Example sentences of "[prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Afshan Begum explains in her thesis ‘ In many cases parents expect that the girl will , whenever they demand , give up everything ( e.g. a course in further education or training or a career ) and submit without question to a marriage they have arranged for her … these hidden cases which no one gets to hear about are the real tragedies . ’ |
| 2 | Could it be that the only people they really care about are the ones who can afford big cars and foreign holidays ? |
| 3 | What I am talking about are the contexts in which people have sexual relationships . |
| 4 | ‘ The experts I 'm talking about are the ex-members of various secret services and police forces . |
| 5 | As Nayacakalou ( 1961 , p. 125 ) has said , ‘ the people in a village can not be bothered with neat pigeonholes — what they are concerned about are the exigencies of their daily lives ’ . |
| 6 | The main points to think — about are the positioning of the boiler and hot water cylinder , the sizes and running of pipes , the types to be used and the avoidance of airlocks . |
| 7 | But because they have to leave by 10pm , all they have time for are the basic tasks , such as cooking dinner , feeding Elaine , taking off her make-up and getting her ready for bed . |
| 8 | What Fussell is looking for are the records of the little people , to discover what the war was like for them . |
| 9 | Newer cars to look for are the Citroen BX range , the Peugeot 205 and 309 GRTD , and , if your pocket runs to it , Renault 's smashing little Clio RN1.9D or Citroen 's brilliant ZX Reflex 1.9D . |
| 10 | All you have to pay for are the meals . |
| 11 | WHAT TO LISTEN FOR Are the walls solid or can you hear the neighbours clearly through them ? |
| 12 | What we are looking for are the exceptional unsung heroes and heroines in other walks of life . ’ |
| 13 | What you 're aiming for are the receding depths of the river concealing its greater mysteries , while your fish flirt unawares in the foreground … |
| 14 | Some good ones to look out for are the 1940's style Retro Dryer from Clairol , £24.95 . |
| 15 | The idea is to spend a few days at a hotel and all you have to pay for are the meals and any extras , such as wine . |
| 16 | No , the only buggers Sam Snort has any time for are the boys down in the gay bars who have affectively tendered their resignation from the Snortian fields of romantic endeavour . |
| 17 | While it was the foetus or child en ventre sa mère who was injured , the damages sued for are the damages suffered by the plaintiff Ann since birth and which she will continue to suffer as a result of that injury . |
| 18 | Other subtle , country hues to look out for are the Alabaster and Mushroom Duo Signature eyeshadow box in Estée Lauder 's 1990 make-up collection ; Shiseido 's Pearl and Onyx Triple System Eyeshadow shades from the Subtle Contrasts collection ; and for the eyelashes , Guerlain 's new treatment Starcils mascara in shades Brun and Noir . |
| 19 | One of the most welcome sights around Hailing which we can thank the Romans for are the pheasants , it is reckoned they were first introduced by them and were quickly established here in Kent . |
| 20 | The areas through are the safe was only built fifteen years ago , right the way through . |
| 21 | In between are the ‘ fair ’ judges , whose judgement is seen to be unaffected by mood or the time of the day , and whose punishment fits the crime . |
| 22 | Malcolm , incidentally , after being the man of the match in Trinidad , took 0 for 188 here , partly at least because he persisted in bowling short whereas before he had pitched the ball up . |
| 23 | After being the man who 'd sell his sister , he was about to become the man who 'd lost his wife . |
| 24 | Another worker — off sick after being the victim of a hit-and-run accident — was also made redundant by the bank , the NatWest , according to the main banking union . |
| 25 | But Spartak proved to be much better than I and , no doubt , Liverpool , imagined and deservedly earned their passage after being the more accomplished side over both legs . |
| 26 | I 've got it here in , in , in black and white , Mao said what we are after is the abolition of feudal ties , to get rid of feudalism . |
| 27 | The most sought after is the silver and golden holly , which is essential for making the most attractive wreaths . |
| 28 | is a filter function representing smearing due to a finite beam size , and is the conformal time , where a(t) is the cosmological scale factor . |
| 29 | Yes the they were much the same as they are now but er , of course the one nearest was the er spraying hanger , that 's where they used to build the Swallow side-cars , the main office building there 's a large hanger with large sliding doors at the back of there which used to house the erm experimental department for the Harvard Aircraft and erm they used to operate the flight gang from there getting the planes ready to go up to be actually tested , and then the next hanger up was very much er starting from scratch and finishing the aircraft structurally you know . |
| 30 | Pipeline was easy to judge since it was basically a one-manoeuvre event : what everyone was after was the tube . |