Example sentences of "to [be] god [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Beautiful as the creature is , and instructive as the study of its behaviour has been , the octopus did not prove to be god 's organism for the elucidation of memory .
2 They believe this to be God 's will and that anything that hinders this is contrary to the will of God .
3 The revelation is seen to have been essentially unaffected by surrounding circumstances , or indeed the historical circumstances of that time are believed to be revealed to be God 's will for humankind .
4 Certainly she could be rebellious at times in her nature but she was always quick to re-dedicate herself to what she felt to be God 's will .
5 Three weeks ago , we looked at God 's call to Jeremiah ; it taught us about God , and about the prophet who had been called to be God 's spokesman to His people Israel .
6 As though he had not tried always to be God 's knight , and do the church clean service .
7 God has a stupendous commission for Moses — he is to be God 's messenger to Pharaoh , and lead his people to freedom — but the missionary is most reluctant .
8 But behind these was known to be God 's Enemy variously named as ‘ Satan , the devil , ( a false accuser , slanderer , calumniator , ) the evil one , the ruler of this world , the prince of the power of the air , Belial , Beelzebub , the god of this world , the destroyer , a murderer from the beginning and the enemy . ’
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