Example sentences of "that something [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an apostrophe comes just before an s at the end of a word , it shows that something belongs to that word . |
| 2 | In the case of words which combine a fairly definite descriptive meaning with a valuational meaning it is rather a puzzle to say what correct linguistic usage bids one do , if one recognizes that something answers to the descriptive meaning , but does not have the attitude towards it which the word expresses in virtue of its ‘ value charge ’ , as one might put it . |
| 3 | If " Jones is a man " is true , then , of course , it necessarily follows that something falls under the concept man , i.e. " For some x , x is a man " is true also . |
| 4 | The fact that something happens to be legal as a matter of tradition going far back into history does not mean that it is not a vice in society . |
| 5 | Arthur Andersen , for example , says that the risk that a long-standing association with a client may impair objectivity is perceived , rather than actual , but concedes that something needs to be done ‘ so that others do not perceive that objectivity can be compromised ’ . |
| 6 | The DSS seems to recognise that something needs to be done about this . |
| 7 | It is an active faith : a belief that something needs to be done and can be done by this man Jesus . |
| 8 | There is a huge audience for television programmes like that ; people know that something needs to be done , either for themselves or for someone else . |
| 9 | Jackson quotes Freud 's view that something has to be added to what is novel and unfamiliar to make it uncanny ; this something is ‘ nothing new or alien , but something which is familiar and old — established in the mind and become alienated from it through the process of repression ’ ( p. 66 ) . |
| 10 | A further difficulty is that repeated mismatching between feelings and behaviour can build up stresses in the system to the extent that something has to ‘ blow ’ . |
| 11 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 12 | Few would deny that something has to be done to alleviate the problems there , caused by up to 9,000 vehicles per day negotiating a narrow , winding road . |
| 13 | However , the title development is useful because it highlights the fact that something has to be done with evaluations : something to improve the process next time around . |
| 14 | What is involved in saying that something exists in its own right , while something else does not ? |
| 15 | He treats the offer jokingly , but finds that something seems to be working to bring him and his wife good fortune . |