what was going on there .
13 Systematic crime statistics were not compiled during the first half of the nineteenth century , but there is some scattered evidence about the extent and frequency of cattle stealing during the early years of British rule .
14 Around Moortown , on the Western side of the lough , some 200 million tonnes of lignite have been indicated but there is some evidence that the deposit around Moortown may contain at least the same amount as the Crumlin deposits .
15 The effects have yet to be fully assessed , but there is some concern that , as bus companies are no longer allowed to engage in cross-subsidisation ( ie direct profits from profitable routes towards subsidising unprofitable ones ) , unprofitable routes and evening and weekend services may be forced to close .
16 But there is some similarity in appearance .
17 I know you are only a tiny little girl , but there is some kind of magic in you somewhere .
18 This is probably acceptable so long as we restrict ourselves to a single group , like mammals , but there is some dissent when people seek to extrapolate mechanisms from non-vertebrate species , like molluscs , to the mammalian brain ( e.g. Hawkins and Kandel 1984 ) .
19 There is controversy over the extent to which the zaibatsu were actually dissolved , but there is some agreement that fewer business leaders were purged than originally intended , that many pre-war industrialists reappeared in key positions during the 1950s and that their banks largely survived intact .
20 Tensions there had been throughout the century but there is some evidence of a conscious ‘ respectable ’ assault on this precarious independence by the end of the nineteenth century .
21 But there is some danger where co-operatives are created out of economic adversity , for the situation is then one of commercial crisis and , important though the rescue may be on general grounds , it is far from an ideal basis on which to promote the reputation of co-operatives generally , or of Co-operation as an alternative form of organisation .
22 The extent to which the desire for the products of industry , beyond necessities , results from the processes of want-creation as distinct from pre-existing materialistic tendencies is obscure , but there is some plausibility in Galbraith 's picture of a corporate system whose power includes an ability not only to stimulate demand for particular goods but also to shape prevailing social values .
23 The group is not aware of hard evidence to support this , but there is some anecdotal evidence .
24 But there is some strain on the heart and it is rather large and it is n't working so well .
25 The composer generally credited with the introduction of the stylo recitativo into England was Nicholas Lanier ( 1588–1666 ) , composer , singer , lutenist , Master of the King 's Music , and deviser of masques at the court of Charles I , but there is some doubt whether what Ben Jonson said in 1640 that Lanier ‘ spake in song ’ in two of his masques in 1617 — was genuine recitative or only declamatory song .
26 The team may have resigned itself to a fixtureless season but there is some small consolation .
27 Now that was her excuse but there is some evidence to say that she 'd got a big investment in weaving machine and I think she was a little bit worried er that these might take over from .
28 It is the latter which is of particular interest to us here , but there is some common ground and the former should provide some insight into the latter .
29 Head of Department : ‘ Quite right , but there is some work in the 3D and Craft line .
30 This contributes to the power of her work , adding an element of claustrophobia , but there is some risk of it being missed .
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