Example sentences of "[was/were] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | In chapter 4 , on monographs , there were some comments on the photography of art as a complement to criticism ; there are some other issues about how accurate or misleading photographs can be . |
| 2 | There are not the chances around these days as there were some years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ There were some glazed onions and Duchesse potatoes round the fillet … our host put those on the individual plates before he handed them to Edith . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd accepted that I 'd joined the club — and there were some really nice people in it . |
| 5 | There were some practical considerations to be taken into account before the work could actually commence however . |
| 6 | The photographs also indicated that the original had two trains ( going and striking ) and indeed there were some interesting notes prepared by a Dr Byrom who was an enthusiastic amateur clock repairer , and who overhauled the clock in 1970 , but these were couched in very general terms . |
| 7 | It was the closure of a good , old style joinery firm and there were some very good machines to be had . |
| 8 | This was certainly a cheap option , and there were some short- or medium-distance routes where such a basic vehicle was considered acceptable . |
| 9 | Moving it , Ken Slater , of Hyndburn , pointed out there were some 60 resolutions on the conference agenda endorsing existing party policy for unilateral nuclear disarmament . |
| 10 | There were some issues on which the left was always trounced — over the Militant Tendency , for example . |
| 11 | There were some highlights from Bristol , some back-row charges , a 50-yard passing movement which saw Doug Woodman scoring the first of his two tries , and Paul Collings making a solo break for the third . |
| 12 | This , he said , would clear the way for an interim repayment to the depositors , and although there were some small administration problems , he saw no reason why this should not be done in the ‘ near future ’ . |
| 13 | I think that basically the 1980s were very rough and there were some very difficult times and in order to persuade the country to change , and impose change where it was resisted , and to carry it through , required both will and language characteristic of that challenge and Mrs Thatcher has been associated with that . ’ |
| 14 | Yet even in a country so vast and diverse as the ex-Empire , there were some features that affected most parts , and set up their own horizontal influences at all lower levels of society irrespective of any vertical political pressures acting from a single centre . |
| 15 | There were some attempts at consultation , notably with Commonwealth finance ministers in 1947 and 1949 , but the relationship is perhaps symbolized by the fact that the RSA countries were not consulted on devaluation in 1949 , simply informed of the decision a day or two before it took place . |
| 16 | Of course , there were some economic changes during the century spanning the formation of the FA and the ending of the maximum wage . |
| 17 | His three years at Cambridge were some of the happiest of his life and also the most normal . |
| 18 | There were some ‘ basic principles ’ to be adopted in police/community relations , Sir Peter said . |
| 19 | In 1963 ‘ there were some very unpleasant moments ’ , he told journalists at the Soviet Culture Foundation . |
| 20 | It saddens me to hear some people in Britain speak as if there were some way of keeping Germany divided whether or not this is what the Germans want . |
| 21 | There were some indifferent performances against indifferent opponents until in Atlantic City earlier this year he floored and outpointed Iran Barkley to win the World Boxing Council middleweight title , a surprise which opened the door to tonight 's affair . |
| 22 | It 's as if his actual presence were some kind of inconvenience , like going to the toilet , as if his body were a mere nuisance . |
| 23 | From the General Staffs ’ point of view , there were some bright patches in the otherwise sombre overcast of the last years of the 1950s . |
| 24 | The city banks ( Japan 's version of commercial banks ) were some of the worst culprits . |
| 25 | Last year there were some 200 cholera deaths in Zambia . |
| 26 | There were some local reasons for the defeat . |
| 27 | There were some valid defences , particularly the poor state of most of the pitches and the injuries to Gatting ( having returned from getting his nose repaired he promptly had a thumb broken and played in only the final Test ) , but some of the criticisms were very valid , too . |
| 28 | On a rise above it there were some old aircraft : a C-47 , a C-7 Caribou , an old Huey helicopter , a C-119 Flying Boxcar . |
| 29 | The shops were mostly dreary Woolworth-type places , and they were all shut , but there was a surprising number of people wandering around , as if this were some kind of marvellous place to take an evening stroll . |
| 30 | It was estimated that it would take them two to three weeks to get to the Falklands and therefore , theoretically , the decision could be rescinded if there were some kind of diplomatic breakthrough . |