Example sentences of "[adv] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The foundation of my collection has always been ideas which have a long life . |
| 32 | In previous relationships it had always been Lotta who had moved on to better things ; she 'd never been rejected before and she felt angry and humiliated , particularly as she saw her standard of living about to fall . ’ |
| 33 | It was disturbing , in an invigorating sort of way , because it had always been Mandy who saw her beauty , no matter what . |
| 34 | They had once been commuters themselves but they had waited so long for trains they had taken to living permanently in the tunnels , skulking in the darkness by day and emerging late at night to devour unwary travellers . |
| 35 | These had perhaps once been outhouses which had long ago fallen down . |
| 36 | Wayne Clark , SNA architect with Cisco Systems commented that ‘ there will always be customers who go with APPN just because they 're IBM users ’ — but that may turn out to be a dated view : even IBM these days concedes that it is no longer in a position to dictate standards in the brave new world of open systems . |
| 37 | There would always be critics who would see it all as a carrot to attract the donkey . |
| 38 | Because , going back to the point earlier on , erm , when I was taught I say , it was a local nurse from th er , the clinic that taught us I mean I 've nothi , nothing against elder women in their fifties and whatever , but I mean , there again , one , it should n't always be females who teach about sex , it should be males , and it should be younger people to relate |
| 39 | There will always be people who own more than us as well as plenty who own less than us . |
| 40 | However , she concedes that there will probably always be people who choose to work outside the mainstream , though they may not be formally organised or funded in the future . |
| 41 | Right and wrong must be standardised , or there will always be people who have the burden of guilt complexes . |
| 42 | While learning at an RYA centre guarantees success , there will always be people who will learn on a friend 's board or prefer to buy a board and teach themselves . |
| 43 | This we feel matches the real world situation , where er the poor being always with us , there will always be people who while wishing to have accommodation . |
| 44 | There will always be people who 'll take a chance . |
| 45 | There will always be books which are worth launching with a party because you are going to get wide coverage , but the half-page ad in Cosmo on your own is n't worth half as much as an advertorial that is tied in with a bookshop group . |
| 46 | But there will always be clients whose English is poor , who are bewildered or have perhaps tried but failed , and who will still need specialist care . |
| 47 | He added : ‘ Of course , there will always be parties which want to bribe and out-bribe the voters . |
| 48 | There will always be subjects which can only be handled by referring them to apparently independent adjudicators outside government . |
| 49 | One man , Hamad Hasan al-Harash , had a notebook in which he wrote down important events as he came across them : some were reports of what very old men had told him thirty or forty years ago ; others were things he had read ; others still were things which had happened to him . |
| 50 | My how like is Mary she looked so very pretty . |
| 51 | Something that came up yesterday was interview you had , and Graham to make the comment , and he , he was trying to make the point that he , what he said , what he recommended , would have to be taken up by the council , and actually by the council when it happened . |
| 52 | And it was only about we i it was wi within a couple of minutes , or , probably less Jim came in er I think he was , I do n't know where he 'd been cos his day off was Thursday I think . |
| 53 | But both are things we must be prepared to do on occasion , and both are preferable to staying at home and watching a lot of odious rubbish on television . |
| 54 | It had also been Marcus who had phoned Connon with the news of Arthur 's visit to the police station . |
| 55 | ‘ They could also be drug-runners who do n't care for strangers . |
| 56 | There should also be legislation which will protect older people against bad practice and abuse in both private and public residential care and nursing homes and in hospitals . |
| 57 | In the younger age range , there may also be spouses who have not yet reached retirement age and are still in paid employment . |
| 58 | There will also be parents who are dissatisfied with the school which their children currently attend and will be looking for an alternative . |
| 59 | With highly specialised products the models will probably be people who are already working with the product . |
| 60 | One , both were dumpers I think were n't they ? |