Example sentences of "[conj] something is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE IS a paranoiac frisson , and more than a little insight , to be had from the thought that we humans are not really in control of our own fates , and that someone or something is using us . |
| 2 | Where something is seen to change ? |
| 3 | If it occurs at the beginning of a committee meeting where something is going to be pushed through and the agenda manipulated it can provoke the reaction , " … hypocrites " . |
| 4 | A short story can use a crisis , the piece of a life where something is happening . |
| 5 | The message conveyed to the brain from one such cell is a bit ambiguous : it is saying either that a stationary spot is going on or off in a particular region , or that something is moving upwards in that region . |
| 6 | He thinks that something is known , but they 're not telling . |
| 7 | As he walked , he looked over his shoulder again and again , like a man who is worried that something is following him . |
| 8 | The theories to be discussed in this section of the chapter all suppose that something is learned during the pre-exposure phase of a latent inhibition experiment that interferes with the formation of the CS-US ( conditioned-unconditioned stimulus ) association during the conditioning phase of the experiment . |
| 9 | If we feel that something is going to be an ethical consideration , then we will probably not get involved in the project … |
| 10 | The cough is there to signal that something is going awry and needs attention after which it will be all right . |
| 11 | Without this information , the speechreader may appear to interrupt rudely or think that something is going on that he is missing . |
| 12 | Not of course that the reasoning is invalid , or that the paradigm itself can not be questioned when it is sensed that something is going wrong ; indeed it is its destiny to lead eventually to intolerable anomalies and be replaced by another . |
| 13 | That there is an application called desktop publishing is certainly not in doubt ; when IBM sets up a Business Unit ( the last one was to develop the PC ) you know that something is going on . |
| 14 | There have now been several reports that have pointed to the fact that even in industries where there is a commitment to high safety standards , there is evidence that something is going wrong in the implementation and organisation . |
| 15 | I think erm that sometimes the fact that children have moved to a school where they have a timetable which has got subjects written down on a piece of paper , and the fact that they bring homework back with them and parents can see work in exercise books , sometimes that acts as a kind of reassurance to parents that something is going on which they recognise as education . |
| 16 | ‘ Now we have to let people know our revival is real — that something is happening up here , ’ said Mr Palmer . |
| 17 | request or a direct request that something is changed , then it |
| 18 | The mere fact that something is sold as a bulk product to a specification need not , in itself , decide that one should move out of it . |
| 19 | When she staggers out of bed , at some ridiculous pre-dawn hour , I have to make her trip over an unaccountably uncluttered expanse of floor before she sees that something is missing : the usual mess . |
| 20 | And in the depths of the forest , the humming is still strong , and the wind is still swirling all about us , and something is stirring , something that is so strong and so purely magical that no one has ever been able to resist it … |
| 21 | If something is done that benefits a particular group then that group is being bribed or bought off . |
| 22 | If something is advertised and sold as a hover-mower , is it reasonable to expect it to be used as a hedge-trimmer ? |
| 23 | If something is constructed today with a latent fault , that fault will be there — uncorrected — indefinitely . |
| 24 | If something is getting bigger then its measure is getting smaller . |
| 25 | eh , its a free country and you should be able to choose what you want to do yourself er , if something is damaging to your health then I would agree , yes , smoking I do n't agree with smoking but if people want to smoke that 's entirely up to them , they know the risks , I would n't smoke , I know the risks but vegetarianism is purely a matter of choice and there 's no peop people that harp on about you should n't eat meat , get on my nerves |
| 26 | If something is couched in general terms then it is too vague and ill-defined . |
| 27 | If you 're part of a team , tell the others if something is bothering you . |
| 28 | If something is gone they replace it . |
| 29 | If something is increased by fifty percent it is multiplied by one point five . |
| 30 | Included in the leaflet is guidance on where to seek advice if something is found , who to contact if you intend to develop an area containing archaeological sites and how to get involved in an excavation . |