Example sentences of "be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Day 5 I Am the Great Sun |
| 62 | I am the great sun , but you do not see me , |
| 63 | I am the great grandson of the founder of what is now the greatest , one of the greatest in , in Leningrad . |
| 64 | I am the great I am . |
| 65 | Waller was argumentative , opinionated , and sometimes outspoken , but he had a sense of humour ( ‘ I am the Wallerian degeneration ’ in reference to his father 's eponymous discovery ) and he retained an unworldly delight in science throughout his life . |
| 66 | Labours at me , I am the indulgent wood , |
| 67 | . Sir I am the present overseer but these things was before I came to the Parish . |
| 68 | You will find that I am the one person you can always trust . |
| 69 | I am the one person you can trust around here . |
| 70 | ‘ I am standing to win because I believe I am the best candidate to lead the Labour Party to victory next time but also because it is imperative that we have a contest in which a proper debate can take place , ’ he added . |
| 71 | I , La Carlotta , I am the best opera singer in Paris . |
| 72 | She heard them clinking , and she thought : ‘ I 'm here in these lovely gardens because I am the Best Child in the World . ’ |
| 73 | Campos , who last year won the Three-Quarter Ton Cup in the Farr-designed Lone , would like to be skipper , but is realistic : ‘ I will be the skipper if I feel I am the best . ’ |
| 74 | ‘ But the King says I am the best horseman in his army . |
| 75 | I am the sole survivor of my family . |
| 76 | I am the sole author of this book , although Monsieur Francois Bergot has agreed to write the introduction . |
| 77 | Sir , — I am the General Secretary of The Bankruptcy Association of Great Britain and Ireland and I am writing to express my continuing concern over the catastrophic numbers of people going bankrupt in business — many of them businesses of long standing . |
| 78 | ‘ I 'm Ron Barton and I 'll have you know that I am the Roving Correspondent of the True Brit , the newspaper with an even bigger circulation than the Sun , and I never laid a finger on , or up , the lady . |
| 79 | Moderator I present the report , and must ask the clerk to move the deliverance as I am the corresponding member . |
| 80 | I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the gentle autumn rain . |
| 81 | I am the worrying sort . |
| 82 | I also need a formal letter in original from as owner of the vehicle that I am the permitted registered keeper and user — in the same way as I had to have such a letter from . |
| 83 | One day Jesus said to his friends : I am the Bread of Life I am the living Bread which has come down from heaven Anyone who eats this bread Shall live for . |
| 84 | I am the living Brian Jessel , a reserved man who is devoted to his family , with , yes , certainly , something of an interest in music . |
| 85 | ‘ No I am the foolish one . |
| 86 | Despite his misfortunes Maskell once reflected : ‘ I am the luckiest chap in the world . |
| 87 | Darling darling , I feel that I am the luckiest man on earth and I want you to know that I know I am . |
| 88 | I am the Special Projects Officer . |
| 89 | Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit . |
| 90 | Some headlines indicate how all the newspapers made great use of the detail which was emerging during the court trial : Jury told WRAC ‘ was sexually experienced' ( Times ) ; The Big ‘ Un 's sex sessions ( Daily Mirror ) ; I AM THE BIG ‘ UN : Para ‘ gang-rape ’ girl tells of her sex urge ( Sun ) ; MY ROMP WITH AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER ( Star ) ; Five to satisfy Big ‘ Un ( Daily Mirror ) ; Paras case girl ‘ was sex maniac' ( The Times ) ; and so on . |