Example sentences of "[is] something [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Military bureaucracy is something new for an organisation that can beat all-comers at the civilian variety . |
| 2 | It is something akin to a child 's musing choice to disobey a parent , ‘ Shall I or sha n't I ? ’ |
| 3 | It is something akin to a miracle that Ojomoh is still in England , never mind the national squad . |
| 4 | ‘ Would you say that the production of a novel is something akin to the process of childbirth ? ’ |
| 5 | There is something strange about a subject in which its research workers are willing to dabble at the application of the jargon of thermodynamics but unwilling to apply even the most rudimentary aspects of mechanics to these problems . |
| 6 | Avize and Oger have great distinction , but there is something spectacular about the Chardonnay perfume from grapes grown in Cramant and le Mesnil-sur-Oger — it is a pure essence of the Chardonnay aroma , and apparently restricted to these two villages . |
| 7 | There is something insulting about the way in which a stranger can visit a place which is forbidden to people with infinitely more interest in such a journey . |
| 8 | Evidently there is something odd about the expression imperator noster divus Marcus , for noster is generally used of the current emperor , and divus of course only of a deceased one . |
| 9 | All the same , there is something irritating about the way Phil sits there taking everything so much for granted — his presence in the house , Howard 's discretion in the report , even the coffee . |
| 10 | At around 4.30pm , Chris arrives home and after playing with the children lends a hand with the evening meal , which is something straightforward like a casserole or a pasta dish . |
| 11 | There is something cruel in the game , that responded to the cruelty in my own nature . |
| 12 | In any case there is something absurd about the notion that language or words can be attacked independently of their users . |
| 13 | I admit that there is something absurd in the notion of machines built around the simple rigour of Boolean logic having to cope with words whose spelling in some cases derives from Dr Sam Johnson 's incorrect etymology . |
| 14 | This year , however , there is something different in the air . |
| 15 | I think most people , especially women , feel there is something bad about the way they look , because they get it from magazines , which are full of beautiful models and the latest diet . |
| 16 | There is something wrong with a law that allows that to happen . |
| 17 | There is something wrong with a system that analyses failure in such a drastic way . |
| 18 | Surely any fool should be able to see that there is something wrong with a child like that . |
| 19 | Also , there is often the suspicion that there is something wrong with a business that has to use factoring to raise money . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ There is something wrong with the way we make our decisions . |
| 21 | There is something wrong with the management of the prison service when the Prison Officers Association has 70 disputes in 41 prisons . |
| 22 | The fact that so many repossessions take place needlessly , proves that there is something wrong with the service borrowers are getting . |
| 23 | Field officers assume that even the most ignorant onlooker will deduce that fish die because there is something wrong with the water . |
| 24 | stop flashing yo it is something wrong with the ribbon or erm what was it , I said , he said clutch and ribbon , or just the ribbon ? |
| 25 | Maybe there is something wrong with the Glory ’ |
| 26 | If obedience to the Law takes precedence over human need then there is something wrong with the Law . |
| 27 | Slightly irritated he thinks that there is something wrong with the lock and goes down to reception for assistance . |
| 28 | If you use binoculars or a telescope and see a star as a large , shimmering globe , you may be sure that there is something wrong with the focus . |
| 29 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said again , while the thought came to her , unbidden , horrifying and wicked , yet it would not go away : If the result of this amnio-whatever test is adverse , if there is something wrong with the foetus , then I could have an abortion with a clear conscience . |
| 30 | Is something wrong in the house ? |