Example sentences of "be [prep] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite what the Vertical and Horizontal line facilities are for is a mystery , they appear completely redundant . |
| 2 | What she had been after was a specified date and time . |
| 3 | Here all the valued qualities are of being a ‘ real ’ man , a ‘ hard ’ man . |
| 4 | If the roundabout suggests that the road you 're on is a fairly wide road and the road you 're exiting on is a fairly narrow road it will normally indicate you 're going from probably a duel carriageway , which you know you 're on if you 're already on it , but the road you 're entering might not be . |
| 5 | A new little contraption we want to try out , so you 're to be a guinea pig . |
| 6 | And they know they 'll have to unite behind the new one if they 're to be a force at the next General Election . |
| 7 | It would be like being a student . |
| 8 | ‘ Being president of Newcastle United , ’ he observed to top table neighbour Stan Seymour , ‘ must be like being a Christian Scientist with appendicitis . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then I 'm to be a spectator , ’ she said . |
| 10 | How wonderful it must be to be a great artist like Mr Beaumont or a musician like Mr Fergus or even a teacher like half the church . |
| 11 | Comparing the work I have done here to that produced in other areas of England and Wales this seems to be to be a perceptive observation , which is verified by Laura Knight : ‘ But whatever the month , and whatever the time of day , the beauty of the landscape for the painter in the West Midlands would be hard to beat . |
| 12 | So my mother said , Oh well yes if that 's what you want me to be to be a servant . |
| 13 | Oh how wonderful it must be to be an indie musician ! |
| 14 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 15 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 16 | My one ambition had been to be a pro , and I got to ten handicap . |
| 17 | You must make your own if you are to be a Lapp . |
| 18 | I think it is essential to feel that if you are to be a successful athlete . |
| 19 | If women are to be a good test of male-oriented psychological theories , as egalitarian feminist psychology hopes , they must be assumed to be a largely homogeneous population . |
| 20 | There are to be a total of 30 new marinas , eight more casinos , nine new golf courses . |
| 21 | This is very difficult when you are accustomed to your precise and meaningful jargon , but it is a skill you must acquire if you are to be a successful communicator . |
| 22 | As the Chairman , Pat Retief in his Annual Chairman 's Review says , ‘ we must continue to be a profitable company if we are to be a good employer in the fullest sense , capable of maintaining and enhancing our portfolio of assets and maximising the development of the Group 's human resources . |
| 23 | For example , if a supplier has agreed to deliver a computer system and the contract states that the terminals are to be a deep yellow colour but , instead , he delivers a computer with lemon coloured terminals , this will amount to a breach of warranty unless there is some special reason why the deep yellow colour was specified . |
| 24 | THE story of the twins who died in a barn fire after having sex with the men they were with is a tragic one . |
| 25 | They were to be a new form of secondary school — ‘ beacons of excellence ’ — funded mainly by industry , and would concentrate on science and technology . |
| 26 | If there were to be a programme of comparable generosity to the new democracies , it would be necessary to reduce some category of expenditure within the industrial countries . |
| 27 | The grouse were to be a special feature on the menu . |
| 28 | The next few decades were to be a period of accelerating changes for the mills of the area as Hicks , who in 1806 became Lord of the Manor , systematically extended his empire . |
| 29 | There were to be a lot of evacuations in the coming years , by land , sea and air , each accompanied by promises from departing residents that their absence would only be temporary . |
| 30 | More junior staff came , who were to be a great help to us . |