Example sentences of "be the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry had driven his friend over and was in boisterous good spirits at having been the first person to be allowed to take George away from the house . |
| 2 | Had the score been the other way round I 'm sure we 'd have been the first match to be shown with umpteen repeats of all the goals . |
| 3 | Yet in Japan this has not been the only reason for being able to use less energy to do the same job . |
| 4 | There have been five occasions when the Man of the Match award went to a player on the losing side : David Houghton of Zimbabwe has been the unfortunate soul to be on the losing team twice . |
| 5 | Sister Murphy had been the last nurse to be with Sister Edith Cavell , and King George V had honoured her by making her the first to receive a medal for bravery at one of his levees . |
| 6 | He should have been the last person to be killed . |
| 7 | At any rate , if damages are the only thing to be got , your wealthy neighbour might buy the right to annoy you . |
| 8 | By ordering the fourth Trident submarine , the Conservatives show they are the only party to be trusted with defending Britain . |
| 9 | Their role has been structural in the sense that it is the social security rules , rather than personal failure or character defect , that are the relevant factor to be considered . |
| 10 | Computer superstores are the latest trend to be transplanted from the US , after such retailing innovations as the grocery supermarket , hypermarkets and out-of-town shopping centres . |
| 11 | Ron and Julia are the last couple to be married in the 160-year-old church , which will be closing its doors at the end of June . |
| 12 | I 've had three goes at it , and I can tell you that looks are the last thing to be considered ; it 's what 's underneath that matters in the long run . |
| 13 | And then she said , darling , you know I 'm the last person to be a prude , but his reputation … there must be fire , there 's so much smoke . |
| 14 | When you have learnt these techniques , your reward will be the sheer delight of being able to set up any performance , no matter how heavy the workload ; with the minimum of trial and error , whilst simultaneously maintaining accurate navigation and approach procedures . |
| 15 | Would it not be the perfect irony to be murdered in the middle of an assignation with an assassin ? |
| 16 | The winner will be the first name to be pulled out of the bag after the closing date of 6 July 1992 . |
| 17 | In most unintentional stalls , the stick position on the back stop will be the first symptom to be recognised . |
| 18 | The Novell dominated local area network market will be the first area to be addressed — exactly the same market that UnixWare is aimed at . |
| 19 | A Family Division lawyer remarked last night : ‘ The Duke of York would not be the first husband to be enraged by a photograph of a man lying on top of his wife . |
| 20 | Al Capone need not be the only gangster to be caught out on his tax returns . |
| 21 | Without dependence upon rectal intercourse having taken place , the gonococcus will be found in the rectum of 40 per cent of women who have gonorrhoea ; and in 5 per cent it will be the only site to be involved by the infection . |
| 22 | ‘ Mind you , I may not be the right person to be giving an opinion on this , because , as I said , I do n't think ‘ combo ’ anyway . |
| 23 | Ashiq Hussain wo n't be the last driver to be killed if this level of violence continues . |
| 24 | Smith supporters have been forced to confront the allegations of a union stitch-up ; as a result , he will probably be the last leader to be elected under the current rules . |
| 25 | She took a quick peep at the kettle , then went on : ‘ Some of our group even went to America , that 's supposed to be the important place to be . |
| 26 | The means by which establishments have been effected in this country are : by Royal or Parliamentary institution … or by a general subscription … or by subscriptions of substantial sums … subscribers become governors or directors of their own establishment … this latter seems to be the proper method to be adopted in the present case … |
| 27 | Now originally the trip was going to take them through many middle eastern countries including Jordan and Israel , er have you had to change your plans at all Andrew , it sounds as though that might not be the ideal place to be going at the moment ? |
| 28 | But the , I ring up local government offices , and that 's the way they would speak to me , and immediately I say to myself , ‘ Christ , that would be the worst person to be interviewed on local radio . ’ |
| 29 | The central theme will be the active role to be played by trade unionists in working for the promotion of employment equality and affirmative action . |
| 30 | I am absolutely certain that such would be the very reverse of being the case , and that it would prove to be a particularly cheerful looking building . |