Example sentences of "be [prep] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What we are after is consistency , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Some of the costs are met by head office — it gets all of the revenue because we sell in this country — but in the case of France where we have a separate legal entity , what we 're after is contribution statements by unit of accommodation for the UK revenues , and one or two other costs with those French locally incurred expenses . |
| 3 | Once we have this model , we will not worry too much whether what we 're into is presence , power , proclamation or whatever kind of evangelism . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll need a good wig if you 're to be Hedda 's long-haired poet . ’ |
| 5 | " We 're to be parents . " |
| 6 | We 're to be civilisers , settlers , land-holders , indeed ; men like the ancient heroes , who founded cities and gave laws and trade to the world as a gift . |
| 7 | We 're to be guests of Herkimer for tea . ’ |
| 8 | He did refer to the fact that , if the trial proceeded , witnesses would be giving evidence about things that had occurred a long time ago and said that he did ‘ not think that is a position which is salvaged or saved by reason of the fact that there are in being notebooks , that there are in being witness statements . ’ |
| 9 | He did refer to the fact that , if the trial proceeded , witnesses would be giving evidence about things that had occurred a long time ago and said that he did ‘ not think that is a position which is salvaged or saved by reason of the fact that there are in being notebooks , that there are in being witness statements . ’ |
| 10 | I am going to be away Thurs–Sun this week ( Roland , my brother , is getting married and I 'm to be bridesmaid ) but perhaps you would n't mind giving me a ring sometime ? |
| 11 | I 'm to be governess to a little boy in Edinburgh , and you 're to take charge of an antique loony in Penzance . |
| 12 | Hard-line street life does n't sit easily with the girls ' culture , and for all their stylish revolt , in the end the only way to belong seems to be to be part of the community of women . |
| 13 | You who refuse to be to be slaves . |
| 14 | I am to be Bishop of Durham . ’ |
| 15 | Govt. defeated and so I am to be P.M. The load will be heavy and I am so much alone . |
| 16 | The other place I 've been to is Thailand , where prostitution is blatantly up-front and hard to avoid . |
| 17 | ‘ The most obvious way to begin is through the education of those who are to be citizens ’ . |
| 18 | Thirdly , there is a concern to explain to the Community that if there are to be compensations , we can not create a whole new system of compensatory payments which will last for ever at a price which will never be able to be paid . |
| 19 | There are to be options for fibre , unshielded twisted pair and shielded twisted pair connections , and the price is expected to be under £1,300 . |
| 20 | Morocco and Tunisia are to be hosts to two of the next sessions of the multilateral Middle East peace talks . |
| 21 | If there are to be company spokesmen involved in the filming , it is your job to make sure that they are there when they are wanted and that they have been briefed on what to say . |
| 22 | Where there are to be music fades in and out at the transfer , leave plenty of overlap at the beginnings and endings of the pre-recorded sections to give yourself ample working margins at the mixing stage . |
| 23 | Or that they are to be judges , or police commissioners , or toilet attendants . |
| 24 | Now men are to be hunters and predators . |
| 25 | acquiror : people who are to be directors , managers etc and their close relatives |
| 26 | These are to be COSE II for networking , interoperability and distributed computing , and COSE III for systems management , and there will be more where those are coming from . |
| 27 | Later in the will he provides that if no children are born or if they die within puberty then Mucius and Maevius are to be heirs . |
| 28 | It has been announced that there are to be steam runs over the Central Wales line this year , the first one on the 16th May . |
| 29 | I say this in the presence of the Leader of the House : if , heaven help us , there are to be sanctions or if military action is to take place , there should at least be some statement to the House of Commons and a three-hour debate before we go further down that perilous road . |
| 30 | Both his sons , James , 15 , and Simon , 13 , who are pupils at Durham School , are to be ushers at today 's wedding , which will be followed by a reception at Redworth Hall . |