Example sentences of "something [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are not recognised by the elder as a social error ( something possible at the level of practical consciousness ) nor as having hazardous consequences ( which perhaps requires verbal consciousness ) . |
| 2 | One escapes the old analogy only by submitting to another ; the role of logic , even when it is suspected that there is something wrong at the foundations of the argument , is confined to applying and criticizing concepts thrown up by the spontaneous process of analogizing . |
| 3 | When polls are adverse there 's a tendency to say there 's something wrong at the top . |
| 4 | Now , let's get something clear at the beginning . |
| 5 | Something simple at the start . |
| 6 | It may reflect something disturbing at the heart of western modernity and rationality . |
| 7 | Perhaps there 's something worse at the other end of this creepy corridor . |
| 8 | A good horse trainer teaches a horse good habits so that it does what he wants it to do automatically , without it learning any undesirable behaviour or bad habits in the process ; but a poor trainer often finds that his horses learn something unwanted at the same time . |
| 9 | IT MADE A CHANGE TO SEE THE MOTOR industry doing something original at the NEC show — admitting it never does anything original . |
| 10 | ‘ Now — I 've decided we should do something special at the club . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Raymond 's family could n't quite come to terms with eating something sweet at the start of a meal , ’ said Ilsa , laughing . |