Example sentences of "something [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus when the officials think they must do something to stimulate tourism , plant trees or preserve the countryside , instead of acting themselves , they float a tourist board , a forestry commission or a countryside commission . |
| 2 | Full marks for the article by Michael Burley on the Trend ellipse jig — this is the type of article most woodworkers are interested in — new innovative ideas and system , something to stimulate interest and get the mind moving . |
| 3 | Bearing in mind that unemployment is rising yet again , and that 900 companies are going bust every week , when will the Government realise the depth of the recession that their policies have caused and do something to stimulate investment in our manufacturing industry ? |
| 4 | Another of Labour 's policy commitments was to try again , like their predecessors in 1946 , to do something to rationalize planning and curb the activities of the land speculators . |
| 5 | They believe that the current slaughter policy is a political expedient designed to allow ministers to show that they are doing something to curb food poisoning . |
| 6 | Plaited flex certainly but it probably had a large knot or something to increase pressure in the region of the larynx . ’ |
| 7 | Participating and enjoying disability arts could then be seen as only a side-show in the drama of struggle for change , something to provide relief from the tensions of boring or stressful committee meetings . |
| 8 | That humanity will find something to replace war is certain , but it will never come to light until the suffocating mass of claims based on unbelievably primitive and stubbornly adhered-to religion and superstition , is swept away in its entirety . |
| 9 | A polite little tinkle , now that would be something to cause concern ! |
| 10 | Guitars themselves have become revered icons rather than something to play music with . |
| 11 | The founding of the African Social Studies Project in 1969 , the establishment of its headquarters in Nairobi and the international workshops ( there were four ) have done something to advance knowledge and interest through the designing of packs of source material , teachers ' guides and trial units of varying quality . |
| 12 | Claudia gulped the coffee , feeling she needed something to offset Roman 's razor-sharp mind . |
| 13 | That was something to cheer Christmas 1945 , but not quite enough and in the new year I was back again , once more taking the No. 2 bus from Summertown to Carfax . |
| 14 | Yeah you wan na see if they can do it or not you can tell if somebody , if you give somebody something to do body language you can normally |
| 15 | It did something to spread awareness of the way the majority lived , and therefore to spread dissatisfaction and alarm about a potentially destructive force . |
| 16 | ‘ Have you got something to get hold of him with ? , whispered Philip . |
| 17 | She had not worried , Dan always said he liked something to get hold of . |
| 18 | But if it is to serve as the platform for a conclusion that something else and qualitatively different is required , something to place authority , at least in part , for the conduct of a business owned by others in the hands of employees , then by itself the statement is not strong enough to bear the weight of the proposition . |
| 19 | GET PUPILS TO MAKE OR INVENT SOMETHING to measure turn . |
| 20 | The result of seeing the difference in women 's experiences in positive rather than negative terms — seeing women as having something to offer philosophy rather than seeing them as inferior or aberrant versions of a male norm — is that the contours of familiar conceptual landscapes begin to change . |
| 21 | There will continue to be problems if science teachers are personally doubtful about girls ' ability to do science well ; even if their doubts are not voiced ( and anecdotal evidence suggests they sometimes are ) , girls are unlikely to respond unless teachers show they believe that girls have something to offer science as well as the reverse . |
| 22 | Do they have something to offer nursing , or are they just ‘ flavour of the month ’ Peter Mason investigates |
| 23 | On the contrary , with the exception of Yugoslavia , where the system of workers ' self-management did something to diffuse responsibility for decision making , there has been a tendency towards increasingly centralized and bureaucratic administration in economic and other spheres of social life . |
| 24 | The amount of press coverage that 's been generated this week by your conference has been enormously important to the local trade unions , it 's something that we can build on , it 's something that says to the local press to the local media trade unions have got something to say trade unions have got something to put forward and it 's that 's something that we will come back to erm afterwards , after you 've gone , we can use that , we can build on it . |
| 25 | ‘ The road is too narrow for a pedestrian refuge but we have to consider a pedestrian crossing or something to improve safety . ’ |
| 26 | It seems to me when deciding that case , the court of appeal were as Mr suggests taking a long-term view , I of course bear in mind the well known aphorism of Lord about er what happens in the long term , but er , my own view is , that in fact , a house should not actually be built as an investment at all it is something to live in , to make a home in , it is not something to make money out of , I very much regret the fact that er over recent years that view seems to have become somewhat old fashioned . |
| 27 | Let's see if we can get you something to make life a bit easier for you . |
| 28 | As a child he had done the same thing , as a game ; something to make life more interesting , give It some purpose , then he had begun to have dreams about it , to come to realise that it was real , that he had had an insight when he started to play the game , He had to do it now ; it felt horrible and uncomfortable when he tried to stop , even just to see what it was like walking down a street breathing " normally " . |
| 29 | He asked me to sort through the files and see if I could come up with something to make life easier . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Though perhaps one should try to do something to rescue Socialism here , ’ Stephen said softly , through both of them . |