Example sentences of "be [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone has learned how to operate a word-processor or complete an accurate and intelligible technical drawing then it may be that these are skills he can build upon and will not have to relearn . |
| 2 | ‘ The way things are suits us both . |
| 3 | These are suits you can push to the limit . |
| 4 | Princey and Dukey , here are mum you 'll probably do it better than me Prince and Duke and pussy cats |
| 5 | These are titles I cherish and do not intend to give up easily . |
| 6 | Yes , there are times we should cut the crap and get on with the ‘ real ’ issues of starvation and disease , but to dismiss all problems of prejudice and inequality as whining self-pity is callous beyond belief . |
| 7 | There are times we dream you back to being |
| 8 | I tell you , Rose , there are times I wish Araminta had married Quatt , and welcome . ’ |
| 9 | ’ There are times you do n't agree in football . |
| 10 | If they are voluminous , they are not notes — if they are notes they are not voluminous . |
| 11 | There are projects we 're working on in Santa Barbara that — ’ |
| 12 | Indian journalists are busily burrowing into the business affairs of the prime minister 's family , and there are signs they might find something embarrassing . |
| 13 | Her hands are claws she keeps concealed within her rags and tatters . |
| 14 | They often go out as individuals , and where there are clubs we either do not hear from them , or their existence is short-lived . |
| 15 | There are rules we have to keep . |
| 16 | The snows of yesteryear have gone ; but look , there are chains we can not strike off . |
| 17 | So , so there 's that , there 's that kind of incentive behind it and , and , and , and that normal yield is , is gon na operate for three years , if there are improvements we 're still gon na keep that the normal yield tax based exactly the same . |
| 18 | And because they , too , are prisoners they detest the convicts , and their children ape their elders and shout ‘ Fascists ! ’ as the zeks walk in their guarded column between the Zone and the Factory . |
| 19 | There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home . |
| 20 | As many of our readers are non-members we have included a page ‘ What is the NCT ’ . |
| 21 | There are traps you can fall into if you do too much television — although I 've been on a lot since '89 , I do tend to turn most things down . |
| 22 | But at the end of the day they are n't in that league cos most thieves are opportunists they seize a common opportunity that is presented to them by or it could be they 've actually just watched her go out and more of a chance . |
| 23 | Be they established classics or minor masterpieces , these are books you will want to keep . |
| 24 | ‘ These are words I 've not used for five years . ’ |
| 25 | This shows that they are words you are mentioning , or borrowing from another type of discourse , rather than words which you are using " in your own voice " . |
| 26 | Because neither of us are designers it was essential to invest , up-front , in some careful design in order to make the production as easy as possible . |
| 27 | The demands of personal intimacy are demands they are just not prepared to meet . |
| 28 | As long as I am President we will continue to lead in support of freedom everywhere , not out of arrogance , and not out of altruism , but for the safety and security of our children . " |
| 29 | As we are time-travellers we can peer into the future and notice that it is the professional class that will have the last laugh ; for the ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ( as Marx called them ) took over from the gentry . |
| 30 | There you are David I bet you picked one up in your |