Example sentences of "be part [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 , Thomas ( d. c. 1276 ) , revolutionary mayor of London 1263–5 , was a draper with considerable property in the city , whose family had been part of its aldermanic ruling class since at least the 1220s .
2 In many other trades , crafts and professions , vocational qualifications have been part of their prosperous development and I therefore commend to you that we be attentive .
3 And two women pictured chatting at a cottage door ‘ Miss Jewitt and Miss Carter , Mickley 1921 , ’ as Louisa 's typically matter-of-fact caption notes sport fanciful bonnets that ca n't have been part of their everyday dress .
4 Miss Hannah Hauxwell , dressed in men 's trousers and old jacket so torn that it looked as though savaging by wolf packs had once been part of her daily routine , looked at me mildly .
5 Been part of my mental baggage for many a year . ’
6 This may , however , have simply been part of his lifelong preoccupation with correct dress : one friend remarked that his clothes were English , his underclothes American . "
7 As we did so he explained he had taken the day off , instead of next Sunday , which would have been part of his free week-end .
8 You can at least see or hear , which has been part of your ordinary physical development .
9 This requirement may have been part of our own history too .
10 But one facet of the Wild West which has never been part of our social scene is surfacing now in cinematographic form .
11 It is maintained , accordingly , that an ontological existent can be fully described and distinguished from any other similar existent in terms of its properties alone , and that its " relational " no less than any of its other properties are part of its essential description .
12 The evidence shows that these incidents reported in the media are merely the tip of the iceberg ; for many black people in Britain , physical assault or violent verbal expressions of racial hatred are part of their daily life .
13 Sometimes the word that they use , no only terms of endearment , er but other words , er special words to them , you know , are part of their own language of love .
14 Both the problems which individuals fix upon , and the methods they employ to solve them , are part of their theoretical heritage , so to speak , enshrined in the practices of which they are the supports .
15 How many of these are part of your closest relationship — whether with a partner , friend or relative ?
16 Who do you spend your time with her , are your commissioning editors people who are part of your daily life ?
17 The skills and disciplines to deliver each of these elements is available in Scotland , but will only be effectively utilised if they are part of our overall tourism strategy under one board and not , as now , with a variety of organisations working in partial isolation , and indeed often in competition .
18 The mentally handicapped are part of our disabled community .
19 It is these positive examples of what is generally taken to be a negative force that have given rise to such concepts as ‘ white ’ ( i.e. good ) witchcraft ; they are part of our European tradition and lend a certain credence to Margaret Murray 's exaggerated presentation of a satanic underground cult of evil co-existing with orthodox Christianity . ’
20 The Secretary of State for Education and Science has referred to LEAs ' and schools ' ‘ important responsibility to work towards the promotion of equality of opportunity for the different ethnic groups who are part of our national life ’ .
21 Commenting on the transactions , Joe Darby , LASMO 's Chief Executive , said today : ‘ These disposals are part of our continuing strategy to reduce debt and gearing and to divest ourselves of peripheral assets when attractive prices can be obtained .
22 Guarantees to you are part of our domestic customer service — there is no direct cost to you .
23 Our bodies are part of our whole makeup and the intimate relationship of marriage needs expression in closeness of body as well as of mind and spirit .
24 As we are part of our own subject matter , we ultimately find ourselves .
25 The trainers are part of my ritual resolution to get fit ( instead of boozing with my mates each evening ) , and the paperwork usually includes at least one final demand from an irate publisher or editor .
26 A flash of sunlight , burning logs , an old psalm tune , fallen leaves , are part of his remembered world ; as are ballads , songs and dance rhythms , the sound of water sliding down window panes , or slapping against holes in the river bank .
27 Dr Apps is off on an expedition of a lifetime to the Arctic Circle next month and three chocolate bars are part of his daily diet .
28 That may be part of her gutteral language : it is certainly not part of mine .
29 Having ‘ given his best ’ to the centre for four years and taken a major role in setting it up , he obviously felt ‘ very disappointed ’ he would n't be part of its new phase .
30 For some , politics and political thought and action can be an important element within their ‘ grand ’ world view , and may be part of their religious or humanist convictions .
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