Example sentences of "[be] [det] kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure . |
| 2 | He did not think he could ever be that kind of person but Nutty said some of the best riders were the quiet , sympathetic ones . |
| 3 | In the short story there does n't seem to be that kind of time — for the characters to digest and integrate the surprise into their lives . |
| 4 | Besides , as pecuniary punishments may increase the number of robbers , by increasing the number of poor , and may deprive an innocent family of subsistence , the most proper punishment will be that kind of slavery , which alone can be called just ; that is , which makes society , for a time , absolute master of the person , and labour of the criminal , in order to oblige him to repair , by this dependence , the unjust despotism he usurped over the property of another , and his violation of the social compact . |
| 5 | so it 's not a way of reaching people with a disability and , you know , that might be that kind of |
| 6 | It must be some kind of joke . |
| 7 | As I stared at her wondering what had caused the condition , I decided that it must be some kind of vitamin deficiency . |
| 8 | .. I do n't know what this is founded in , but I believe that there must be some kind of basic system of balance , where everything 's weighed up and when all the pain we 've created in the world gets salved because we live again . |
| 9 | If he was an anti-communist , could he not be some kind of spy or agent of the American government ? |
| 10 | ‘ Like I said , I enjoyed being with her , but you would have to be some kind of retard to get turned on in those scenes by thinking I am kissing a sex symbol … |
| 11 | Mr Litmus says it might be some kind of tribesman . ’ |
| 12 | It looks like some kind of mollusc , but no mollusc fits easily into this pattern of growth ; various people have suggested it might be some kind of snail , or perhaps a monoplacophoran ( see p. 76 ) . |
| 13 | There has got to be some kind of responsibility to deliver what they think they are buying . ’ |
| 14 | It has to be some kind of conspiracy . |
| 15 | Such an expressed intention puts the book into the ‘ holistic ’ category and might alarm many scientists that what is to follow might be some kind of woolly metaphysical vagueness . |
| 16 | There seemed to be some kind of a row going on upstairs . |
| 17 | That 's got to be some kind of a nutter . |
| 18 | Of course Evelyn knew that she would never assault an old person and that these horrid apparitions must be an image of her own fear of age and death , might even be some kind of safety valve . |
| 19 | When the verdict came down over the radio earlier that afternoon , I thought it had to be some kind of misunderstanding — a joke . |
| 20 | There has to be some kind of learning principle behind what they are asking . |
| 21 | That would be some kind of command module , Jessamyn knew . |
| 22 | There should be some kind of rubbish disposal facility and you need proper campsites for the trekkers , with camp wardens . |
| 23 | When the body of one specimen was first brought from Australia to Britain in 1798 , it was considered to be some kind of taxidermist 's hoax — a mixture of bird and mammal — which , to some extent , it is . |
| 24 | There should be some kind of civilian medal for this . |
| 25 | It wo n't do , wo n't make a lady of you , and you have to be some kind of a lady to get a decent job in a decent ladies ’ shop . |
| 26 | Consequently , there were counter-proposals that within the new organisation there still should be some kind of authoritative institution that would represent the interests of the participating states . |
| 27 | Apparently , however , WABI has been turned into a product and packaged , and there is said to be some kind of cross-productisation afoot with parent company Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 28 | Dominant values are upheld and dominant interests protected in the name of universal interests — in the child care case , in the cause of child welfare , which is assumed to be some kind of objectively assessable ‘ good thing ’ . |
| 29 | Still , without returning on our tracks and urging the rigorist position ( that one must always do as much good as possible ) , there must be some kind of requirement that one do as little harm as possible , in terms of actual pain ( though not perhaps in terms of pleasure prevented ) in order to achieve the good one does . |
| 30 | There will also be some kind of performance boost for DB2 — either more microcode or conceivably the dedicated DB2 processor that IBM has been speculating about for 10 years now . |