Example sentences of "be [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , Sir , I come to crave of you a boon , that you will give me Rodrigo of Bivar to be my husband , with whom I shall hold myself well married , and greatly honoured ; for certain I am that his possessions will one day be greater than those of any man in your dominions . |
| 2 | Despite Leicester 's pressure the Tranmere goalkeeper was not as active as he should have been although his defence must take some credit for that . |
| 3 | One of the claimed advantages of expert systems are that their knowledge basis can be amended quickly and easily . |
| 4 | Rough guesses suggest they number round 300,000 and all predictions are that their numbers will increase . |
| 5 | Her game shows enormous improvement from a year ago , and the indications are that her breakthrough into the top 100 will come soon . |
| 6 | The chances are that her shock has been compounded by an unexpectedly extreme reaction . |
| 7 | While mass transport hindrances at cellular-subcellular lipid bilayers slow response times , the advantages of an enzyme ‘ immobilised ’ in its natural site are that its in situ regeneration may be possible , natural multienzyme metabolic pathways may be exploited , and even the generation of coenzyme and intermediate reagents may occur . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly the method works in Purdue , and reports are that its adoption elsewhere has been generally successful . |
| 9 | Early indications are that its findings and recommendations will not please the market lobby . |
| 10 | Among the most important evidence to emerge from analysis of Mansell 's start are that his Ferrari was not lined up straight and telemetry on the Ferrari indicated that he had fiercely defended his position , turning right twice to close out Prost . |
| 11 | The chances are that my friend belongs to a least one of more than 30 SUSA clubs and societies , ranging from ‘ Ballroom Dancing ’ to the ‘ Balls Juggling Club ’ and may watch the odd ( often in more ways than one ) movie at the SUSA ‘ Film Circle ’ . |
| 12 | The chances are that your holiday food was somewhat higher in salt than the diet to which you have become accustomed so you might be retaining 2–3 lb ( 1 kg ) of excess water . |
| 13 | Phone your travel agent to book a night there and the chances are that your request will be met with an equally incredulous silence , before receiving the inevitable , ‘ Where ? ’ |
| 14 | Dr Jean Coope , in Menopause , advises : ‘ You may not think the stranger is the perfect son or daughter-in-law , but the chances are that your children know who will suit them better than you do , and the sooner you accept this fact , the happier your family will be . ’ |
| 15 | The chances are that your customer is running out of funds and first in will be first served and maybe even the only one served . |
| 16 | ‘ You see , from now on our demands are that your wife and child remain unharmed and are eventually released unharmed . |
| 17 | The benefits of the balancing , bouncing and clambering are that your body is relaxed instead of recital-rigid and the voice comes over in a strong way . |
| 18 | He smiled a slow smile and pointed out callously , ‘ The chances are that your business will never get off the ground and I 'll end up cheated of the money you owe me . ’ |
| 19 | I have the feeling that those of you who would want to use the mailing label feature more than any other might find the built-in database a little feeble , but then the chances are that your main database will provide all the information you require for that kind of thing . |
| 20 | Had the Israelites been polytheists , like all the other peoples of the ancient world , a natural conclusion to have drawn from the defeat would have been that their god or gods had been overcome by the gods of the Philistines . |
| 21 | One problem with avalanche transceivers to date has been that their transmission range is only effective for other members of a group surveying the snow at the surface . |
| 22 | The busmen 's case had been that their strict schedules made the satisfactory operation of physical functions difficult . |
| 23 | It may have been that its conflicts with the communists exaggerated its importance . |
| 24 | In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the role of the Sovereign in the eventuality of a hung Parliament , such as that of 1929–31 , and the general conclusion has been that her role is essentially a passive one . |
| 25 | Ascot was barely a week past and all the indications had been that her rehabilitation as a jockey would be a matter of weeks not days . |
| 26 | Clara had actually heard one constant church attender , caught out donating a small charitable sum to the Vicar , defend herself to Mrs Maugham by saying that she had n't really meant to give it , and that she never would have given it if it had n't been that her little boy had just given up Sunday school . |
| 27 | The Saturday Review remarked that he was ‘ in no way prominent for artistic taste or knowledge ’ , and his only possible interest could have been that his London home , Montagu House , was on the opposite side of Whitehall from the site . |
| 28 | Or , simply , it may have been that his feet were bad . |
| 29 | The anecdotal view has been that his brevity of tenure reflected animosity from an Anglican establishment , disturbed by Lyell 's rejection of a recent , universal flood . |
| 30 | Well Canadian you know might have been that his father was in the Canadian army in the war . |