Example sentences of "be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out to be Manning Jackson 's home . ’ |
| 2 | So that would be opportunity cost ? |
| 3 | Under pressure from the South African government , and in the face of growing guerrilla warfare , Ian Smith unexpectedly announced on 24 September 1976 that there would be majority rule in the country within two years . |
| 4 | 12.58 am , Lewisham West : John Maples , a junior Treasury minister , could be election night 's first ministerial victim if Labour achieves the swing the polls are predicting in London . |
| 5 | Without the newcomers many more villages would be ghost villages and the social demoralization would be even more acute . |
| 6 | We turn our spotlight on the winners whose designs will be MKM patterns for you to knit . |
| 7 | At the local level there were to be branch juvenile exchanges and wherever possible branch care committees , and the duties of both corresponded to those of their London counterparts . |
| 8 | As an inquiry into the cause begins , one prime theory will be driver fatigue . |
| 9 | The 1991 season may turn out to be Jon Solly 's last serious crack at the 10,000m , but he is confident that he can get as far as Tokyo for the World Championships . |
| 10 | Matches to be play Jan 23 . |
| 11 | Because the City is designated , erm Cherwell District is designated , South Oxford is on the verge of being designated , like the Vale , and the only undesignated district in the county will be West Oxfordshire . |
| 12 | A fruitshop , with artificial grass banked greenly in the windows and mounds of glowing oranges , trapped little winter suns ; groping , mottled hands of bananas ; giant crinkly green roses which turned out to be savoy cabbages when you looked more closely ; buds of blackcurrant cordial which were red cabbages , to be cooked in spices and vinegar . |
| 13 | It was certainly a source of great pride to me in the nineteen sixties to be Personnel Manager of the Greenock plant , in an area which is noted to it 's erm , insecurity , to see the effects on the living standards and conditions and morale of the general community of having a manufacturing plant which had stability of labour , as well as it 's er , objectives . |
| 14 | ‘ And you must be Colin Weatherhead , ’ |
| 15 | Ceilings decorated by him are at Compton Place , Sussex , c .1728 , with reliefs of mythological subjects in high relief , as well as a plaster medallion with a portrait of an architect , who might be Colin Campbell [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | According to sources close to Mr Mandela himself , the first two men out will be Wilton Mkwayi and Elias Motsoaledi , a very influential member of the ANC old guard with positions of leadership both in the union movement and in the ANC 's military wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe . |
| 17 | And it could n't be starter Captain Keith Brown , who allegedly rejected the possibility of using a different system TWO MONTHS before the race . |
| 18 | I was to be Connie Fraser , Joel the doctor attending me . |
| 19 | Lieutenant Hammon , writing in 1635 , went further : ‘ I think they be halfe fish , halfe flesh , for they drinke like fishes and sleep like hogges . ’ |
| 20 | If p(x) then x is in the cluster but there may also be objects x , in the cluster , for which p is false . |
| 21 | He had an endearing habit at 10 o'clock of calling on each facet of his customers , starting with the lowest rank of airman , to " piss off " ; and worked through the ranks until he got to Kings ( and on this occasion it happened to be King Peter of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 22 | ‘ The Duke wants to marry his cousin , Princess Flavia , but people say she 's going to be King Rudolf 's wife and the Queen . ’ |
| 23 | Within the New Testament we find reference to pious individuals who were awaiting the redemption of Israel through the mission of a Messiah who would be King David 's greater son . |
| 24 | The writer of the Psalms was believed to be King David . |
| 25 | Although the king in The Magician who lost his Magic is not named in the story , he seems to be King Rollo , a character who has featured in an animated television series based on a series of David McKee 's books . |
| 26 | Safety first must be watch words on the farm |
| 27 | The top lot among the paintings is likely to be Van Gogh 's ‘ Blossoming almond branch in a glass ’ , which was executed at Arles in the spring of 1888 and was last exhibited in Zurich in 1924 . |
| 28 | Among the exhibitors will be Van Den Eynde , Octoplus , Garbolino , Ignesti , and Halken Hunt . |
| 29 | Question six erm A should be Lane markings and divisions , that 's the white , B for Green exit , entry slip roads , Red C for the hard shoulder and D the amber central reserve . |
| 30 | Plans are under way to have a Fun Day around about mid-summers day — based in the hall there will be day-time attractions and a Bar-B-Que and dance in the evening . |