Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It being reported to this Meeting that the Peck Measures of the different corners of Islay do not agree in size , & that many of them are deficient of the Legal Standard Measure of this Country-In order to remedy this evil it is recommended that in place of the Heaped Peck commonly used that a streak measure answering exactly to the standard measure of Islay shou 'd be substituted in place of the Heap measure , & in order to carry this Resolution into Execution the Meeting do hereby appoint the following Committee … it is earnestly recommended to these Gentlemen to have the different Pecks of the different Parishes brought to the proper Streak measure , and to have these pecks Branded with Shawfield 's Iron , and this being once done it is recommended to the said Committee to cause publish at the Parish Churches that if any person within their Bounds shall Sell or Buy with any other peck than the Peck so ascertained & stamped , that they shall be Fined at the discretion of the Baron Baillie of Islay |
| 2 | ‘ Ah yes , when it comes to that , Violette and I are two of a kind , ’ he said with mock mournfulness . |
| 3 | He does , treading slowly as I am uncertain of the words though in fact I do know them , having memorised them like a nursery rhyme . |
| 4 | Erm , I am tentatively erm provisionally very hopeful , but I am fearful of a number of things , I three observations in respect , observations in respect of them . |
| 5 | However , I am sure of the next Giants : Catherine Cookson 's The Maltese Angel ( Corgi ) is her second this year ; and ace vet James Herriot 's Every Living Thing ( Pan ) is his first for 10 years . |
| 6 | Lord Young , speaking as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , to shipping magnates at the London Hilton , told them : ‘ I am proud of the situation in Rover today . |
| 7 | ‘ The campus looks neat , and I am proud of the new buildings , but as one looks down Richmond Road , the image is of derelict mills — I hope one day that the University will own all the derelict land and that we will expand our campus on to it . ’ |
| 8 | That is why I am proud of the comprehensive system and why I will support my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds , Central ( Mr. Fatchett ) in all his splendid work to make education once more a human thing with human values . |
| 9 | ‘ I am proud of the efforts made by our staff who worked throughout the night in the most appalling conditions , to bring comfort and safety to residents affected by these frightening flood conditions , ’ said Mr Davies . |
| 10 | A delighted Sunderland caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby said : ‘ I am proud of the players . |
| 11 | The Rokermen go through to the quarter-final for the first time since 1976 and a delighted caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby said : ‘ I am proud of the players . |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't wish this on anybody but I am proud of the way they conducted themselves and then went through the ordeal with the police . ’ |
| 13 | I am proud of an England shirt he gave me . ’ |
| 14 | The woman , from Great Smeaton , near Darlington , wrote : ‘ I am convinced of the artistic integrity of Christopher Gable and his company . |
| 15 | I am one of a mere 60,000 , a small proportion of the childbearing population . |
| 16 | I must admit I really enjoyed working with him , and we did tracks like ‘ The Laughing Gnome ’ and I have to say , I am one of the gnomes on that record and am responsible for some of the terrible jokes on it as well . |
| 17 | Normally I am one of the happiest people in the team . |
| 18 | I am one of the lucky ones whose interest is in catfish , particularly those of South America . |
| 19 | But I am one of the lucky ones . |
| 20 | Some people like committees and organising , others do n't , and I am one of the latter . |
| 21 | I AM one of the thousands of parents who have worn out their shoe leather and their patience in a vain search for the Thunderbirds toys made by Matchbox . |
| 22 | ‘ Somebody printed that I am one of the richest women in England . |
| 23 | I am one of the greatest writers of the century . |
| 24 | After all , he reflected , I am one of the few people in the world who is n't worth blackmailing . |
| 25 | And now I am one of the unemployed . |
| 26 | At any rate , I can say that I am one of the few people who saw T. S. Eliot with his trousers down . |
| 27 | Teresa Darrell is a most unhappy creature who lost her young husband shortly after their honeymoon , and I am one of the few people left who can remember and mourn him . ’ |
| 28 | I am one of the hon. Members who has started a business from scratch and who has been an employer of quite a lot of people whose jobs were created out of that initiative and enterprise . |
| 29 | My claim to fame nowadays is that I am one of the seven people who did not vote for world peace . |
| 30 | Now I am one of the officers on there which gives two members from Wiltshire a seat on this particular committee . |