Example sentences of "to be [prep] [det] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have no transmitter on the loose ferret so the only possible means of location has to be via that Norfolk long-spade — used as a listening device . |
| 2 | If the zero reference point is arranged to be at that assembly point then the assembly procedures are eased . |
| 3 | You do n't need to be against that wall Tom . |
| 4 | It is said that if the Logos is to be conceived to be in some sense male , then equally the Spirit is to be held to be female . |
| 5 | If you consider yourself to be in any way progressive , and really want to play your part in demolishing the old legend of natural antagonism between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law , replacing it with the hope of friendship , then this is your chance . |
| 6 | It 's not so much their habit of closing their wings just as you draw close enough to see ; it 's more their unwillingness to be in any way uniform . |
| 7 | ‘ But no one tells them they ought to be in this dead-end job and liking it . ’ |
| 8 | To be like any ship y-wrecked . ’ |