Example sentences of "something [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are so many bite indicators for use when legering you would think there was something extremely complicated to the simple action of a fish pulling on the line . |
| 2 | You could easily find something better suited to your talents — become a Member of Parliament , or something . |
| 3 | I began thus for to assent both to them and diverse of my friends here at home and not less to an inward prompting which daily now grew upon me , that by labour and intent study , which I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a strong propensity of nature , I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die . ’ |
| 4 | Conflict over designation is symptomatic of something already referred to in this chapter — the transformation of the city from a locale of production to one of consumption-reproduction . |
| 5 | There may in this adoption of French terms be some covert assumption that postmodernist writing , like cooking — or rather cuisine — is something best left to the French . |
| 6 | And the market researchers tell the companies more and more that their customers want something more tailored to their special requirements . |
| 7 | Will he and our right hon. and hon. Friends , over the next few weeks , consider whether there is scope for increasing that discount to something more related to the ability to pay of the single person ? |
| 8 | The director had probably taken a room for her there tonight assuming she 'd look for something more suited to her purse in her own time . |
| 9 | In what follows , we shall narrow the scope of the term to something more adapted to the present purpose . |
| 10 | Charles felt something more needed to be said . |
| 11 | Something more needed to be said , obviously . |
| 12 | The TARDIS walls , fashioned in a style that would nowadays be called ‘ hi-tech ’ , were also revolutionary for their era and were deliberately styled to give a timeless look ; something equally suited to ancient Egypt as to the distant future . |
| 13 | I mean perhaps it 's not something there used to doing too much , but is it not possible to get them to amuse themselves ? |
| 14 | If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend . |
| 15 | Should you pay more for the rock — especially if there is something else attached to the rock , other than your intended purchase ? |
| 16 | ‘ Something closely related to English food ? ’ he suggested . |