Example sentences of "be something [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew it must be something more than flu . |
| 2 | ’ In my view there must certainly be something more than infringement before the assistance of civil proceedings can be invoked and accorded for the protection or promotion of the interests of the inhabitants of the area . |
| 3 | In the passage I have just quoted , Lord Templeman said that there must certainly be something more than infringement before the assistance of civil proceedings can be invoked . |
| 4 | If this reduces the flake to a silver grey powder , then what you have is something other than gold ; if not , then well done ! |
| 5 | In terms of political style and policies there is something new and radical about the Conservative party under Mrs Thatcher . |
| 6 | The only thing that really matters is feeling and living what you believe — so long as it 's something more than belief in your own comfort . |
| 7 | " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place . |
| 8 | But this was something more than intelligence . |
| 9 | Perhaps there was something more than coherence at stake . |