Example sentences of "something [adv] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is something rather incongruous about a helicopter performing a roll , yet , given a suitable model , it is probably easier to do than a loop . |
| 2 | And also there can be something especially beautiful about a pregnant body that many men and women appreciate . |
| 3 | When she did breathe ‘ cancer ’ , in her muffled contralto , the implications were of something exceedingly unfortunate with a strong hint of divine retribution , more often than not accompanied by a sharp , righteous , ‘ be sure your sins will find you out . ’ |
| 4 | Moreover , as we have seen , not all the effects of these changes relate to something so intangible as a sense of community , for material resources have also been redistributed in a way which has disadvantaged certain sections , principally the poorer sections , of the local population . |
| 5 | There 's something so permanent about a book . |
| 6 | One can imagine Paddy Ashdown opting for the great outdoors where a man can dream of the balance of power while doing something environmentally friendly in a boat . |
| 7 | The formulae ( ‘ it seemed good ’ , ‘ straight away ’ ) are aped from ‘ city ’ terminology ( and note the deme agora , something normally characteristic of a polis , cp. p. 66 ) — or should we say that the city aped the demes ? |
| 8 | I had money only for something just short of a slum . |
| 9 | The really posh people would sometimes by-pass all the local shops when they wanted something extra special for a big occasion . |
| 10 | In truth , this one has been something more akin to a slow train coming . |
| 11 | ‘ Come un'ape ’ might have been replaced with something more apt for a bass voice ( Dandini really should be a baritone ) , and the newly-exhumed concert aria ‘ Alla voce della gloria ’ , though a fine showcase for the voice , makes an indifferent showing beside such gems as Alidoro 's ‘ Là del ciel ’ ( also from Cenerentola ) . |
| 12 | There were other stated symptoms , too , including singing or chanting odd songs — and what child has not spent time happily singing something totally incomprehensible to a parent ? |
| 13 | There is something pleasantly chunky about a Jackson/Charvel neck ; it 's slim , without being anorexic . |
| 14 | ‘ Usually I need to ask the school committee if I have to replace any equipment , but if I need something really essential like a new clock I can buy it straight away . ’ |
| 15 | The thrill of seeing or touching something really old on a museum visit can be extremely important ( see Box 14 ) . |
| 16 | And that 's one of the things that you came out right at the time , I needed something really swanky for a caption for Rolling Stone . |
| 17 | There is something strangely comforting about a Holiday Inn . |
| 18 | There was something strangely prurient about a total freedom to examine someone else 's personal tastes , but all her artistic antennae were quivering as she moved back inside and began to look carefully around her . |
| 19 | Someone says something particularly stupid in a shop , or you wait half an hour in the British Rail canteen because someone ca n't decide whether they want some fruitcake or not . |
| 20 | There is something quite atavistic about a group of people sitting down together to a good dinner . |
| 21 | get something quite nice for a hundred pound . |
| 22 | Sometimes it may be appropriate to support the child who appears to be being facetious : " People often laugh when things are really difficult — maybe it would help us make the decision if we did something quite different for a little while . " |
| 23 | Equity says no , and soon goes so far as to lay down a rule that a mortgage is a mere security for money , and something quite different from a genuine transfer of the ownership . |
| 24 | A college lecture is now something quite different from a reading . |
| 25 | This is something quite different from a consideration of whether the best interests of the child will be served by its living in [ England ] rather than [ Australia ] . |
| 26 | This is something quite different from a consideration of whether the best interests of the child will be served by its living in country B rather than country A. That is not the issue unless paragraph ( b ) of article 13 applies . |
| 27 | There 's something quite attractive about a little ingénue . ’ |
| 28 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 29 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 30 | So that 's that 's what gradient is erm that 's thinking of something very solid like a hill . |