Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 32 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 33 | The implants used to replace the hip are manufactured for this market by a dozen or so companies , many of which are multinationals with their main marketing base in the United States . |
| 34 | In 1284 the statute of Wales declares that ‘ all those which are subject unto our power should be governed with due order , to the honour and praise of God and of Holy Church , and the advancement of justice ’ . |
| 35 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 36 | In his memoirs , which are monuments to his own consistency , he answered this question in the negative : while admitting that he had no pre-established plan ( naturally since that would have been the kind of dogmatic thinking that he abhorred ) , he insisted that " the broad outlines were fixed in my mind … |
| 37 | They said they hoped ‘ the bombings of old buildings , which are part of our heritage and which have enormous potential for tourism , will cease ’ . |
| 38 | Specifiedly general objects , such as forms and universals , by their very nature stand for the many things which are instances of them : a single particular may be in a variety of relations — most obviously causal , spatial or temporal - to others , but the nature of a ‘ standing for ’ relation is obscure . |
| 39 | How , that is , do they relate to the particular things which are instances of them , and to our minds when we think of those things as men , or as triangles ? |
| 40 | Alan Davidson 's previous books include two on fish — North Atlantic Seafood and Mediterranean Seafood — which are classics of their kind . |
| 41 | Buildings which were evidence of its 900 years history have disappeared and their places taken by unremarkable retail stores and car parks so that several references to streets and buildings in the book are difficult to follow . |
| 42 | Governments had to live up to the mythical images of themselves which were part of their acceptability . |
| 43 | The further north we reached the more weird and wonderful floating contraptions we encountered , merchant ships converted to drilling barges , special pipe-laying barges which were mini-townships within themselves with populations of up to 200 crewmen . |
| 44 | The endurance of rivers , which is part of what makes them such a potent symbol in our culture , is also precisely the reason why they matter so much to ecologists and scientists . |
| 45 | The result is a slightly elusive quality which is part of its singular attraction . |
| 46 | Adolescents are going to be embarrassed and ashamed if a teacher suggests that their dialect , which is part of their identity , must be radically changed . |
| 47 | ‘ They are due to the unpredictable nature and power of the bounce of these castles , which is part of their fun . |
| 48 | Their very idiosyncratic and undemocratic nature , which is part of their strength , can lead to their rule by a narrow and self-selecting group . |
| 49 | I particularly like the Windlite from Mountain Equipment ( £60 ) which is part of their Compak range , the New Gobi jacket from Rohan ( £54 ) and the Microlite from Field and Trek ( £62 ) , all of which are comfortable , practical jackets that pack down very small . |
| 50 | Can I ask a question please , who will determine what is the most important work which is part of our promise , list |
| 51 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 52 | Catherine Somerville brings to her work a wide experience of people and places and a dramatic sense of colour which is combines with her ability as a draughtswoman . |
| 53 | Some lenders have already had their fingers burnt and have had to write off loans and lose their investments , rather than take on responsibility for contaminated land which was part of their security . |
| 54 | Was it a Government commitment which was part of their manifesto ? |
| 55 | ‘ He gave me so much — quite apart from sexual fulfilment , which was part of it , and a very exciting and wonderful part because he taught me so much about sex . ’ |
| 56 | These he carried home , partly because the little room lacked storage space , partly to appease the secretive , magpie instinct which was part of his nature : he loved to keep , hide , obfuscate , cover his tracks ; he had fantasies in the watches of the night of other scholars stealing a march on him and publishing the definitive study of Walter Machin first ( though how that would be possible , in view of his privileged position , he would have been hard put to it to say ) . |
| 57 | Gerry , a member of the Belfast Telegraph staff for 25 years , and previously with the Irish News , underwent a quadruple heart by-pass operation in 1983 but within a week he had started writing his column again from his hospital bed — a column which was part of his life . |
| 58 | Her decision to decline the Home Office job — which was promotion from her previous junior role at the Health Department — surprised her colleagues at Westminster . |
| 59 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 60 | Since then she has written to tell us of her first reply and we thought you 'd also be interested in some of the suggestions that came in , including Dee Murton 's account of the origin of these cardboard cones which was news to us . |