Example sentences of "to be a [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 2 | A police spokesman said a third car — believed to be a black Citroen — may have been responsible for the accident . |
| 3 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
| 4 | It was to be a spiritual Ben Hur , Christianity on the new Cinemascope and for adults . |
| 5 | Hallborough turned out to be a picturesque Cotswold village with one main street . |
| 6 | And another top Ulster promoter , Eamon McCann , was also enthusiastic about Belfast , but added : ‘ It would have to be a joint BBC-ITV broadcasting venture . ’ |
| 7 | He may consider himself to be a latter-day President Kennedy , or be tempted to follow the pro-IRA line taken by Senator Edward Kennedy . |
| 8 | If the moment is before a lunch on the plane , it really ought to be a Bloody Mary . |
| 9 | for an order declaring it to be a recognised S.R.O . |
| 10 | Next Thursday , home to what is expected to be a strong Sheffield Wednesday Reserve side . |
| 11 | Despite the advantages of the Tyne , accessible in any weather and at any state of the tide , it had missed its chance to be a major North Sea fishing port . |
| 12 | I would therefore like to finish by thanking you all most sincerely for helping us to write a further chapter in what continues to be a major UK success story . |
| 13 | Can I therefore finish by thanking all our employees , worldwide , most sincerely for helping us write a further chapter in what continues to be a major UK success story . |
| 14 | The level of ambiguity which inevitably constrained Cipriani , was also to prove to be his Achilles ' heel , for , how could he possibly fulfil the nationalist aspirations of the people before he resolved the problem of how to be a patriotic West Indian , and loyal to the Empire at the same time ? |
| 15 | Because such a dealer 's knowledge has to be broad-based , he is unlikely to be a true Koi expert . |
| 16 | He used to be a humble Hannibal Lecter . |
| 17 | It was going to be a bleak February . |
| 18 | And an RUC Special Branch detective startlingly revealed to the court that police wanted to recruit Brown suspected to be a top IRA intelligence officer , as a double agent . |
| 19 | There used to be a fine Marian statue of 1649 by Bendl to the s of the square . |
| 20 | Alford claims to be a staunch Kinnock supporter ; but he has an odd way of showing it . |
| 21 | There are often , among the competitors , girls from Eastern Bloc or otherwise under-privileged countries who have been brought up to believe that a monumental talent requires total dedication , who have been told that great minds do not fuss about small externals , who have been led to suppose that for a great genius to be a plain Jane is only appropriate . |
| 22 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 23 | If any car needs to be a clear-cut BMW ‘ statement ’ , it 's the 3-series . |
| 24 | The last time Ben had taken her there — on the quiet ; it was to be a secret Annie had done the clog dance to Ben 's playing his tin whistle . |
| 25 | The target is believed to be a privately-owned Surrey business which is a supplier of most aluminimum products to the aerospace and defence sectors . |
| 26 | ‘ It was a proud and honourable day to be a Royal Fusilier , ’ continued the colonel , his monocle still firmly in place . |