Example sentences of "something that [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important differences are those to be found between individuals , rather than between groups or categories This seems to imply that the one thing Shetlanders have in common is that they Are All different from one another , and that their common identity as Shetlanders is something that emerges only when they contrast themselves to people from the south . |
| 2 | But no I mean as I say some of the content was was was very interesting and er the concept is er well it 's something that excites me . |
| 3 | So anxiety would be , you see , would be something that points out what I 'm calling this realistic view of human nature . |
| 4 | It is often impossible to say what moves you in a poem ; somehow in this poem there is something that touches my heart and links me in sympathy to this Bolivian poet whom I shall never meet . |
| 5 | But , I think it 's insane making criminals out of a huge percentage of our population , particularly when it is something that involves morality . ’ |
| 6 | I always name the team equal after a number of rounds and finish with something that involves everyone . |
| 7 | Erm but if somebody has had a gap for whatever reason , it is often the only method of actually covering it if you want to do something that involves the teachers ' superannuation scheme . |
| 8 | Not just a religious movement , but something that involves and enmeshes every area of life , from high national , and international politics , right the way down to the very colour of the , of the latest fashions , the new age movement and sometime in the future we 're gon na lo , talk a little bit about that . |
| 9 | Well you 've just you 've just er allow you 've just said something that allows me er to bring in er the way in which we approach advertising sales er Robert because er all of us who 've been in tra traditional sales , and I 'm I 'm just er that was my background as well er in addition to recruitment , er we are not used to giving everything over the phone before we go to see the people . |
| 10 | Let's move on to the er to the third question there , just any quick points that anybody wants to make erm not necessarily things you talked about , something that occurs to you know perhaps . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Stick that lot together along with the teeniest , faintest soupçon of banjo , and you 've got something that sounds almost like a miniature piano . |
| 13 | You 're trying for something that 's funky , something that sounds good , and you just grab whatever comes to hand . |
| 14 | Most people , if they can play something that sounds like something that they 've heard on a record , are in danger of falling into the trap of saying , ‘ A-ha ! |
| 15 | The real treat of the evening , however , is their version of Bowie 's ‘ She Shook Me Cold ’ where poppy nostalgia is transformed into something that sounds like the soundtrack for a Kenneth Anger movie . |
| 16 | Already they 've scaled up their fluid star-burst psychedelia into something that sounds more suited to outdoor festivals than stuffed solid mini-venues . |
| 17 | When they hear something that sounds like prey , they move their heads until the frequency is the same in both ears , then keep their heads exactly in position and fly straight towards the sound . |
| 18 | White elders today , and even more so black elders who arrived in the 1950s , belong to a cohort that has often experienced assessment in earlier life as something that selects or rejects . |
| 19 | I hit into something that feels heavy at first and then comes in quite easily under the pressure I apply . |
| 20 | ‘ They have to feel comfortable , with their trunk nestling against something that feels a bit like mum . |
| 21 | Ah it might be , maybe a dodgy earth or something that keeps the light on |
| 22 | As once you have dealt with history , you have to put in place something that keeps it up to date , without too much labour and without erm , a major hole there where things fall into the middle cover and come out . |
| 23 | It would work , but why adopt something that complicates an already complex technology ? |
| 24 | He particularly delights in riding near the front of the field so that he can watch the hounds at work — something that fascinates him . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's something that requires more work on the live side and I think that electronically we can manipulate that area a lot more . |
| 26 | This being so , the principal concern must be for the worth and value of the planned activities : something that requires an intrinsic evaluation . |
| 27 | I 'd like it to be natural , spontaneous , not something that requires a special outfit . |
| 28 | It is a biological catalyst , a catalyst being something that encourages a chemical reaction to proceed at a faster rate than it would do normally . |
| 29 | He glimpsed the Gates then — ‘ Ornate and tipped with something that catches the light and gleams , ’ he thought . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |