Example sentences of "[subord] something that [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had come to the stage in 2020 when anyone who regarded Time as other than something that could be measured precisely by chronometer was shunned as an eccentric . |
| 2 | This seems to indicate that , despite his reference to sex as a fine and noble thing , he still regards it with a certain amount of misgiving , and as something that should be kept under strict control . |
| 3 | Professional views of mental illness , especially when manifested in the public realm , continue to be based on nineteenth century ideas about madness as something that should be brought under control and removed from the public gaze . |
| 4 | We have probably often been guilty of viewing censorship as something that must be imposed from time to time . |
| 5 | Applying AI problem-solving techniques in this way is in itself a notable advance but , as the editors indicate , the research has also addressed fundamental questions on the nature of knowledge , both in terms of formal representational systems and as an essentially social phenomenon — knowledge as something that must be shared and transferred among men and machines . |
| 6 | Similarly , though there are inevitably problems and exceptions , we continue to treat the tone-unit as something that can be described , defined and recognised . |
| 7 | Otherness is not so much something to be frightened of , a threat to the stability of the self , as something that can be added to or incorporated into the already existing . |
| 8 | You see despair as something that can be rooted out by machines — some sort of a steam-shovel , perhaps . |