Example sentences of "be [adv] something that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Statements of what people intended to get out of the policy-making process are generally something that has to be established on the basis of careful examination of the evidence rather than on the basis of assumptions about interests . |
| 2 | Please print this letter because I want people to know that horses are not something that you can forget . |
| 3 | Wire fences are not something that wild elephants encounter every day , so this behaviour could hardly have been learned , still less inherited . |
| 4 | When Nietzsche is quoted directly as arguing that " tropes are not something that can be added or subtracted from language at will ; they are its truest nature " , de Man 's paraphrase seems innocuous : The mode of paraphrase frees de Man from the obligation of theoretical presence in his discourse while still allowing him to translate Nietzsche 's text into the terms of his own problematic . |
| 5 | Surplus component boards etc. are most useful if they contain expensive semiconductors , and are probably something that are best left to those who have a few years experience of electronics behind them . |
| 6 | The the the buggeration of it is that the next time round that something goes wrong , it 'll be again something that you 've encountered before ! |
| 7 | Let us resolve that we will give something during the coming months , even if it is only something that we no longer need , to help those who are hungry and in desperate need . |
| 8 | What I 'm suggesting is is that that is perhaps something that the panel should dwell on in their deliberations and their advice to the county . |
| 9 | The third part is perhaps something that erm , we find a little more difficult , I do found that er number two , number three and number four if you were n't careful blends very much into one another and actually then part three as far as I 'm concerned actually putting across the benefits is really the main part I think and that really is putting into everyday English what we know as professionals as in technical terms , cos if you go and talk to somebody whatever it is , they have n't got a clue we have , we talk about it all the time and I think the biggest criticism of the insurance industry as a whole is the fact that you do n't talk to people in English and that 's why it 's got such a foot in the door and I think the third part for me really is the most important part of the sales process , relating our cock-ups in English , the benefits the client . |
| 10 | Erm and I I ca n't help wondering , this is perhaps something that Mr Donson may well want to come back to , erm what Mr Donson 's position would be at subsequent local plan inquiries where local plans were to contain such policies and there was was n't to be a strategic basis er for those policies . |
| 11 | It is vicious because , as I have just argued , the external relation that constitutes the meaning of the mental content is not something that the subject himself can apprehend : it can only be constructed from a third-person perspective . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ This is not something that has happened before . |
| 13 | But this is not something that Stone tackles . |
| 14 | Haslam admits that being the focal point of all the national publicity that inevitably surrounds the British coal industry is not something that he relishes . |
| 15 | ‘ Talent is a rare thing , not as universal as people seem to think — creativity is not something that can be taught , ’ she says . |
| 16 | ‘ Sovereignty is not something that you either have or do not have , like a family heirloom which you take out and dust every now and then to make sure that it is still in your possession and still intact , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 17 | But what we find in the resurrection of Jesus is not something that originates from the natural processes of life , but something that constitutes a unique event . |
| 18 | Freedom is not something that can be asserted in opposition to law ; it is the residue of conduct permitted in the sense that no statute or common-law rule prohibits it . |
| 19 | The economic strength of society is not something that can be peeled off and thought of separately from the quality of the life of those who are members of that society . |
| 20 | I do not believe that the pursuit of happiness is a possibility : happiness is not something that can be chased and captured . |
| 21 | Nevertheless it is not something that we can ignore , for the teacher needs feedback from her students ' performances in order to judge the effectiveness of her teaching and may need to know that students have reached certain standards before progressing to more difficult work . |
| 22 | This urge is not something that appears when we are at school or later — it operates from birth , if not before . |
| 23 | Religion is not an individualistic affair ; it is not something that concerns a man in isolation from his fellow men ; it is not simply a matter for the individual soul seeking release , or mok a , from the endless cycle of birth , death and rebirth , or sa sāra . |
| 24 | The pain is not something that scares me . |
| 25 | The prospect of spending eight months aboard a 67-foot yacht racing the wrong way round the world against the prevailing winds is not something that most seasickness sufferers would relish . |
| 26 | It is surely a question of maintaining an appropriate balance , and is not something that can be taken for granted . |
| 27 | But it is also emphasized that professional competence is not something that can or should be taken for granted , and that the intimate knowledge of the carer-counsellor can often be as useful as the most vaunted professional . |
| 28 | Disengagement is not something that should be avoided , but is part of the natural process of ageing which can be readily accepted . |
| 29 | It is [ he added , engagingly ] quite clear to me that an organisation … of this character is not something that can be handled by the ordinary … machinery or either the British Civil service or the British military machine . |
| 30 | Praise , however , is not something that we need to phase out , it is relatively easy and ‘ cheap ’ to give and constantly reminds the child that his desirable behaviour leaves him in a state of grace . |