Example sentences of "something [adj] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This learned advertisement suggests that , just like in the Bertillon system , when you get a lot of small pieces of evidence grouped together , it can add up to be something prodigious in the way of proof . |
| 2 | This has aroused the criticism of ‘ nationalist patriots ’ , who see something shameful in the admittance of Coca-Cola to the Hermitage . |
| 3 | But there was something strange in the garden by the fence : a ‘ For Sale ’ sign . |
| 4 | A second look confirmed they were there , but he asked photographer Douglas McCord to take a picture to convince everyone that they do n't put something strong in the gatehouse tea and coffee . |
| 5 | There is something cruel in the game , that responded to the cruelty in my own nature . |
| 6 | There was something odd in the way Faye was looking … no , peering … at those pictures , shifting the book or her head as if she had to see past some obstruction to get a good look . |
| 7 | Then Laura appeared , and there was something odd in the manner of her appearance . |
| 8 | I admit that there is something absurd in the notion of machines built around the simple rigour of Boolean logic having to cope with words whose spelling in some cases derives from Dr Sam Johnson 's incorrect etymology . |
| 9 | Is something wrong in the house ? |
| 10 | Something high in a tree clinked sharply , over and over again like a coin thrown into a metal dish . |
| 11 | I suspect even they find something distasteful in the prospect . |
| 12 | There is something medieval in the way the Spaniard can reconcile earthy realism and practical common sense with soaring fantasy and spiritual exaltation . |
| 13 | Each visitor will be moved by something different in a museum that is dedicated mainly to the Jewish victims but also commemorates others , notably Jehovah 's Witnesses , gypsies , homosexuals and communists . |
| 14 | This year , however , there is something different in the air . |
| 15 | What was impressive was that each group had something different in the way of experience to contribute , whether about uranium mining or leukaemia clusters or the advantages of energy saving . |
| 16 | Although they are offering something different in the instrument arena , they could have scored higher by paying more attention to the basic build quality of these instruments . |
| 17 | ‘ She is a qualified international referee and although the players are entitled to their opinions , I think they might say something different in the morning , ’ Foo said . |
| 18 | Immediately she was conscious of something different in the atmosphere , a feeling of expectation linked to a pervading harmony . |
| 19 | The development of science and education has done something similar in the development of mankind , and is more successful than religions in providing real gains in the external world , because its image of the external world is more accurate than those which are based on religious notions . |
| 20 | This means , basically , that if an act is n't working their balls off , there 's something rotten in the state of Denmark . |
| 21 | But something about his tense immobility , something ominous in the atmosphere , deterred her . |
| 22 | It also expects it to build gradually over the next two quarters and then start doing something serious in the fall . |
| 23 | School officials in Pasadena , Texas have detected something satanic in the peace symbol : they see it as an upside-down broken cross that signifies the defeat of Christianity . |
| 24 | ‘ I saw something white in a clump of leaves . |
| 25 | There was no doubt there was something unusual in the attitude of the little animal . |
| 26 | There seemed to be something urgent in the sound . |
| 27 | There seemed to be something inevitable in the way her glance homed in at once to the familiar figure standing with his back to her reading one of the notices . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll get it , ’ he said to Charlotte who was supervising something last-minute in the kitchen . |
| 29 | His foot thumped against something soft in the darkness . |
| 30 | Thorny presents sugar lumps in a plastic bowl and smiles ; she expects something sinister in the smile but it is guileless . |