Example sentences of "[pron] is something " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some schools you will be asked to participate with other students in basic class work over a weekend ( as happens at the Bristol Old Vic drama school ) and in some you may find yourself being judged partly by senior students of the school who will be sitting with the faculty panel ( which is something that happens at Drama Centre ) . |
| 2 | The audition had been one thing , the work–g through the part another — which is something it seems very hard for the audition process to make proper allowance for . |
| 3 | The blade , which is something like a large jigsaw blade , protrudes from the front of the saw to give a cutting capacity of 150mmin wood and 12mm in steel , as long as the correct blade is fitted . |
| 4 | Primarily what makes this type of work unpopular is the ever-present danger that work of this sort will break the veneer of coldness , exposing them as emotionally involved , which is something they dislike because it is considered unprofessional . |
| 5 | This particular film has quite a strong political statement to make , which is something that I 'm not really known for . |
| 6 | I 'd smoked a joint and taken tincture of cannabis , which is something I had done because I did n't smoke cigarettes and the hippies around me would say , ‘ Give her a spoonful of tincture of cannabis so that she 'll get stoned ’ but I did n't know if cocaine was like that . |
| 7 | Millions of parts and supplies must be got to the right place at the right time , which is something American military forces have not always been able to do . |
| 8 | Schoenberg described the Mahler of the Ninth Symphony as a man ‘ at home with spiritual coolness ’ , which is something that Karajan , as an interpreter of Mahler 's music , undoubtedly understood . |
| 9 | It 's perhaps worth pointing out that for some inexplicable reason , BMG has decided not to provide individual tracks for each of the movements which is something of a disadvantage in a work like the Webern . |
| 10 | If we feel sorry for the dying cat that can not understand what is happening to it , we should remember that it has one enormous advantage over us : it has no fear of death , which is something we humans must all carry with us throughout our long lives . |
| 11 | It is not difficult to fill the stands and this creates an electrifying atmosphere , which is something I thrive on . |
| 12 | Ideally it needs a brackish paludarium , which is something for another article . |
| 13 | I really want us all to move on as musicians , which is something that other bands do n't seem to be doing . |
| 14 | He 's also continued to improve , which is something you ca n't say about many of his peers . |
| 15 | Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night . |
| 16 | Certainly , you 've got to be pigeon-holed into a market and people want to know whether I 'm white or black , which is something I 've never had to think about before . |
| 17 | If it is politics you are interested in — as distinct from government , which is something quite different — the place to look from now on is the opposition . |
| 18 | We arrive at the vexed question of ‘ issue ’ , which is something quite different from impression . |
| 19 | The search for such a planet has proved unsuccessful — which is something of a mystery , because a planet of that size should be reasonably easy to find . |
| 20 | Since this does not exist , the next best , in a UNIX environment , is the troff style of embedded mark-up , which is something of a de facto UNIX standard . |
| 21 | I 'd rather fill this page with angry letters attacking people who are entertained/moved by fascism , racism , homophobia , whether it 's Morrissey ‘ exploring its fascination ’ or someone scooping out their own shit and trying to sell it to us as ‘ common sense ’ , than have another letter like yours , the first half ( not printed here , lucky readers ) of which is something incomprehensible about The Wedding Present — DQ |
| 22 | Universally used , especially at planting time — which is something of a hoot , as it needs a long and involved bacterial breakdown process for the phosphate to become available for plant uptake . |
| 23 | In spite of the unlikeness of Kant 's approach and that of utilitarianism , one of the foremost moral philosophers of our time , R.M. Hare , has developed a moral philosophy which is something of a synthesis of them . |
| 24 | But they also have a steep learning curve for the uninitiated , which is something to consider before taking the plunge . |
| 25 | When there , when you say a union , what do you mean a union in a true sense of the word , or do you mean an organisation , which is something va vastly different because they way your , they way your saying this to me , this does n't sound like a union at all . |
| 26 | Perhaps more important for our purposes is the economists ' view of law which is something quite different from that of the lawyers ' traditional idea of a command backed up by a sanction . |
| 27 | He knows us all by name , of course , and he 's interested in each of us , which is something . ’ |
| 28 | Hornbills are big and demanding birds that need plenty of space , which is something most zoos do n't have . |
| 29 | I have done hardly any work , except keep this Diary up to date for a week , which is something of a record for me ! |
| 30 | immediately we come back , which is something else we have to sort out with our heads now . |