Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] something [to-vb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The naive observer might be forgiven for believing that this contrast has something to do with the different weight given by members of the academic community to their research interests compared with their ‘ teaching interests ’ ( the very awkwardness of the term makes the point ) . |
| 2 | And I believe that the growing trend erm of people going to the cinema , erm cinema owners reconverting cinemas they 've cut into three back into the large auditoria , erm will continue and a night out at the cinema has something to do with the the building you 're in , erm this building if refurbished would have a restaurant , would have a bar , would have a cinema club , would be a real asset to the town . |
| 3 | Mr Gleeson said it would be unfair to suggest the cash injection had something to do with the forthcoming General Election . |
| 4 | This suggests that tantrums have something to do with the normal development of a child 's personality , rather than with the way they have been brought up — although the way they are handled can make things worse . |
| 5 | I can not resist the feeling that the Government 's extraordinary surrender yesterday to German bullying over the recognition of Croatia had something to do with the need to appease German public opinion , which is turning nasty on the whole process — or perhaps it was just sucking up to the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. |
| 6 | Mrs Elizabeth Crabb , chairman of the Tees Valley branch , asked Mr Colley : ‘ Whether excessive lead in the water has something to do with the violence which is rife in our cities ? ’ |
| 7 | The same happened at the Commonwealth Tournament later in the year — and to this day she wonders if this behaviour had something to do with the fact that the selectors did not include her in the 1984 match at Muirfield . |
| 8 | I believe those murders had something to do with the race I rode for you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But I can tell you this , Ranulf , even though I have n't a shred of evidence , I believe the deaths of those two young people have something to do with the murder of Lady Eleanor Belmont . ’ |
| 10 | It might be supposed that their strength had something to do with the crystals being wet . |
| 11 | Seemingly , the Frenchman 's ineffectiveness in the startling 4–0 defeat at Manchester City had something to do with the decision . |
| 12 | With jackdaws and Mambas both out of the frame , I found myself considering the bizarre idea that the storm had something to do with the disappearance of my dead sister 's remains . |
| 13 | It was even more extraordinary that the hon. Gentleman seemed to think that the measure had something to do with the poll tax . |
| 14 | He was quick , she noticed , to take her up on any casual remark and supposed that his interest in other people 's affairs and their reactions had something to do with the novelist in him . |
| 15 | It may be that the disjunction , for most modern English speakers , between abstract terms and concrete imagery has something to do with the complex foreign origins of the English language . |
| 16 | There they lived their lives , and prospered for a while ; but there was a disquiet amongst them , for it was said that they had been created with a purpose in this life , and that the purpose had something to do with the manner of their creation . |
| 17 | First , Neil Kinnock and others think the hostility of the press had something to do with the result . |
| 18 | However , I think the minister had something to do with the essays I wrote and the natural history notes I kept day by day besides the almost daily entries in a general diary … |
| 19 | My reasons have something to do with the costs and value . |
| 20 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |
| 21 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |