Example sentences of "[prep] something [conj] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As used in the 14th century by the English poet of Sir Gawayn and the Green Knight ( a man who knew the world of courts and chapels well ) , clanness is the quality of something that is pure ( like a pearl ) or of fine and precise workmanship ( like an elaborate goblet ) . |
| 2 | A claim is a demand for something that is due . |
| 3 | Now that kind of language which is what this chap is is using here would seem to me to be setting the the erm frame in a way which really would protect erm a locality from er this policy being a stalking-horse for something that is ordinary . |
| 4 | Sometimes members of a family look for something that is convenient to them or that will solve their own feelings of guilt , rather than giving weight to the elderly person 's own strong preferences . |
| 5 | You know , maybe I 'm not giving that much away , erm , it 's constant reinforcement for something that is important to me . |
| 6 | Many people trivialize their desire for God , and settle for something that is inferior . |
| 7 | I think when you 're dealing with something that is transmitted sexually you have to be very very clear about how it 's transmitted , I think you , you ca n't be vague about these sexual terms , you have , for , for medical reasons there 's nothing else ; you have to be exactly er clear about what you mean , by , by the activities you 're describing . |
| 8 | If women want to spend their lives with something that is slim , sanitary and sensitive , perhaps they should consider setting up home with a thermometer dipped in Dettol . |
| 9 | Technological competence turns the potentially hideous , if stationary , into something that is smooth and effective when alive . |
| 10 | The Christian who puts his or her trust in reason commits the folly of hubris , putting faith in something that is human . |
| 11 | But , and I did n't know this until I read the book , if you stand next to something that is triangular shaped , like , say , a triangle , it will give you a great feeling of harmony , and you wo n't give a fâ about not having a place to live . â |
| 12 | Our study of the parallelism of greater precision has alerted us to something that is true of Hebrew poetry generally . |
| 13 | A wrong emphasis on something that is true trivialises the work of the Evil One . |