Example sentences of "our [noun sg] [vb mod] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His testing experience and technical knowledge of our car will be invaluable to the team . ’ |
| 2 | Whole areas of our planet could be subject to drought and starvation if the pattern of rains and monsoons were to change as a result of the destruction of forests and the accumulation of greenhouse gases . |
| 3 | Palmer ( 1971 ) points out that " as linguists we must write our grammars in such a way that they relate to semantics as well as phonetics — our grammar must be sensitive to semantics ' . |
| 4 | While the attention of Europe is focused on Edinburgh , the strength of our Union will be visible to all . |
| 5 | The DUC found the group it was looking for in the Oxford-based Political Ecology Research Group : ‘ They more or less said to us , ‘ We 'll not take on your issue if we decide that in the upshot our report will be favourable to the mining companies . |