Example sentences of "be [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He answers this objection however with the reply that , whereas in human generation a woman can only be the passive principle , in spiritual generation neither man nor woman function by virtue of their own powers , but only as instruments of the power of Christ . |
| 2 | It 's not that he ceases altogether to be the eternal student , but that he becomes reshaped and misshaped into an aberration . |
| 3 | In rejecting traditional theory as a ‘ mathematical knowledge of nature which claims to be the eternal logos ’ he suggests that the self-knowledge of present-day man is ‘ a critical theory of society as it is , a theory dominated at every turn by a concern for reasonable conditions of life ’ ( Horkheimer 1972 : 199 ) . |
| 4 | But in addition to the church 's calling to be the invisible yeast leavening the whole dough and the salt savouring the whole meal , it is also called to be a light placed prominently and strategically upon a lamp-stand so as to light the whole house . |
| 5 | The target of ciprofloxacin and the other quinolones within the cell appears to be the prokaryotic enzyme , deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ) gyrase , an essential enzyme that catalyses chromosomal DNA supercoiling . |
| 6 | There are a number of issues that already have and will continue to have direct bearing on day to day practice of which the major one will be the reverberating effects upon pre-school education of the Education Reform Act 1988 . |
| 7 | Greenpeace says the standards applied in Germany , where fridges use up to 50 per cent less energy than elsewhere , should be the European norm . |
| 8 | Velizy , France is to be the European headquarters with around ten staff and other offices will open in London , Northern European Office , and Munich , Central European Office , by the end of this year . |
| 9 | Fresh from the USA , the Expo makes its UK debut in Scotland from 5–7 March 1993 , which also happens to be the European Year of Older People . |
| 10 | But inevitably , the biggest magnet will be the European Community . |
| 11 | In 1990 Glasgow was selected to be the European City of Culture and in this connection a sponsorship programme was devised including a performance by the world renowned Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra , an exhibition of a selection of the of Camille Pissarro at The Burrell and a number of other events . |
| 12 | Because Linnaeus worked in western Europe , it tends to be the European form which is seen as typical in this sense ; and of course it is accidental which species in a group happens to be first described and hence seen as typical . |
| 13 | Going to another church ( of the Presbyterian Church of England ) my love of God came to be the central factor in my life , and aged almost sixteen I told my headmistress with quiet confidence that I wished to be ordained . |
| 14 | Although the Scarman Report is often taken to be the central text which argues for a link between ‘ social conditions ’ and ‘ disorder ’ , the terms of the debate were by no means set by Scarman . |
| 15 | But , uniquely , the new English offered through education unmediated access to what was taken to be the central activity of all human judgement . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , his allegiance did not suddenly evaporate and by 1869 , on the eve of his departure for Basle , he was still happy to be the central member of a small circle of devotees . |
| 17 | So it was all you wo n't find it in here because as erm Robin said , the office staff are there , that 'll be the central position where everything 's happening and they will make sure that the area 's clear . |
| 18 | In the light of this general conclusion which will be substantiated from Chapter 7 onwards , it becomes clear that sharpening the tools of policy-making and increasing the ‘ expertness ’ of government personnel should no longer be the central concern . |
| 19 | It seems likely that as small children they stayed in the relative security of England while Henry spent most of his time abroad , immersed in what was always to be the central concern of his life , governing his continental dominions . |
| 20 | For a variety of reasons — some conscious and deliberate , some accidental , some historical and political , some organisational and philosophical — difference rather than similarity appears to be the central characteristic of our primary schools today . |
| 21 | With a leadership battle looming in the Labour Party in the wake of its fourth successive defeat , the issue of electoral reform may prove to be the central issue for internal debate , a factor the Liberal Democrats will exploit to the full . |
| 22 | With a leadership battle looming in the Labour Party after its fourth successive defeat , electoral reform may prove to be the central issue for internal debate , a factor the Liberal Democrats will exploit to the full . |
| 23 | Professor Anthony Kay describes a case in which the council avoided investigating what many would have expected to be the central issue — was the accused doctor offering a treatment that could undoubtedly do harm but for which there was no scientific evidence of benefit ? |
| 24 | The implications for adoption , says Professor Tizard , are important , because they show that the race of the adopting parents should not be the central issue . |
| 25 | Consent continues to be the central issue under Category 3 . |
| 26 | All this turned out to have long-term significance for Charles the Bald , for much of this region was to be the central zone of his future kingdom . |
| 27 | His method is straightforward enough : examining what he takes to be the central claims and assumptions of Conservative political philosophy , he proceeds to dismantle them one by one and , having demonstrated to his satisfaction that no Conservative tenet can withstand analytical criticism , declares that ‘ Conservatism … has , in the end , nothing to say for itself ’ . |
| 28 | I have already put a good deal of stress upon two contrasted aspects of what seems to me to be the central paradox of anthropology considered as an intellectual discipline . |
| 29 | Well these sort of languages often considered to be the central pillar to group attachment and er official agencies like government an and things like historically support group language purity . |
| 30 | The Deutsche Bundesbank shall be the central bank in this currency area … |