Example sentences of "to be [prep] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Evans , MP for Monmouth , claimed ‘ spot-listing ’ of buildings believed to be under threat was a ‘ haphazard process ’ . |
| 2 | To be without emotion is to be unfeeling , to have no contact with the human condition . |
| 3 | Which is what it used to be of course is n't it ? |
| 4 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 5 | Well it 's always nice to be at home is n't it ? |
| 6 | ‘ Suddenly what seems to be at stake is the Britishness of being Britain' |
| 7 | Suddenly what seems to be at stake is not economic and material wellbeing , but the Britishness of being Britain … |
| 8 | But what seems to be in question is the right to choose otherwise — to refuse the procedures used to detect abnormality . |
| 9 | To be in doubt is to be in two minds , to be caught between two worlds , to be suspended between a desire to affirm and a desire to negate . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ When police officers attended the scene it became apparent that the media were also in attendance — how they came to be in attendance is not known and not through any action on our part . |
| 11 | The circumstances which imposed on Midland Bank the duty of which it was held to be in breach are not apparent from the report . |