Example sentences of "be [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is difficult for an individual complainant to show that there has been discrimination against him/her on the grounds of race . |
| 32 | The times when persons in power wish to check the excesses of public writers are times at which a large body of opinion or sentiment is hostile to the executive . |
| 33 | Both the singing and the dialogue ( of which there is a good deal ) are expressive and sparkling , though there are times in her two solos , when Christiane Castelli ( Gontran ) seems a little uncertain pitch and fragile of tone . |
| 34 | There are times in our lives when we are particularly vulnerable and can easily be hurt . |
| 35 | But even if we 've known him for many years , if we 're committed Christians , if we 've been followers of Jesus , there are occasions , there are times in our life when there is turmoil and there is unrest and if we allow him to se , to take control he is able to bring peace . |
| 36 | She wants friends who are artists like herself . ’ |
| 37 | All of these are projects in which the government holds a controlling interest and in which it has a strong commercial partner . |
| 38 | The process usually involves the stimulation of indigenous subsurface microorganisms to degrade chemicals on-site , although there have been cases in which microorganisms with some specialised metabolic capabilities have been added . |
| 39 | The cases to which I have so far referred have all , bar one , been cases in which a wife has given security or become a surety for her husband 's obligations . |
| 40 | At the same time , there have been cases in which ‘ the inference of illegal conspiracy ’ has been drawn from ‘ detailed similarity of behaviour ’ . |
| 41 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 42 | For the United States , this has been part of its purpose as an aspect of counter-insurgency policy : to prevent the mass of the population defecting to the FMLN and its allies , and to deal with the social and economic costs of about half a million displaced persons . |
| 43 | , Thomas ( d. c. 1276 ) , revolutionary mayor of London 1263–5 , was a draper with considerable property in the city , whose family had been part of its aldermanic ruling class since at least the 1220s . |
| 44 | It would have been part of their worship and prayers to say with confidence , ‘ Glory belongs to God ’ . |
| 45 | In many other trades , crafts and professions , vocational qualifications have been part of their prosperous development and I therefore commend to you that we be attentive . |
| 46 | And two women pictured chatting at a cottage door ‘ Miss Jewitt and Miss Carter , Mickley 1921 , ’ as Louisa 's typically matter-of-fact caption notes sport fanciful bonnets that ca n't have been part of their everyday dress . |
| 47 | Self-confidence had not been part of her education so , despite her brief period of employment at de Levantiére 's , she felt insecure and nervous when she met new people . |
| 48 | The only evening dress she had brought with her was the colour of well-polished copper , which added a little colour to her pale complexion , but it was not going to be warm enough and so she took the mink that had been part of her trousseau from the wardrobe and slung it around her shoulders . |
| 49 | Miss Hannah Hauxwell , dressed in men 's trousers and old jacket so torn that it looked as though savaging by wolf packs had once been part of her daily routine , looked at me mildly . |
| 50 | Fully awake now , Polly lay absolutely still , her mind racing as she tried to work out what was real and what had been part of her dream . |
| 51 | That had certainly been part of her reason for slipping away . |
| 52 | Whereas in the UK a general degree is a particular type of undergraduate curriculum , in the USA general education has for long been part of everyone 's undergraduate degree , along with electives ( options ) and a major subject . |
| 53 | Been part of my mental baggage for many a year . ’ |
| 54 | When he was at school , Gazzer 's graffiti had been part of his act : another way of establishing himself as a ‘ character ’ , of making his mates laugh . |
| 55 | As we did so he explained he had taken the day off , instead of next Sunday , which would have been part of his free week-end . |
| 56 | This may , however , have simply been part of his lifelong preoccupation with correct dress : one friend remarked that his clothes were English , his underclothes American . " |
| 57 | I wanted to live awhile among those who had been part of his childhood and his last few years . |
| 58 | The confrontation between President Zviad Gamsakhurdia and opposition forces , including those who had once been part of his regime as fellow nationalists , continued throughout October . |
| 59 | And although Big Flame was never an ‘ entryist ’ party-within-a-party , like some of the Trotskyite groups , including Militant Tendency , everyone who had been part of it remained friends . |
| 60 | This new interest has not relied simply on a moral redefinition of ‘ crime ’ to draw attention to analogous , but uncriminalised , activities of the ruling class ( although that has been part of it ) . |