Example sentences of "was nothing that [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing that would be exempted from rigorous examination . |
| 2 | In principle , there was nothing that could not be absorbed into this radically Christianized world . |
| 3 | It seemed there was nothing that could be done . |
| 4 | That realisation is a product of the power of rational thought which came to the emerging ‘ human' ’ being in the course of the evolutionary process , for it is in remote retrospect that man can now see that the division of the first cell was a ‘ good ’ event , and had to be defined as such for the unanswerable reason that it could not have been anything else , otherwise there was nothing that could be defined as the origin of ‘ good ’ that was not dependent on dogma and superstition . |
| 5 | There was nothing that could be used for a cradle so obviously she intended keeping it in bed with her , but Sarah had heard tales of babies being smothered like that and she was surprisingly anxious that her newly expected brother or sister would n't end up that way . |
| 6 | Lucille took a last look in the mirror , decided there was nothing that could be done to make herself any more elegant or beautiful , and so picked up her small bag that contained the precious pasteboard ticket . |
| 7 | Neither Leland nor Camden has much to say about industry in England ; and there was nothing that could be specifically called an industrial landscape . |
| 8 | There was nothing that could be adapted for lock-picking , not even a paperclip . |