Example sentences of "[be] something in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must have been something in the Florida air in addition to vitamin C. One of the passes from Vinny Testaverde , the Tampa Bay quarterback , went through the hands of his intended receiver right in front of the goal-line , and into the hands of a team-mate , Mark Carrier , for a touchdown . |
| 2 | There 'd been something in the local papers about me and my work , and these girls , aged about eight to eleven years old , sent me a book of poems they 'd written , printed and sold to raise money . |
| 3 | There had been something in the Wingco 's demeanour that Benson did not like much , however , a quietness , an air of brooding . |
| 4 | The caveat that we 've put against the whole report is that there are something in the region of half a dozen major government initiated reviews into fire safety in this country . |
| 5 | At LDC level , an extrapolation of the figures provided by Edwards and Lloyd ( 1981 ) suggests that there are something in the order of 14,000 local-level formal meetings a year . |
| 6 | If you refuse to buy it from Brazil , tropical timber , their exports are something in the region of between 3 to 5 percent of their . |
| 7 | So there has to be something in the world answering to the general predicate , just as there is something answering to the name . |
| 8 | There may indeed be something in the Professore 's argument that the major fault of Marxism was to over-estimate man 's capacity for altruism , for purity , for in tellectual-philosophic sustenance . |
| 9 | ‘ Slugs and snails and puppy dogs ' tails ’ — there seems to be something in the popular imagination that finds snails slightly repulsive . |
| 10 | There must be something in the Gallacher dynasty that provokes scandal . |
| 11 | Yet Mrs Thatcher 's later experiences , most notably during the poll tax rebellions , suggested there might be something in the Pym theory of majorities . |
| 12 | Because of the variations in the pound , the exact costs are not yet finalised , but the price will be something in the region of £479 , which includes bed , breakfast and evening dinner . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ It must be something in the environment . ’ |
| 14 | Therefore there may well be something in the view that the product market imposes a constraint , though not in the extreme version that perfect competition is synonymous with efficiency . |
| 15 | There may be something in the view that many environmental regulations in the United States are over-stringent , but an insurance market that boasts of insuring all risks , and which is paid for doing to , can not logically complain when unforeseen risks are realized . |
| 16 | ‘ It must be something in the atmosphere , ’ said Sendei . |
| 17 | GUIL : There may be something in the letter to keep us going a bit . |
| 18 | THERE MUST be something in the air tonight — apart from the hard frost . |
| 19 | ‘ there must be something in the nature of a criminal intent of the kind which means that it is done with the idea of some form of hostility to the police with the intention of seeing that what is done is to obstruct , and that it is not enough merely to show that he intended to do what he did and that it did in fact have the result of the police being obstructed . ’ |
| 20 | It must be something in the water … |
| 21 | THERE MUST be something in the air tonight — apart from the hard frost . |
| 22 | Even so , a verse attributed to the contemporary poet Stefnir Thorgilsson , which refers to a man with a crooked nose who betrayed Swegen out of his land , indicates that there may be something in the exile story after all . |
| 23 | So there will be something in the day to suit all ages — morning or afternoon or both — and we hope there will be a good turn out of Somervillians , families and friends for all or part of May 11th . |
| 24 | Whether an individual member of the class can sue depends upon the size of the class and the nature of the comment : there must be something in the circumstances to make the ordinary reader feel that the plaintiff personally is the target of the criticism . |
| 25 | But basically they will be something in the order of eighty thousand square metres worth of commercial sites in and around the city centre , on sites which we have agreed are suitable for office use . |
| 26 | So there might be something in the argument that , that it 's not just a , a question of what you 've learned from the north , but there may be a recognition that the economy in the south is different , or at least they might be arguing , those who are arguing that the economy in the south is different and that , that reform might not be necessary , it might not even be appropriate in the south . |
| 27 | ‘ I guess it must be something in the chemistry . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I just filled the silly thing out so there would be something in the files , and they could prove employment in case an auditor ever came in , ’ Mandy had said petulantly . |
| 29 | Clearly there must be something in the water at Westminster which inevitably drives all our politicians into the realms of fantasy ! |
| 30 | And e e e even if it 's not general th there may be something in the argument this , this , this was what was happening in |