Example sentences of "something [to-vb] with the [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We see here a move away from the view that deviance is simply what people so label , to the notion that it might also have something to do with the acts that ‘ deviants ’ engage in . |
| 2 | GUIL : ( Musing ) The law of probability , it has been oddly asserted , is something to do with the proposition that if six monkeys ( He has surprised himself ) … if six monkeys were … |
| 3 | Which probably had something to do with the way that what we sold would reappear slightly redone in Acme six months later . |
| 4 | ‘ It is something to do with the way that people want to chop your head off once you get successful . ’ |
| 5 | Presumably it was something to do with the way that Jenner approached his work . |
| 6 | It 's something to do there 's a clue the clue to Switzerland is something to do with the way that they make their electricity . |
| 7 | But I think all the silliness is all part of actually adjusting to the condom , and something to do with the embarrassment that because they do n't know enough about it they , they do n't want to be er , seen to be silly |
| 8 | Their manager 's distress on hearing the draw could have something to do with the fact that Messiahs are not usually expected to rework old miracles . |
| 9 | But it may also have had something to do with the fact that the Independent co-sponsored the exhibition . |
| 10 | This may have had something to do with the fact that the theatre , a lean-to affair of wood and canvas , was built against the ruined wall of the Bishop 's Palace next to Glasgow Cathedral . |
| 11 | Could this shameful tribute be something to do with the fact that your boss Lord Stevens was a business associate of Cap'n Bob ? |
| 12 | This may have something to do with the fact that ‘ Tubular Bells ’ was a labour of love , and ‘ II ’ is a determined effort to reclaim past glories and make a wad . |
| 13 | But that might have something to do with the fact that I , myself , am Pakistani . |
| 14 | Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we are in the middle of the media silly-season , a time when papers and TV news bulletins are full of doom-laden Christmas tales . |
| 15 | ‘ Such as whether or not it 's got something to do with the fact that you are quite exceptionally precocious . ’ |
| 16 | I did get into a car the other day to drive to London to the Imperial War Museum to see an exhibition of work by Tony Carter and was excited by it , but my appreciation may have something to do with the fact that he was a student of mine so I have been familiar with his ideas over many years . |
| 17 | Few , if any , workers , would deny that a superiority for the right ear has , other things being equal , something to do with the fact that the left hemisphere is more efficient at verbal tasks generally . |
| 18 | Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Lawrie Brown , the England physio , was once the Manchester United physio . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was also something to do with the fact that this tall , blond Government man had corroborated his story about what had happened in the jeweller 's on that night . |
| 20 | ‘ It might have something to do with the fact that there are too many distractions ! ’ she retorted . |
| 21 | ‘ Not to me , ’ Robyn murmured , hardly daring to hope that his lighter mood might have something to do with the fact that he really did like her work . |
| 22 | The increase in complaints may have something to do with the fact that we believe that it is important that if someone has not received the care to which he thinks he is entitled from the NHS , his right to complain should not be a well-kept secret , as has too often happened in the past . |
| 23 | The same happened at the Commonwealth Tournament later in the year — and to this day she wonders if this behaviour had something to do with the fact that the selectors did not include her in the 1984 match at Muirfield . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought it might have something to do with the fact that when it emerged that I 'd received the letter , Ivy Cook would become persona non grata in the Miletti family . ’ |
| 25 | This has probably something to do with the fact that I was born in Belfast and lived there for 18 years . |
| 26 | Could that be something to do with the fact that Carol Smillie will be here ? |
| 27 | it 's got something to do with the fact that people have got nothing to do in those areas , and no cha , no prospects , no chance of getting a job and it 's actually quite a purposeful way of spending your time . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I am concerned but these figures may have something to do with the fact that as a direct result of the Warrington bombing and shooting the serious crime squad has been completely centred at Warrington , which has left the rest of the county without adequate cover . |
| 29 | My automatic response might just have had something to do with the fire that the Factory had predicted , but deep inside I knew that that was n't all there was to it , and that there was more to come . |
| 30 | I know I had to explain to somebody in Chambers the other day something to do with the Corpus that it was n't where was the story there was n't a story |