Example sentences of "that something [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There can be no doubt that something of this sort took place at this time in Montreal , and that it forms one of the subconscious inputs in the growing boy 's development , along with the high family traditions and the significance of his names .
2 When pressed , he almost conceded that something of the original philosophy of the 1992 programme may have been lost .
3 And they , knowing me to be one not prone to exaggerated statements , well understood that something of an extraordinary nature was impending .
4 They know the grandchildren will grow up with a mixture of character traits collected from way back , on both sides of the family , but they like to think that something of theirs , some good trait or talent , will be packed somewhere in their grandchildren 's psychological ‘ baggage ’ when they set out on their journey into adult life .
5 Somehow , even to my youthful reasoning , it was as though the past was speaking to the present , that something of the love between these two people still lingered .
6 Roughly , and somewhat metaphorically , we can say that something of the following sort goes on when successful communication takes place .
7 I want it to be teacher-friendly enough so that something of their own experience will be reflected accurately to them .
8 I never got good enough ( or brave enough ) to test her advice out , but , being by inclination an optimist , I would like to think that something of the same logic would apply to the National Curriculum and its tests .
9 Although these had seen their origin in the reign of Henry IV , it was to be in his son 's brief reign that something of a revolution ( whose effects , however , were not to last ) took place .
10 Being together even wrought a curious change in their characters ; Oldfield noticed that something of his diffidence seemed to have rubbed off on Branson .
11 I admit they will find that something of a puzzle , but given the low critical standards of provincial audiences , they might hit upon the felicitous conclusion that she choked while in the midst of an exaggeratedly hilarious response to that pathetic farce .
12 ‘ I warned , did I not , that something of this nature might occur ? ’
13 He remembered the dream where he had been riding north with Jinneth into the mountains , and he was sure that something of that figure had been Jenny .
14 Sensing that something of the sort might be going through his mind , Lesley-Jane interposed , ‘ We were just talking about Micky 's death . ’
15 That the expansion of exports falls well short of absorbing the growth in manufacturing output suggests that something of this kind must have happened , as does the fact that the nature of the new products does not allow for explanation in terms of extra spending on luxuries by high-income earners .
16 ‘ But ’ , I said slowly , looking round the hall , ‘ I think I have evidence — clear evidence — that something of this sort is going on , right here , under our very noses in our … ’
17 This means that something at least must be said about alternative types of ambiguity , although a detailed treatment would be well beyond the scope of this book .
18 Everything pointed to the fact that something at an extremely high altitude looked favourably on Branson 's endeavours .
19 A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient .
20 A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient .
21 We anticipate that something over an extra 50,000 will now do so .
22 It still remains the case that something between 50 and 60 per cent of all regions in the Community lie within 15 per cent of the Community average per capita GDP .
23 Although I 'm starting to cope with the idea that the rape was n't my fault , I ca n't get rid of the feeling that something about my appearance singled me out .
24 Specifically it suggests that something about how we respond , react to or construe the stressful situation has a lot to do with how stressed we feel , and how we feel stressed .
25 One is that something about the dream itself ( its illogicality perhaps ) makes it difficult to remember , and the other that there is something about the physiological state in which we find ourselves when first woken up that makes remembering difficult .
26 Your reader should be left only with the feeling that something about life has been made clear .
27 Is it Friend ? thought Chesarynth , sure that something about him would give himself away .
28 It was also clear that something about the young man made him intensely uncomfortable .
29 ‘ You 're saying that something about me niggles at you ? ’
30 From his conversation with Eddie , he works out that something about his relationship with Catherine is not quite as purely ‘ parental ’ as it might be .
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