Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iain Laughland , for one , has gone on from being a long-serving cap from London Scottish to be the exiles ' representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee and , ex officio , chairman of the Anglo-Scots ' committee . |
| 2 | What is most worrying about these two episodes is that they smack of an orchestrated campaign on the part of the English rugby powers-that-be to create added tension between nations , for which Brian Moore is singularly well-equipped to be the aggressive mouthpiece . |
| 3 | But his recent form has shown the Belgian-bred gelding to be back to his best , and he must be favourite to be the first horse to take the World Cup for a third time . |
| 4 | Be prepared to be the first one to stand up for what is right when something wrong is being done to or said about someone . |
| 5 | He was representative of the German bench of bishops as a whole , who were more prepared to be the servants of the emperor than of a distant pope . |
| 6 | Foreign Secretary and MP for Witney , Douglas Herd , wants English to be the second language in Eastern Europe rather than Russian . |
| 7 | She has a hard act to follow ; it is never enviable to be the successor of one very powerful founder director be it in the gallery sector or in commerce . |
| 8 | But according to Paul Holmes , Date could not return Minton 's affection and seemed always a little embarrassed to be the object of such attention . |
| 9 | This at least can not be true , that it is proper to be the cause of avoidable ill … this at least is dogma . |
| 10 | As one of the biggest railway events ever seen in the West Country , Taunton 150 looks set to be the railway preservation event of the year in the South West and a fitting end to No. 3440 's summer tour . |
| 11 | Following these discoveries one of the most noticeable trends in skin care over the next few years looks set to be the development of products which are specifically ‘ Retin-A compatible ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Then the play opened and on the first Friday it looked set to be the day . |
| 13 | The London International Book Fair , which runs from 21st to 23rd March , looks set to be the largest in the fair 's 22 year history . |
| 14 | Holly-jack — because of her evergreen skin — seemed set to be the one who would persist in winter as the human 's friend ; she would be the oddest of primitive heroines . |
| 15 | The Complete Hedgehog looks set to be the first of many and to be as successful as the series of books on wildlife Les has already bought out . |
| 16 | So two satisfied customers then … vegetarianism at this school looks set to be the dish of the day for more than just National Vegetarian Week . |
| 17 | Derelict St Andrews School , on Haughton Road , Darlington , looks set to be the site for four new terraced houses . |
| 18 | The SSL was delighted to be the recipient of the 1990 Jason Farradane Award of the Institute of Information Scientists ‘ because of the importance of this development for Scotland , and the significant progress it marks in the information community ’ . |
| 19 | Thank you Chairman , erm I 'm delighted to be the last person to present a set of budget proposals as it gives me the opportunity to draw attention to some facts that seems to have been overlooked by the representatives of the other two groups . |
| 20 | ‘ In the last financial year we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 21 | ‘ In the financial year just completed we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 22 | It can not be easy to be the partner of a genius , and Constanze certainly made the best of it . |
| 23 | ‘ Sometimes it 's not so easy to be the teacher 's pet ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Sometimes it 's not so easy to be the teacher 's pet ! ’ |
| 25 | He appears content to be the father , rather than the designer , of the new constitution . |
| 26 | Andy Norman and Ron had frequently told me about athletes who were content to be the British number one , to make the team . |
| 27 | My plan was for Rick to open the mouth while I would use the forceps to retrieve the hook , this seeming to be the most sensible approach ( from my point of view anyway ) . |
| 28 | Sean was smug to be the source of information but somehow disconcerted that Benny did n't get embarrassed as he had thought she would . |
| 29 | Feare ( 1967 , 1970a ) found C. maritima to be the most important predator of young dog-whelks at Robin Hood 's Bay in the winter of 1965–66 , accounting for most of the 90% juvenile mortality . |
| 30 | I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless . |