Example sentences of "[indef pn] [conj] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly nothing that proves a conspiracy . |
| 2 | Nothing moved at the crossroads , or nothing that threatened a soldier 's life . |
| 3 | Nothing that rang a bell . |
| 4 | A stack of OHP foils , on the other hand , can be run off on your laser printer for virtually nothing and have a number of significant advantages . |
| 5 | Often she hated everyone and spent a lot of time crying , which the Robinses evidently decided not to see . |
| 6 | And this is a short lease here — we have to provide for buying something or paying a hell of a lot more rent . |
| 7 | And members of work organizations do need to produce something or complete a task . |
| 8 | For example , storage for a hand implies some static work — the operator is holding something or exerting a force of some kind although there is no resulting movement . |
| 9 | If you simply want to change a direct cylinder to an indirect one or to fit a cylinder with an immersion heater boss , there are ways of adapting an existing direct cylinder — see Upgrading cylinders ( page 52 ) . |
| 10 | If the child in the cradle on whom Carabosse lays her curse after the other fairy godmothers have given her everything that makes a girl lovable could have understood the ordinary life she was forfeiting , she would have renounced their fairy boons ; given the choice , Caterina would have rejected her charms too , in order to be closer to her sister , to be more like Rosa . |
| 11 | Does the association of low pitch with authority and high pitch with lack of it have any reasonable basis , or is it simply a sexist prejudice through which everything that marks a speaker out as female becomes a cause for complaint and a proof of inferiority ? |
| 12 | ‘ They have to feel comfortable , with their trunk nestling against something that feels a bit like mum . |
| 13 | But it 's erm , I mean , that is something that happens a lot , erm , it just does n't give you any motivation , it 's sort of , you put your pen down , you think well why the hell do I bother , and you go off home thinking , oh well , the end of the day . |
| 14 | Being labelled a " slag " or a " sleep-around " is something that destroys a girl 's reputation , and she often treads a fine line between being labelled as someone who does it or someone who does n't — " if you do it you 're a slag , if you do n't you 're a tight bitch . " |
| 15 | Kit Widdows admitted to a little gentle crusading taking place here , being convinced that people would be more likely to be encouraged to come to church when they saw people enacting something that had a meaning for them and that they obviously enjoyed doing rather than being approached by someone knocking on their door . |
| 16 | I was actually quite low on the activists and higher on these three but I managed to wonder sometimes where I worked ever so hard on a session I ca n't really ca n't understand you know why it 's not going very well and I thought well when I then watched other people do something that had a lot of action I thought well why did they like that more and I never I did n't know but I 've actually learnt that you have to put activities in , cos you , you know you do get people with a very strong activist preference . |
| 17 | Is it gon na be turning into something that looks a bit like a survey do you think ? |
| 18 | in which all the fingertips of the hand are joined together to form something that resembles a bird 's beak . |
| 19 | ‘ It was something that impressed a lot of people . ’ |
| 20 | Religion is not an individualistic affair ; it is not something that concerns a man in isolation from his fellow men ; it is not simply a matter for the individual soul seeking release , or mok a , from the endless cycle of birth , death and rebirth , or sa sāra . |
| 21 | Something that provides a life line , mobility for people who otherwise would find that they were being seriously disadvantaged , that their lives would not be as full as . |
| 22 | In practice this type of decision only occurs when someone else presents something that needs a decision . |
| 23 | " I know all that , and I know I 'm asking you to postpone something that means a lot to you . |
| 24 | In this way practising is hardly a burden , but something that gives a feedback of energy . |
| 25 | SIR ANTHONY Hidden QC has omitted one place to lay the blame for the Clapham disaster — the law lords who decided in the ‘ Fares Fair ’ case that an ‘ economic ’ transport system was one that made a profit or broke even on fares charged , rather than one that could expect support from ratepayers or taxpayers . |
| 26 | The most appropriate technology for many people will be one that helps a country to organise a postal system so that stamps are available , to bring radio within everyone 's reach and that holds out the possibility of early telephone links . |
| 27 | This can be a difficult and expensive process , but it is one that delivers a range of environmental benefits . |
| 28 | Walter Bageho , in his classic work The English Constitution , identified England as a " deferential nation , " one that had a structure of its own . |
| 29 | You remember we had , on the Ormskirk one we did one that had a study area on it ? |
| 30 | Where the issue is one that requires a consensus decision it may be that a more participative style is required . |