Example sentences of "[is] something that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The personality with which Braque invests his jug is something that the jug possesses in its own right . |
| 2 | As part of the audience you are as much a part of the entertainment as the performance itself , and this is something that dramatists are aware of and have always written for . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | This is something that the British harp on that incessantly , using it as the main reason for choosing one restaurant over another , but do we really understand what it means and are we consistent in our assessment of perceived value ? |
| 5 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ said Henry Tyler , in the last analysis a Ministry man , ‘ that this stuff , whatever it is , is something that ought to be put a stop to . ’ |
| 6 | Cycling is something that all the family can enjoy . |
| 7 | However , while skill is something that can be trained other aspects of success may be pre-determined . |
| 8 | He stares at the streets near him and hopes the grief he sees there is something that happens to other people . |
| 9 | Looked at from Scotland , it is sadly tied up with Thatcherism , which , we hope , is something that will pass , since it goes against a better , more basic feeling which is still there . |
| 10 | This is something that Ashton emphasises when Natalia , Kolia , Vera and the Tutor dance to Chopin 's Grande Polonaise and Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Month in the Country . |
| 11 | Hatred of Jews is something that the Fascist is especially prone to , but it is n't a necessary consequence of his Fascism , and in any case it 's only a symptom , certainly not the root cause of his disease . |
| 12 | This is something that the Anglo-American Phyllis Bottome , writing in England in wartime , finds hard to accept : |
| 13 | Helping punters outwit the bookies is something that gives Brittain real pleasure and he recalls with pride how an acquaintance made an exceptionally nice profit when the trainer 's Terimon took second place to Nashwan in this year 's Derby . |
| 14 | The following remark of Dennis Altman 's , even if not strictly correct historically , rightly implies how the negation of desire and the negation of difference are in practice often inseparable : ‘ the original purpose of the categorization of homosexuals as people apart was to project the homosexuality in everyone onto a defined minority as a way of externalizing forbidden desires and reassuring the majority that homosexuality is something that happens to other people ’ ( Homosexualization , 72 ) . |
| 15 | The ability to return to education at later stages in one 's life is something that is very important and I hope will be encouraged . |
| 16 | The more dynamic pace of change in the private sector is something that appeals to Cuckney . |
| 17 | Although many of the massage techniques in this illustrated guide are for two people to practise on each other , as you can clearly see from the simple techniques over the page , massage is something that you can successfully achieve alone . |
| 18 | The drama depicted is something that once happened in front of the canvas — where the painter claimed to be nature ! |
| 19 | This is something that is necessary for world peace and stability . ’ |
| 20 | It 's a sign of the times that pop-as-reinvention-of-the-self is something that resonates for fewer and fewer people in the world that is the music press readership . |
| 21 | So the fallibility and the arrogance of human justice is something that obsesses you ? |
| 22 | This particular film has quite a strong political statement to make , which is something that I 'm not really known for . |
| 23 | Perhaps in response to this call for negotiations ( though that is something that the administration would not admit ) , Mr Baker is set to make another tour of allied capitals in Europe and the Middle East , during which he would , at the very least , be available for a meeting in Baghdad . |
| 24 | But for me and many others , old school is something that transcends fashion and has precious little to do with paying £60 in London for something that cost $5 in the backstreets of Chicago . |
| 25 | Breakfast is something that sounds healthy such as a wholewheat cereal with no sugar added , or a thin slice of unbuttered toast with a free-range egg on top . |
| 26 | Trying to put myself in his skin in that room at that time must not , of course , be taken to mean that the act contemplated and later committed by Miller is something that I myself could think of doing . |
| 27 | We can be in danger of saying or feeling that bereavement is something that happens to everyone else , and that ‘ those people ’ need support , but we are perfectly able to manage on our own . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It is something that is very special , and their example is now preserved for future generations of musicians to study and enjoy . |
| 30 | An eye for a good outfit is something that both the Minogue girls share . |