Example sentences of "be an [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any man who claims to be an expert on women quite obviously is n't . ’ |
| 2 | I think that they might seem to be an indulgence to supporters more than partners , even if they offered training/education . |
| 3 | If equality before the law is to be an equality of voices then there are issues about formal procedures and the extent to which these are accessible to all . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) It is an obtaining of services where the other is induced to confer a benefit by doing some act , or causing or permitting some act to be done , on the understanding that the benefit has been or will be paid for . |
| 5 | CAMI agrees that direct marketing is an opportunity for effects as creative as anything that television can do ; his company recently produced a brochure for a property development called The Fountains which featured a front cover made of plastic , filled with water and a handful of coins . |
| 6 | In part , this is an argument about scholarships more broadly . |
| 7 | What follows is an amplification of matters already discussed with an emphasis on contemporary culture and the conflict at its summit between the resurgent tragic impulse and the rationalistic spirit of Wissenschaft . |
| 8 | But it was an occasion for spectators rather than bidders and only two lots exceeded expectations , Eric Gill 's fine , if slightly sweet , stone carving , ‘ Mother and Child ’ ( lot 20 , est. £25,000–35,000 ) , described by the auction house as his most important sculpture to come to the market for ten years and bought by a telephone bidder against the Fine Art Society for £56,000 ( $85,680 ) , and Graham Sutherland 's boldly coloured ‘ Palm Palisade ’ ( lot 88 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) which was acquired by Agnews for £68,000 ( $104,040 ) after competition with private dealers Ivor Braka and underbidder Jamie Maclean . |