Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore a subject on which I expect to be in continuing dialogue . |
| 2 | One which I found to be of great value in my business life , until the advent of decimalisation , was learnt in Standard Four , in the usual sing-song fashion . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to be with other people , Dulé . |
| 4 | I want to be in perfect condition for the match against Norway and I think I will . |
| 5 | The King 's own statements , however , show the extent to which his view of the Church was political : ‘ It is not the change of Church government which is chiefly aimed at ’ , he wrote in 1646 , ‘ ( though that were too much ) but it is by that pretext to take away the dependency of the Church from the Crown , which , let me tell you , I hold to be of equal consequence to that of the militia ; for people are governed by the pulpit more than the sword in the time of peace . |
| 6 | Together , these two chapters constitute an attempt to address the question I consider to be of overriding importance , which is not whether male/female differences exist ( they do ) , what they are or what causes them , but what they mean : what significant social uses are made of them , or more accurately of discourse about them . |
| 7 | That spiritual dimension I believe to be of pivotal importance ; indeed I believe it to be the soul of the Green Movement today . |
| 8 | Quite apart from all the other interesting articles there are the field test reports which I feel to be of particular interest . |
| 9 | It is very often the intangible and indeterminate savings which provide to be of major significance . |
| 10 | ‘ If there 's a protected species of plant at the top of relatively new routes which happen to be of good quality , then we 've got a really complex problem to manage , ’ Bill Wright commented , ‘ but if it 's just cotton grass , then the damage done by agricultural pesticides is probably much greater . ’ |
| 11 | It is of better quality in the Blackfriars mosaic although , here too , there is work which appears to be of different standards , ( see pls. 4a and 4b ) . |
| 12 | The ‘ Crossroads ’ experiment presented a mentally handicapped child within the dimensions of a programme which purports to be about real people and real life , and to explore some of the issues raised in having such a child . |
| 13 | He was largely responsible for organising the supply of machinery and equipment to be fitted in the bare hulls to be built in the yards of British Columbia — an industry which proved to be of vital importance during the Second World War . |
| 14 | The high frequencies were tamed and a spectrum calculated which proved to be in perfect agreement with experiment . |
| 15 | Martha and I married during the Second World War , as did Steven 's parents , when wedding couples needed clothing coupons from all their relatives to make the wedding dress and wedding suits , which had to be of sensible material so that they could be worn again . |
| 16 | But the recession may even be healthy in making it more difficult to publish the second-rate , he argues : rather than having a clear strategy of which subjects they would concentrate on , far too many academic publishers were happy simply to print a selection of the manuscripts they were sent , including multi-authored books and conference proceedings which tended to be of limited academic market . |
| 17 | ‘ What ever you want to be in life , you want to be with Prudential , ’ goes the slogan from the country 's largest pensions and life assurance provider . |
| 18 | Wimpey physician , Doctor Phelan recommends a combination of the two if you want to be in tip-top condition . |
| 19 | His plight affects us like the unwilling martyrdom of a saint who wants to be like other men . |
| 20 | As you appear to be without legal assistance the following instructions must be carried out forthwith : — |
| 21 | She was still taking medication after her breast cancer operation but she seemed to be on top form and very bubbly and full of plans for the future . |
| 22 | We 'll just have a talk about the Bicester side , are you going to be at full strength ? |
| 23 | You look to be in high gig . ’ |
| 24 | Hundreds of people were arrested and imprisoned , or summarily executed , because their ideas or sympathies were considered " wrong " by those who happened to be in local control . |
| 25 | You seem to be in excellent health . ’ |
| 26 | Furthermore , people are more likely to report suspicious circumstances surrounding an individual who appears to be of lower-class origin . |
| 27 | The intervention of the unsavoury witchdoctor Zikali , who appears to be in mental communication with Ayesha as she rules in Kôr , in a way diminishes her immortal , all-powerful aspect , yet it is easy to believe that Allan , always tormented by memories of his two beloved wives , Mane and Stella , should be persuaded by Zikali to visit Ayesha and win through her power a glimpse of the lost ones . |
| 28 | There is then no obvious sense in which " we " , who claim to be of common substance , can differentiate ourselves , on the basis of descent alone , from " they " , who are not of our common substance . |
| 29 | A high proportion were repeat visitors who appeared to be on good terms with the reception and service staff . |
| 30 | In due course , these new laws were applied against the protesters who appeared to be on strong ground when challenging their convictions , since , in their haste to bring these laws into operation , the drafters had apparently acted ultra vires . |