Example sentences of "man 's [noun sg] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1980 Green Paper , The Taxation of Husband and Wife , had as a central proposal the scrapping of the married man 's allowance to be replaced by a single person 's allowance each for husband and wife . |
| 2 | He commandeth you to weep ; and that princely One , who took up to heaven with Him a man 's heart to be a compassionate High Priest , became your fellow companion on earth , by weeping for the dead ( John 11.35 ) . ’ |
| 3 | Gandhi 's antipathy to preaching , which was characteristic of the Christian missionary activity he was acquainted with , may have derived from his attitude to mission work in general , but it is more likely that he considered a man 's life to be a more effective testimony to the truth of his religion that his words . |
| 4 | It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant . |
| 5 | And you 've also got man 's desire to be sure of achieving success . |
| 6 | Religion reflects man 's desire to be the God he imagines . |
| 7 | 17 April : Strange news : the Sun is sponsoring one of the challengers for the Labour leadership : ‘ Sun man 's bid to be Labour leader ’ . |