Example sentences of "something [prep] [art] [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Erm does the fact of erm using the aircraft to er provide a platform for these systems , er tell us something about a change in view about the role or operating concept of the aircraft ?
2 Although the hot dog is making so much noise , I shall endeavour to say something about the structure in Wales .
3 In addition , of course , there is a brief commentary by the Departmental Head or the General Manager of the Public Service Unit , saying something about the movement in staffing over the previous year , and a brief word or two about what is going to happen in the current and future years .
4 The past ten years have seen something of a revolution in text analysis , and in our understanding of how the results of such work might be applied in the classroom .
5 There was something of a delay in Chancery and the Charter , dated 31 May 1727 , got stuck in the queue , with unusual results .
6 Jonathon Webb 's something of a hero in Bath .
7 And if it was n't for Captain Eric , Sister Margaret and a few others , there would be precious little of a toehold for people like James , Carol and many others in their struggle to build something of a life in Easterhouse .
8 Perhaps in the last decade of this century something of a change in attitude to sculpture is becoming evident .
9 Mr Bloomfield is something of a legend in sports publishing .
10 The crucial case , something of a watershed in Texas prison history , was Ruiz v.
11 In many ways the J/44 is something of a wolf in sheep 's clothing .
12 But there is something of a tension in Mill 's view , because he thinks that erm it 's very important that if there is plural voting then the people who only have one vote should be prepared to accept the situation , so that the reasons why these people are given extra votes should be reasoned that the public , the uneducated accept past critics have pointed out if that 's going to be the case , why is it necessary to give these people extra votes , give the educated actual votes , because if the uneducated accept that the decisions of the educated are worth more than their own decisions , the opinions of the educated are worth more than the opinions of the uneducated , if they really do accept that , what 's to stop them just following the decisions of the educated in their own vote ?
13 His mother , Mrs Noelyne Parry , said yesterday : ‘ The show flopped in London but it has become something of a cult in America and was a rave success on Broadway .
14 He is the star of the 45-second Yellow Pages plug of 1982 which was screened for the following eight years , setting something of a record in advertising circles .
15 It had obviously escaped them that their pun was something of a contradiction in terms !
16 Erm , it does seem to be something of a contradiction in terms there , and in fact Mr Lock is n't here today because his clients have subsequently withdrawn from the er E I P but er it would have been interesting to have asked him the question .
17 Reagan was obviously rather good at his job , rapidly becoming something of a celebrity in Des Moines and , ‘ one of the best sportscasters in his region ’ .
18 And since the commercial appeared , Norman has become something of a celebrity in fishing circles , being asked to present trophies and take part in competitions .
19 Perhaps smacking should be regarded as a last resort and even then as something of a failure in communication between parent and child .
20 Geographers have discovered a recent tendency for rural areas to see something of a recovery in population and employment levels , no matter where they are ; conversely , conurbation ( metropolitan ) areas have suffered a loss of population and employment , whether in London , the West Midlands or the North ; while intervening areas lie along a statistical continuum .
21 That would make Frodo 's name something of a freak in hobbit-nomenclature .
22 That particular trend , now a flood , was something of a novelty in Pomiane 's day .
23 Furthermore , ‘ there is something of Rembrandt in the Gospel , and something of the Gospel in Rembrandt . ’
24 ‘ There is something of the bird in Morthen … perhaps she will fly across .
25 Something of the atmosphere in Roxie Farmer 's house seemed to go home with Coffin and give him a restless night .
26 This and his link with Stevenson 's had served him well over the last few years , and he had become something of an expert in railway funding , especially in European railways .
27 I am the living Brian Jessel , a reserved man who is devoted to his family , with , yes , certainly , something of an interest in music .
28 Although Europe was tough , with a slowdown in profits despite something of an advance in sales , all Longman companies — but especially Churchill Livingstone Japan and Longman Group Far East — had a good year in Asia Pacific , Ms Kahn said .
29 If we could see the lines of current flow for the rectangular inversion layer we have considered , on a microscopic scale they would look something like the sketch in Figure 4 .
30 For reference , these are put into a media visual , which , at the planning stage , will look something like the schedules in Figures 10.1 and 10.2 .
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