Example sentences of "be the [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My body will cease to be the temple of physical perfection that it currently is , my old aches and pains will return and my reliance on the ministrations of the NHS will increase . |
| 2 | The main difference , in the heads ' eyes , seemed to be the change from historical to formula funding . |
| 3 | ‘ Seems he 's been chosen to be the voice of Interplanetary Parliament here on Earth . |
| 4 | You 're supposed to be the voice of Interplanetary Parliament . ’ |
| 5 | The private dwelling which may be the course of personal fulfilment and growth may also be the centre and source of child- or wife-beating . |
| 6 | Allan Ahlberg says : ‘ In the past , a lot of children 's books seemed to be the work of talented illustrators whose pictures looked brilliant framed in a gallery , but when you tried to read the book , there was nothing there , because the words started as a coat-hanger to hang pictures on . ’ |
| 7 | The explosion was in fact caused by members of the Guandong Army , but the Japanese announced it to be the work of non-uniformed members of the Chinese army . |
| 8 | The assassination on May 10 of Col. ( retd ) Luis Fontaine , the former head of DICOM-CAR , a specialist intelligence unit dealing in repression of opponents of the previous dictatorship , was thought to be the work of right-wing elements . |
| 9 | The KGB were not capable of coordinating such protests he said , so it must be the work of British intelligence and the CIA . |
| 10 | After Nunney Castle goes to the seaside will it be the turn of double-chimneyed Clan Castle pictured at Loughborough by JOHN EAST . |
| 11 | Furthermore , amongst those who influence the development of the law , it is still far from accepted that the overriding objective of the law of rape and allied offences should be the protection of sexual choice , that is to say , the protection of a woman 's right to choose , whether , when and with whom to have sexual intercourse . |
| 12 | The attitudes of the courts have altered , becoming more activist in recent years thereby demonstrating an increased desire to be the determinants of legal questions ; but to build an irrebuttable presumption upon less than 25 years highly equivocal judicial practice is not meaningful . |
| 13 | Such devotion used to be the preserve of Tolkien addicts , but now authors such as Eddings , Donaldson , Pratchett , Tad Williams and Robert Jordan have their own ardent fan followings . |
| 14 | The inner city provides the perfect site to be the playground of post-industrial capital , and what a sight this can be ! |
| 15 | Although Algeria would later prove to be the scene of last-ditch French resistance to decolonization , in the mood of the country in 1945 independence for Vietnam was equally inconceivable . |
| 16 | The home kitchen is no longer a comforting place of continuous humming activity and bubbling stockpots ; it is far more likely to be the scene of short-term frantic effort . |
| 17 | The annual Education and Library Resources Exhibitions could also be the occasion for direct selling , with an immediate purchase facility . |
| 18 | Their response may be the occasion for added impetus to the ostensible shift from equity to efficacy as the guiding principle in the design of water pollution standards . |
| 19 | I think that the C I A , er , would accelerate potential for chaos , I do n't think one needs necessarily to look at 1789 or 1917 too know how great will be the dangers of civil war , possibly starting from entering public boundaries dispute , or of militaristic counter coups which threatens neighbours and rather in a , possible in a way . |
| 20 | GUIL : It must be the law of diminishing returns … |
| 21 | One possible solution may be the publication of selected articles/threads ( possibly anonymous ) with a caption at the end explaining the group/how to subscribe & post/etc and , importantly , a discalimer that any opinions expressed on the group are solely those of the poster and that Leeds United and the group 's organizers take no reponsibility for these opinions . |
| 22 | External events are represented in the brain as spatio-temporal patterns of neural activity , and it is these patterns of activity which must themselves be the agents of synaptic change . |
| 23 | Thus , if a woman were to have sexual intercourse with a boy under 16 , this would be the offence of indecent assault by the woman even if the boy consented to , or instigated , the act . |
| 24 | Adderbury in Oxfordshire may not be the home of international tennis , but it 's poached professionals from all over the globe for the Everest National Club league campaign . |
| 25 | But for many , Cosford will always be the home of British indoor athletics , and the first meeting of any year is always the Cosford Games . |
| 26 | An example within the earth sciences might be the development of radiometric age dating , or geochronology , from the physics of radioactive decay . |
| 27 | If the great mass of the people are to make a cultural democracy for themselves a prime objective must be the development of political awareness and action so that they can achieve command of their own culture and control of the socio-economic forces which affect it , surmounting the crises of a world of crises . |
| 28 | In the meantime one way in which the impact of second homes and other recreational uses could be more effectively assessed could be the development of theoretical models and statistical relationships , and so attention is now turned to this topic . |
| 29 | In seeking to grasp this dynamic , and portray it , he had become enthused with the duende , the spirit unleashed by the flamenco — music and dance — which he believed to be the dynamic of true art and artistic expression : ‘ Repel the angel , kick out the muse , ’ , he was wont to exclaim ; arguing that artists must work ‘ from the gut , ’ with the conviction and intensity that the expression exudes ; allowing the life-force it releases to flow — torrentially , vividly , dramatically ; as in the flamenco itself . |
| 30 | This is likely to be the case for other families with a similar pattern of inheritance . |