Example sentences of "[prep] be part [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the last days of the old tradition , I suppose and I 'm glad I was lucky enough to be part of them . |
| 2 | Some do it because they want to belong to a group where sniffing happens to be part of the group 's activities . |
| 3 | Analysis of any construction of meaning from which social practice is derived has to be part of the participant ethnographer 's cognitive processes , replacing the notion of simple observation as the main data-yielding technique . |
| 4 | If they did , did she want to be part of one ? |
| 5 | Those publicans stocking a guest beer will lose their rights to do so , since Enterprise Inns is not considered to be part of Bass . |
| 6 | The interesting part is that the measuring fibre does not need to be part of the current carrying circuit , giving a high degree of electrical isolation . |
| 7 | What we are witnessing , I fear , is the birth of a new and dangerously illiberal ‘ liberal ’ orthodoxy designed to accommodate Dr Akhtar and his fundamentalist friends , who do not pretend to be part of the Western liberal tradition . |
| 8 | The incident appeared to be part of the continuing harassment of the opposition , similar to the brief arrest of the Christian Democrat leader , Ricardo Arias Calderon , earlier this week . |
| 9 | Even so , exotica such as lead-only Porsche 911s and Ferraris are unlikely to be part of this trend , so no bargains there I 'm afraid . |
| 10 | Where he becomes ridiculous is in his desperate ambition to be part of the working class , striking a rather pathetic figure as he sits in his ministerial office with his trade union banner behind his head . |
| 11 | The deep-grained uncompetitiveness of the British economy , most notably its persistent failure to produce a sufficient supply of needed skills , has to be part of the explanation of such a trade imbalance . |
| 12 | The deal was won by TVMM against strong competition from Scottish Televison , which used to be part of the same organisation as Grampian . |
| 13 | The ban is expected to be part of a series of new measures to tighten control of the illegal horticultural business which is worth billions of dollars a year . |
| 14 | Alington allowed him and two other canons to introduce the daily sacrament on condition that they did not expect it to be part of the cathedral 's official usage . |
| 15 | But their attitude that you had to be part of their camp used to get to me . |
| 16 | Maggie needed her , Rachel needed her , and she had no other choice ; passion was not to be part of her calling . |
| 17 | She refuses to be part of the general cosmetic industry hype . |
| 18 | The low angle means that all shadows — ours , the dogs ' , the trees ' — are long and ghostly across the ice , and the orange light wraps itself around everything so that all things seem to be part of one thing . |
| 19 | Since I gave Wiggen the reindeer he runs with his tail up , happy to be part of my team . |
| 20 | And the Jordan team , despite the initial disappointment of losing Andrea de Cesaris when the Italian missed a gear and caused an engine failure during pre-qualifying , showed its capacity to be part of Formula 1 . |
| 21 | Normally ( see Fig. 3.2 ) cortisol is secreted mainly around the time of waking and this seems to be part of dealing with the ‘ stress ’ of waking up and preparing for the new day . |
| 22 | The Venerable David Silk , Archdeacon of Leicester , summing up the theological opposition , said that in ordaining women the Church of England would ‘ cease to be part of the Catholic , apostolic church and would be behaving as if it were the whole of Christianity , or a mere sect ’ . |
| 23 | They must decide whether they want to be part of the decaying apartheid system or part of a new South Africa . ’ |
| 24 | The ban on the Chinese dissidents appears to be part of this process . |
| 25 | McEnroe , ranked 19th in doubles to Becker 's 39th ( although the German has played only seven tournaments ) but only 359th in singles , is proud to be part of a successful partnership but would be happier still to make an impression as a soloist . |
| 26 | The reasons are simple : Quisling , a former army officer , diplomat , and minister of defence was the first of his kind ; and his bid for power , though his own idea , by coinciding with the German takeover was assumed to be part of it . |
| 27 | The workers will have to be part of the success of the sell-offs , which is why advisers like Mr Brennan are proposing that they be given sizeable stakes in companies for nothing — up to 5 per cent or more — with the possibility of them buying more shares at big discounts . |
| 28 | It was n't long before we realised there were many other talents around who wanted to be part of it . |
| 29 | The military regime in Iraq laid claim to Kuwait on the grounds that it used to be part of the Ottoman province of Basra . |
| 30 | But that will not settle the trickiest question : whether those republics which are determined not to be part of the Soviet Union will be allowed their independence , or whether they will be kept in by force . |