Example sentences of "something [that] [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following an appeal by UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar for a cease-fire over civilian-populated areas , this was accepted by both sides and the secretary-general now sought to widen it into something that would give effect to the Security Council resolutions , call for an end to the fighting altogether . |
| 2 | Tests are being banned all over the US by the courts and legislatures , something that would make sense if they were as vicious and ineffectual as the press says they are . |
| 3 | When he came in the evening — it was by this time unthinkable that there should be an evening when he did not come — he might let slip something that would make sense of this new move . |
| 4 | The cordoned-off area , quite common in Russian hotels when special guests were being entertained and there-fore not something that would cause suspicion , was served by its own lift from the lobby . |
| 5 | You have knowledge of something that might bring danger ? |
| 6 | A subject trained with both A and B each followed by event X may come to perceive the distinctive features of A and B , something that might reduce generalization between them . |
| 7 | Claire saw his hands clench and thought , ‘ Oh , poor Frank , he 's trying to say something that will make Daddy cross . ’ |
| 8 | Naturally God is displeased with the sin in our life , but he has the power to translate even sinful experiences into something that will bring glory to him . |
| 9 | ‘ perhaps , one day , one of you will attempt something that will merit inclusion in our Book . |
| 10 | As I told Heather — But wait : you should see something that will add piquancy to a bald recital of what few facts are known . ’ |
| 11 | President Mitterrand of France ( and he 's not alone in this ) has been anxious that too swift a move to reunify the two Germanys could destabilise Gorbachev , something that could spell disaster not only for the West but for the balance of world power . |
| 12 | Tampons are something that only women use , but it 's something that must become part of our voc vocabulary if we 're to save lives . |