Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [modal v] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A result of the Government 's proposals will be more inspections and reports . |
| 2 | Oh yes , Darcy 's Utopia will be all freedom and hard work , and all alive and energetic with a perpetual sense of achievement . |
| 3 | One nun 's light could be another nun 's penal servitude . ’ |
| 4 | But , as Heseltine 's private secretary , the highly regarded Ministry of Defence official Richard Mottram , put it during the trial of Clive Ponting , ‘ In highly-charged political matters , one person 's ambiguity may be another person 's truth . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Moloch 's Pit should be this way . ’ |
| 6 | One person 's meat may be another person 's poison . |
| 7 | The pedant 's argument might be that Pulex irritans is a very specific term for an otherwise undistinguished little insect . |
| 8 | Whereas Brian Way 's answer might be that drama helps with ‘ the release of the real me ’ ( 1951 ) , Dorothy Heathcote 's might place ‘ stumbling on authenticity ’ ( 1950 ) high on her list of enrichments . |
| 9 | ‘ Closed ’ competition is a win/lose ( or ‘ zero-sum ’ ) situation , where one party 's gain will be another party 's loss . |
| 10 | The local disquiet and mistrust was articulated in a letter issued by Dr Joseph Cassidy , Archbishop of Tuam , in which he expressed his concerns over gold mining , warning that ‘ one man 's gold could be another man 's poison . |
| 11 | That all fitted in with the theory that the reason for Luke 's non-appearance must be some kind of business disaster . |
| 12 | When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time . |