Example sentences of "that something [prep] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 . |