Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [pron] to do [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Lawrie Brown , the England physio , was once the Manchester United physio . |
| 2 | The examples of ( 32 ) are simply associatives , as treated above in Chapter 2 : ( 32 ) a criminal lawyer subterranean explorer electrical worker 6.6 This leaves us with a small number of other phrases such as those in ( 33 ) , which turn out to be worth further investigation : ( 33 ) a true poet our late president a sheer fraud a real friend the future king my old school We certainly agree that there is an intuitively different " feel " to these , and a few others which can be found in the corps of English adjectives , and we would agree also that this has something to do with the distinction between referent ( or entity ) and sense ; however , we can not agree with Bolinger 's verdict that they are adjectives which qualify sense only . |
| 3 | The second part of the mind is the parent — this has nothing to do with the child 's actual parents rather , it is to do with all the rules and prejudices that a child absorbs from its parents . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , a doctor or psychologist may sometimes reinforce parents ' concern by remarking , ‘ Well , of course , he 's adopted , ’ when this has nothing to do with the matter in question . |
| 5 | This has nothing to do with the chemicals all being derived from oil and coal ( see p 166 ) as is often suggested . |
| 6 | I went along to the surgery of Rother Valley MP Peter Hardy , who was resident in one of the safest Labour seats in the country , and despite all that had gone before he was able to say , ‘ This has nothing to do with the people around here — it all happens in London ’ . |
| 7 | The great , I mean , you 've a valid point and I think it 's due to the recession in America , I think we were disappointed were we not Bruce , that the results of our trip to er , New York State , and this has nothing to do with the enthusiasm of the business people we met there , everything to do , in my view , with the fact that the recession , and America 's been through a very tough recession , they just do n't look to expand elsewhere , but the reaction we had in , in er , in America was very , very powerful of , of a wish to want to do something when things look better . |
| 8 | He caught her wrist , bit out raggedly , ‘ This has nothing to do with the company ! |
| 9 | But this has nothing to do with the use of ministerial sanctions ; it largely reflects the use of RENFE ( as of other state enterprises ) by aspiring politicians as a springboard to ministerial or other high office . |
| 10 | None of this has anything to do with the Third Reading debate . |