Example sentences of "and [noun] be [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 There 's no doubt , of course , the big shows like Chelsea , Harrogate and Shrewsbury are evidence of the remarkable skill and ingenuity of our rose breeders and growers in producing something new , and assorted tribes of writers , scribes and newspaper correspondents vie with each other to find extravagant superlatives to describe them — but it is all delusion .
2 Learning how to survive unhelpful influences and attitudes is part of living .
3 Venables and Bonington were part of an Anglo-Indian expedition to the Panch Chuli area .
4 At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here .
5 So like , there was me sort of all of a sudden wearing like old T-shirts and stuff in bed so that I 'd got quite high collars and mum was sort of going
6 With all the major peaks climbed , Neruda and Klucker were part of the movement to fill in the gaps , to find harder ways up the mountains .
7 That government made standards in education a principal plank in its election platform and the action undertaken by that government in relation to curriculum and assessment is part of a wider and coherent strategy on standards in education .
8 Farmers and vets are part of a culture where very sick or distressed animals are killed .
9 It is a very early example of both a cruciform construction and a dome upon pendentives and , because of its date , the dome and pendentives are part of the same hemisphere .
10 Prior to the division , consciousness and thought were connected to the process of material behaviour ; thought and action were part of the activity of all human beings .
11 Both units , catering for a similar age-group and facing similar pressures and demands are part of a sizeable unit provision established by education and social services departments in one large urban authority .
12 ‘ Not quite the same thing , ’ Marx said , mildly and without rancour , as if half-truths and no-truths were part of his life , which they were .
13 The gargantuan quantities of tin and silver are part of the stockpile of strategic materials that , since 1950. the American government has stored away , squirrel-like , in case of an emergency such as a world war .
14 Much of the alleged wisdom that inheres in institutions and practice is part of what she has regarded as the flabby consensus that dragged the country down .
15 If justice and administration were part of a single process , so were justice and taxation ; for assessments to taxation were fixed in court and the fines and other profits of the courts were extremely lucrative .
16 Johnstone 's recollections are a sad but reassuringly honest appraisal of a career on the skids and although drink and football are part of the untamed humour of Scottish society , they are also a major part of the untold pain .
17 Ironically , now that Renault and Volvo are part of a greater alliance they are seeking to use some of the same components in their two , separate gearboxes .
18 There is after all , as they say in both Beijing and the KMT , ‘ only one China ’ , and Taiwan is part of it .
19 ‘ Now that NDT Systems , Eagle and Vicorp are part of the John Wood Group and employing over 50 people , we are collectively ready to grasp the opportunity to contribute to the Group 's goal of becoming a major international energy service company . ’
20 The horses , Nelson , Regent , and Baron are part of a world record winning team from Bath , more used to taking part in displays .
21 Joy and delight is part of the essence of life and it is there in the depths of the soul waiting to be found .
22 Sermons , extemporary prayer and psalms were part of Bunyan 's military training .
23 But trees and hedgerows are part of the open country , they are an essential feature of the English countryside as we have in the known it are they not ?
24 The healing quality of tears and laughter is part of their lives .
25 Their poverty and loneliness were part of an isolation from ordinary family life which left them at the margins even of childhood memory .
26 However , the preoccupation with violence and lawlessness is part of a long and continuous tradition , rather than a new and unique phenomenon .
27 This represents a much narrower view of the subject than was common in the early days of institutional literary study , when works of history , biography , philosophy , and divinity were part of the canon .
28 The PPP , WPA , DLM and PDM are part of a four party Patriotic Coalition for Democracy ( PCD ) .
29 Revenge and restoration were part of his duty .
30 She says : ‘ A pre-requisite of successful intervention and rehabilitation is correction of the negative attitude towards old age — including the image which doctors have of it .
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