Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published . |
| 2 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 3 | Despite his having given her a tough time on set , Lysette is still very fond of Woody Allen : ‘ He gave me the courage to be brave . |
| 4 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 5 | If teachers do not believe that their pupils are able to be more responsible for their own mathematical learning , then they are not likely to give them the opportunity to be so . |
| 6 | Mrs Sugden meant no harm to anyone , but neither had she the intelligence to be really kind . |
| 7 | The telephone , therefore , saves time and gives you the opportunity to be more businesslike , if that is appropriate . |
| 8 | Our prizes give you the chance to be penny foolish for once . |
| 9 | One of the reasons for arranging it is to give you the chance to be responsible for your own learning while you are on the placement . |
| 10 | We 've teamed up with Channel 4 's top show Brookside to bring you an exclusive competition that gives you the chance to be seen on screen in Merseyside 's favourite soap . |
| 11 | Giving you the freedom to be more creative and productive . |
| 12 | Consequently I would ask them and you the audience to be tolerant if I am ruthless in preventing anyone exceeding the limit . |
| 13 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 14 | The relief sought by the applicant was , inter alia , ( 1 ) an order of certiorari to quash the section 2(2) notice dated 24 June 1991 issued by the Director ; and ( 2 ) an order prohibiting her from requiring or further requiring him to attend and comply with the requirements of a notice issued pursuant to section 2 of the Act of 1987 without ( a ) affording him a reasonable opportunity for his application for legal aid to be processed and thereby affording him the opportunity to be legally advised on such requirements and to be legally represented at such time as he was required to comply with them and ( b ) causing him to be cautioned in accordance with Code C , paragraph 16.5 before being required to comply with those requirements . |
| 15 | ‘ I am giving him the chance to be his own publisher , ’ said Mr Maxwell . |
| 16 | Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other . |
| 17 | What she most relishes about no longer having to worry about where the money to pay the rates is coming from is that it gives her the freedom to be creative . |
| 18 | My love does not , can not make her happy ; my love can only release in her the capacity to be happy . |
| 19 | It gave her the chance to be with Marguerite , though , and they talked quite easily as they moved around the kitchen . |
| 20 | It is a performance of real moral authority , lightly worn , and richly earns her the right to be the character who , like Paulina in The Winter 's Tale , stage-manages the resurrection of the heroine — here literally pregnant with the future . |
| 21 | Littlewoods ' 25% would give it the size to be able to rival Great Universal Stores , the clear market leader on 40% . |
| 22 | The double X gives it the chance to be red and black , while the Y gives it male characteristics . |
| 23 | Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair . |
| 24 | Britain has a massive advantage in natural resources that give it the potential to be at the forefront of renewable energy generation . |
| 25 | Opren , a drug for treating arthritis , received a product licence — which gave it the right to be marketed in the UK — in March 1980 from the then minister . |
| 26 | It is beginning to be recognised that proficiency in more than one language often carries with it the need to be what one might term ‘ crosslingual ’ , that is , able to generate connections across languages rather than only using them independently of each other . |
| 27 | What do the Government intend to do not just to offer help to individuals but to give areas such as mine the opportunity to be again a fully participating part of this nation ? |
| 28 | ‘ That gives us the freedom to be rude to each other ? ’ |
| 29 | Multi media gives us the ability to be able to embed pictures in text . |