Example sentences of "to [be] a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is surprising that he attended Hall 's conclave as he had a well-known dislike of competitions , but it is less surprising that he was selected to be a judge in view of his connections with two of the other judges and the probability that he would not wish to enter the competition himself . |
| 2 | Liam thought long afterwards of the strangeness of those few days , and how he was brought back from what was to be a trip to America , just in time to arrange his own father 's funeral . |
| 3 | Other studies have also found a lower prevalence of high EE ( High Expressed Emotion in families is considered to be a factor in relapse of schizophrenia ) in Third World countries . |
| 4 | For instance past spending behaviour is always likely to be a factor in practice , with departments which have been reliable spenders more likely to be given funds than those who have been allocated money but not spent it . |
| 5 | He had been the Land Minister President in 1971-82 in Schleswig-Holstein , where his resignation from the federal government was expected to be a factor in elections in early April . |
| 6 | The afternoon round is recorded hole by hole and seemed to be a battle of Braid 's prodigious length and power , against Jones ' precise iron play . |
| 7 | The Olympic final turned out to be a battle between Wells and the Cuban Silvio Leonard . |
| 8 | The race turned out to be a battle between Peter Scudamore on and Waterloo Boy , number thirteen . |
| 9 | Unfortunately she made a mistake of naming the church where Jesus was found as St George 's , which happened to be a Church of England edifice . |
| 10 | All forms of communication and travel arrangements are stressed now and , although there is bound to be a change of plan early on in the month , what is planned or agreed around the 10th ought to send you merrily on your way . |
| 11 | In making the decision the parents should bear in mind that once any kind of commitment to a religion is made , it is always more difficult for there to be a change of course , even when the commitment is made on behalf of the individual when a helpless baby . |
| 12 | In what appeared to be a change of approach by Spain , the Economy and Finance Minister , Carlos Solchaga , proposed to the meeting that the commencement of Stage 2 should be delayed until Jan. 1 , 1994 , and that the transition to Stage 3 should take five to six years . |
| 13 | This meant there was less likely to be a change of mind from the old lady or daughter . |
| 14 | If there is going to be a change of time signature prepare it by making a bridge passage , so that the new beat is clearly signalled and the transition is easy . |
| 15 | Nor is there likely to be a change in fashion which results in feet being accorded the same status , much in the way that bottoms were favoured in the ‘ sixties , crotches in the ‘ seventies and ankles or wasp waists in Victorian times . |
| 16 | 5.1 In considering the rate at which course proposals can be validated , the Advanced Courses Policy Sub-Committee recognised that there would have to be a range of validation models , each of which will be tailored to the course and the centre . |
| 17 | First , of course , there really does need to be a range of choices available at local level . |
| 18 | Under Options for Change we could see there was going to be a reduction in defence expenditure . |
| 19 | Nuclear power will help to save oil — the most vital of the USSR 's energy resources , yet a great deal more will need to be done to change Soviet energy structures if domestic oil supplies and supplies to other Communist countries are not to come under extreme pressure in the late 1980s and 1990s. there will still have to be a reduction in supplies to the Communist bloc and a considerable reduction in the proportion of Soviet energy demand which is met by oil . |
| 20 | Napier also employed about 15,000 men in the Vulcan Forge between Washington Street and McAlpine Street , and extensive construction yards at Govan , but Parkhead Forge was to be a tumult of fire and heat for 100 years . |
| 21 | ‘ This phone happens to be a call-box in Marylebone , ’ said Quinn , ‘ but you 're right not to trust it . |
| 22 | Susan Hyland joined the British Foreign Service , while Anne McGivern survived the torturous B.C.L. programme and is now training to be a barrister in Northern Ireland . |
| 23 | She was discovered to be a nurse by day and an escort girl by night . |
| 24 | It had a tarnished brass knocker showing a pixie cobbling shoes and declaring itself to be a present from Cornwall . |
| 25 | There has to be a beginning of trust . |
| 26 | There would need to be a reorganisation of share capital , so that management 's shares entitle them exclusively to receive an in specie distribution of the shares in Target , following which their shares in the holding company would become worthless deferred shares ( which could then be bought in by the holding company for a nominal price ) . |
| 27 | The story that she has no artistic taste was shown to be a lie in January when a collection of her old-master paintings sold well at Christie 's in New York . |
| 28 | The site was designed to be a mirror-image of Ford 's main US plant . |
| 29 | The later thiazides have comparable activities , and have come to be a mainstay of therapy in mild hypertension , and important contributors in more severe conditions . |
| 30 | We had Paul Gascoigne pulling someone 's shorts down the other night , and that was deemed to be a prankster at work . |