Example sentences of "[to-vb] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I was going to 've been Suzanne Brown , years ago , before he stole my bag . |
| 2 | That , in my own mind , though they can not be opened for the day to the public to see are gardens by comparison with which the most beautiful garden of this island is tawdry and unkempt . |
| 3 | Among the high-powered list of people expected to attend are Noel Davies , chief executive of Laird 's parent company VSEL , local MPs , trade union leaders and Merseyside Development Corporation chief Chris Farrow . |
| 4 | If you were thinking of herbaceous plants , good ones to try are Iris unguicularis and Helleborus niger , if you were looking for a shrub , I would suggest Chimonanthus praecox , or winter sweet ; Lonicera fragrantissima , one of the hammelis , perhaps H. mollis , H. intermedia or H. japonica , or Viburnum x bodnantense . |
| 5 | The first creatures to disappear are crayfish , snails and mussels , certain types of plankton , mayflies , caddis flies , followed by salmon , trout and pike . |
| 6 | One must wait to see if satellite selling proves a commercial success but it is reassuring to find are auctioneers prepared to consider new ways of offering a comprehensive sales service to their farmer clients . |
| 7 | Among prominent figures Liberation said the unit had sought to bug were actress Carole Bouquet , writer Jean-Edern Hallier , centrist politician François Froment-Meurice and lawyer Antoine Comte , who defended suspected Irish guerrillas arrested in error . |
| 8 | The first examples to appear were facsimiles of Elvis Presley 's first records for the ‘ Sun ’ label . |
| 9 | Last to appear were Doctor Stevie and Buck Finnegan . |
| 10 | And still to come is Replay Theatre Company , with its current production ‘ The Zoo Story ’ , which has been touring special schools around the province . |
| 11 | you need to write is sine of sine of forty equals what ? |
| 12 | What I want to know is Andie MacDowell 's telephone number ( get your hands out of your pockets , Corky — Ed ) . |
| 13 | First to suffer is UI UK 's hard-working public relations agency , now retained for project work only . |
| 14 | Now you can cross Snow White off and all we 've got left to find is witch , oh , there it is , right go from the W , W , W , from the W , right now come down , oh I 'd better help with this one because it 's diagonal , I T C |
| 15 | ACL would communicate the issuance of the DFR to ACL 's office at the consignee 's location ; this could be done in conjunction with the sending of an arrival notice and manifest , or separately . |
| 16 | The rider to catch was Paul Millard , number one . |
| 17 | One of the most lovable , if not the most lovable ( apart from Dawn ) , owlets I have ever had the pleasure to meet was Biggles . |
| 18 | Once back in London , one of the first people I wanted to meet was Eliot . |
| 19 | The ideal book , he thought , for teaching would-be converts systematically what they needed to know was Augustine of Hippo 's De Rudibus Catechizandis . |
| 20 | Waiting to pounce was Nigel Quigley with a header into the net . |
| 21 | Next to appear was Timur ( or Tamerlane ) in the 1380s , author of spectacular massacres and grandfather of the notable early astronomer Ulug Beg . |
| 22 | The first person to succumb was Roy Hattersley . |
| 23 | The two problems they have had to tackle are ventilation and structural safety . |
| 24 | What the labels fail to reflect are studies showing the same link with fathers who smoke . |
| 25 | Among the many historic places to visit are Richmond 's Norman castle and Easby Abbey ( reputedly linked by an underground passage which is haunted by a drummer boy ) and Aldborough Roman town with houses , courts , a forum and a temple . |
| 26 | Other paintings which failed to sell were Max Liebermann 's ‘ Allee im Tiergarten ’ ( Avenue in the Tiergarten ) and Ernst Wilhelm Nay 's ‘ Dark Rhythms on Ochre ’ . |
| 27 | An avenue Lord Owen wants to explore is compliance by Croats and Muslims in territory they control . |
| 28 | The ideal hotel from which to explore is Dedham Hall , set among tall trees in the Vale of Dedham , looking directly across towards Dedham church on one side and Flatford Mill on the other : both painted by Constable . |
| 29 | Another fascinating area to explore is Glastonbury Tor in Somerset . |
| 30 | The date to remember is Friday , July 17 , when I was honoured to be present at its rebirth , so to speak . |