Example sentences of "[adv] something [adj] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also something compulsive about the extremism of his rhetoric in the RPF era . |
| 2 | Never buy without close examination of the evidence , and treat with caution the auctioneer 's ‘ sold as a binding , not-subject to return ’ , since in any case there is probably something unsatisfactory about the book and the doubt may extend to the attribution . |
| 3 | There is clearly something special about the apparatus of government when it comes to talking about the power which it has over our daily lives through its ability to take decisions which shape and lead society in a certain direction . |
| 4 | It was almost prophetic in its wisdom : ‘ There is really something morbid about the film as a whole — a fascination , almost a wallowing in death and suffering that represents one of the least appealing tendencies in the audience as well as the film-makers . |
| 5 | There was indeed something bizarre about the idea that protection was the way to unite the Conservative Party . |