Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says in Mexico for instance there are communities who depend on it for their livelihood and who benefit from the sale of the wood . |
| 2 | For Callinicos it is October which made the vision of social transformation ‘ concrete ’ . |
| 3 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 4 | Of course there are people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds ; of course we must do what we can about it . |
| 5 | well how can you not get somewhat attached to a child , I mean of course there 's children you do n't like , like adults you do n't like |
| 6 | Of course there were friends whom I could have asked , but I had seen an opportunity to be stubborn and had dismissed each of her suggested candidates with tiresome and irrelevant objections — too fat , too blonde , too tall , too many teeth . |
| 7 | Then erm , of course there were people who lectured on er gate courses on elementary German , there was a friend of Doctor , who used to go out and , to units and erm give lessons in German and erm there were , there was a unit of Polish erm soldiers stationed , they had an armoured train , believe it or not , which was erm parked at Saxmundham and erm every so often , particularly at night , they used to trample up and down the line . |
| 8 | Of course it was England which gave cricket toAustralia . |
| 9 | When they cross a region of space–time it is space–time itself that vibrates . |
| 10 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |
| 11 | Well cos at er , there were n't enough tide to take it away , I mean you ta you get clay well that 's , that 's solid and the amount of stuff I was dredge they use and use it , now we 're not the only ones got it , they got people from Harwich , people from Felixstowe , they were all dumping out there . |
| 12 | In times of trouble it is children who suffer most — whether through war or the daily grind of poverty . |
| 13 | Whereas your letters indicate that loyal subjects who have previously supported the Monarchy now feel that mistakes need to be acknowledged and if Her Majesty is not to be seen as hopelessly out of touch and out of date it is time she stood up and publicly said sorry . |
| 14 | It was acknowledged that within the heart of London there were areas which required remodelling and these would offer opportunities ‘ for a fine architectural treatment ’ . |
| 15 | In Difficulties with girls there are passages which recall that lift of the old proud head . |
| 16 | For example there are people who are developing new plastics on industrial contracts erm within a department with our school . |
| 17 | She stopped abruptly , suddenly afraid to say the words aloud in case they were words he would n't want to hear . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes ? ’ she answered , her voice guarded in case it was Jason who was calling . |
| 19 | In part it was geography which made this possible . |
| 20 | In addition there are dancers whose forte is to demonstrate the different national styles when Scottish , Polish , Hungarian and other national dances are included in such ballets as Coppélia and Swan Lake . |
| 21 | But in addition there are issues which form the local background to any given dispute , and other factors which constitute the broader societal context of conflict . |
| 22 | ‘ Bear in mind there are people who suffer lifelong injury which can never be put right . |
| 23 | Even in England there were riots which needed cavalry charges to contain them and when the period opened Fenians were letting off bombs . |
| 24 | ‘ They have been treated , therefore , as persons in a different situation from mere contractors for then they would have been exempt , but in truth they are purchasers who have acquired an interest not in a mere chattel , but in a subject of a permanent nature … ’ |
| 25 | In Milan there were riots which , in 1898 , resulted in the army being ordered to fire on the crowd . |
| 26 | In Virginia it is family which matters , and the Telscombes are a very old family . |
| 27 | Hess has protected them , although in theory they are people he should not even know . |
| 28 | In mine it is Philonous who finally says , ‘ All right ’ ( though note that it is followed by ‘ but ’ ) . |
| 29 | Yet on their home turf in France it is Renault who are the market leaders with 27 per cent against Peugeot 's 24 per cent and Citroen 's 11 . |
| 30 | Within organisations and even within departments there are values which take priority and create the culture . |