Example sentences of "be [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | That will be bit of a break through as I was getting a bit despondent about them . |
| 2 | Might be bit of a pain , might'n it ? |
| 3 | The Americans wanted the greatest possible acceleration of weapon production on behalf of the Atlantic Alliance in order to keep ahead of the Russians , but they insisted on two principles : first , that production and storage facilities should be located with due regard to strategic considerations , and that meant location in North America with minimum holdings in Europe ; and second , that there should be co-ordination of the American and British programmes to make best use of available expertise and resources , including exchange of scientists . |
| 4 | There had to be freedom of association — that is , freedom to form political parties , and freedom to form the kind of associations we now know as pressure groups , whose purpose is to bring to bear on parties and on governments the combined pressure of the interests they represent . |
| 5 | And there had to be freedom of speech and publication , for without these the freedom of association is of no use . |
| 6 | There should be freedom of choice |
| 7 | There would be freedom of movement between the zones and limited settlement rights . |
| 8 | There would be freedom of movement between the zones and limited settlement rights . |
| 9 | Mr Pannick said those who had drafted the relevant EC directive in 1989 had ‘ in their wisdom thought there should be freedom of reception throughout the EC and one should rely upon the state from which the signal emanates to exercise appropriate controls ’ . |
| 10 | The only qualification will be experience of life , plus a motivation to want to help and to offer your own home to a young person , ’ said Jane . |
| 11 | Less exciting but profitable uses could be redirection of the driver to alternative delivery points and early warnings of temperature rise in refrigerated cargoes . |
| 12 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 13 | ‘ So Fincara would be mistress of Murias , would she ? |
| 14 | If she married Pogo , she could do exactly as she pleased and she would be mistress of her own home . |
| 15 | BELVILLE : You shall be mistress of my person and fortune as much as if the foolish ceremony had passed , and I know not , but will engage for this , but I may , after a twelvemonth 's cohabitation , marry you . |
| 16 | The fourth to be hurt , while Victoria Sanchez waited patiently on the sidelines , knowing that one day Miguel would realise how much he loved her and wanted her to be mistress of the Casa Madrid . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems I am not to be Archdeacon of Woodborough . |
| 18 | Rothbury ceased to be clerk of the council when he was appointed a justice of the court of King 's Bench in 1295 , but he remained clerk of Parliament till at least 1307 and perhaps as late as 1314 . |
| 19 | I did not believe a newspaper should be part of the apparatus of the state ; we are not a totalitarian society . |
| 20 | It was the last days of the old tradition , I suppose and I 'm glad I was lucky enough to be part of them . |
| 21 | The amount of chromium and nickel added is indicated with a number , which should be part of the description of cutlery in any sales literature . |
| 22 | Some do it because they want to belong to a group where sniffing happens to be part of the group 's activities . |
| 23 | Analysis of any construction of meaning from which social practice is derived has to be part of the participant ethnographer 's cognitive processes , replacing the notion of simple observation as the main data-yielding technique . |
| 24 | He could n't be part of their brotherhood but he wanted to be among them . |
| 25 | If they did , did she want to be part of one ? |
| 26 | The impetus fur any step , pose or gesture should be part of the overall rhythm of the ballet . |
| 27 | Those publicans stocking a guest beer will lose their rights to do so , since Enterprise Inns is not considered to be part of Bass . |
| 28 | He informed me that CAMRA would not be part of any campaign to re-introduce the Party Seven , as the beer was ‘ nasty ’ and not real ale . |
| 29 | The interesting part is that the measuring fibre does not need to be part of the current carrying circuit , giving a high degree of electrical isolation . |
| 30 | A course dealing with poetry would certainly raise theoretical problems , whose discussion would be part of the programme . |