Example sentences of "[ex0] is nothing [that] " in BNC.

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1 It may be that he really thinks there is nothing that he really thinks .
2 From the point of view of the experiencing subject , the meaningfulness is not something of which he is conscious ; all he experiences is , first the word ‘ red ’ , then a mental image : there is nothing that could count as his internally and introspectably associating them which does not reintroduce the mysterious generality of thought .
3 But Professor Alan Budd , chief economic adviser to Barclays Bank , said of the Government 's predicament : ‘ In the short run there is nothing that can be done .
4 She knows there is nothing that is more attractive that the promise of sexuality waiting to bloom , and so if this is what is responsible for fame , Kylie wants to keep her pre-puberty looks . ’
5 With a fictional character , described in the third person , there is nothing that may not be said .
6 There is nothing that can exist without me .
7 Hardly a word had passed between them but now the gunman looked up and said quietly , ‘ There is nothing that I can do . ’
8 There is nothing that matters to finish !
9 There is nothing that will make you a better surfer . ’
10 It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do .
11 People have to die at last , and there is nothing that anybody ( even doctors ) can do to alter the fact .
12 There is nothing that tells the truth about us , as Christian people , so much as our prayer life .
13 I remember ‘ laying down a fleece ’ that I would not proceed towards the ordained ministry unless the Lord enabled me to lead another to Christ before a certain date : there is nothing that concentrates the mind as such an agreement with God !
14 It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it .
15 There is nothing that is infinitely irresistible nor that is truly immovable , and as for the idea of a ‘ substance impossible to contain' — that , I decided , was a fiendish invention designed to get me into a muddle as I was sure that such a substance would be a manifest impossibility in practice .
16 There is nothing that can not be coped with by the co-operation of captains and the vigilance of the umpires .
17 Anthony Berry , son of Francis , says , ‘ There is nothing that I would not enjoy drinking today . ’
18 There is nothing that the dog could do that could express the difference between the two thoughts : ‘ My master is at the door ’ and ‘ I am thinking that my master is at the door ’ .
19 There is nothing that enjoys being on the end of a strength 10 hit from a cannon .
20 There is nothing that USL can do about it at this point , it says .
21 We must always remember that there is nothing that compels anybody to work for an individual company even in an era of high unemployment .
22 There is nothing that could reasonably be called a head ; merely a small light-sensitive spot ; no heart , only a number of pulsating arteries ; no fins or limbs , only a slight dilation at the hind end like the flight feathers of an arrow .
23 There is nothing that sin has not blighted .
24 Hence there is nothing that explains what in fact did occur .
25 there is nothing that you can do about it
26 In this rule , too , there is nothing that confines ‘ costs ’ to litigation costs .
27 There is nothing that is not laudable and praiseworthy in this scheme .
28 There is nothing easier to understand , it seems , than what facts are ; and yet there is nothing that is more elusive .
29 Thus , given the way the word " I " is used , there is no startlingly new information to be derived from a person 's statement " I actually exist " If " Socrates is eating an apple " is true , then clearly there is nothing that can usefully be added to this statement by saying that the apple Socrates is eating is not fictional .
30 If other people have had other experiences , if if they share erm , er Nelly 's er belief there that there is nothing that can be done about it ? 's the number to dial and we 'll have some more calls in a moment .
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