Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gained a lot of brownie points , for example , when the company announced its record interim losses of £45.1m and then revealed plans to sell off the majority of is leisure division . |
| 2 | ‘ While I support the building of am ambulance station at Whitehill , I feel that urgent consideration must be given to an emergency unit close by , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
| 4 | Pc Keith Black went into the toilet with Mr. Smith and they found the figure to be Mr. Thurgood , wearing a T-shirt which fitted the soldiers ' description . |
| 5 | One of the bonuses of being Magazine Editor is that you get a three minute Pastoral visit once a month . |
| 6 | News Reporter of the Year was Anthony Coppin of the West Lancashire Evening Gazette and the honour of being feature Writer of the Year was shared by Peter Richardson of the Lancashire Evening Post and Diane Robinson of the Manchester Evening News . |
| 7 | In other words , there are some activities , which although similar to investment business , are not deemed for the purposes of the Act to be investment business and therefore do not require authorization . |
| 8 | The Yanks consider the Chainsaw to be punk rock . |
| 9 | That community , for historical reasons , happens at the moment to be East Sussex , the whole of East Sussex including Brighton , Eastbourne , Hastings and so on , and a substantial slice of West Sussex , so that our open community courses are available in these areas . |
| 10 | The desire to be Miles Hunt soon led to the Levellers . |
| 11 | By doing this , I think players would think twice before pulling out of Tour Events as it could mean the difference of being world number one and world number two , which I believe means a great deal more to them than they would like to admit . |
| 12 | We have received no convincing answers either from UKOOA or the Government as to the procedure that needs to be observed to ensure that offshore workers not only enjoy the right to be trade union members but can have their trade unions recognised by their employers . |
| 13 | To wit , the chance to be Ms Galahad , the Amazon on the white horse ( or , in this case , the dyke in the black taxi ) , who rescues the fair damozel in distress . |
| 14 | " the Under Roome of the howse wherein the Schoole ys nowe kepte to and for the use of the Schoole to be kepte theere for ever . |
| 15 | That 's the trouble with being car drivers is n't it ? |
| 16 | Queen in her own right , yes ; but only of that junior partner , while being fêted and ultimately enjoying the pleasures of being queen consort of the senior . |
| 17 | What tended in the past to be action stories have , without loss of excitement in the best examples such as the stories and novels of John Christopher and Nicholas Fisk , become serious exercises in prediction . |
| 18 | When all who direct , manage , control , teach , undertake research , plan and administer are ‘ bureaucrats ’ in the sense of being state functionaries , it is difficult to identify the class element in what is a large and heterogeneous stratum containing different and conflicting interests , such as those between the party and the scientific and technical intelligentsia , or the higher levels of state administration and the management of economic institutions . |
| 19 | While the 7EGNS has a low action and plays easily , there is a tendency for the strings to buzz , and close inspection reveals the cause to be nut slots cut too deeply on the A and D strings . |
| 20 | The concept of a failure rate of over 25% in the First Division has raised objections from those who understand that an omelette can not be made without first breaking some eggs but would rather not run the risk of being dairy produce . |
| 21 | Readers must decide for themselves but should bear in mind the words of the man who has followed in the footsteps of Mr Jason Donovan as the eponymous star of Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat : ‘ It 's not the easiest thing in the world to be Phillip Schofield 's girlfriend . ’ |
| 22 | The board master performs this service on a voluntary basis and the prerequisite of being board master is knowing the fishing thoroughly ; because he has to tell new guests where to go , how to get there , which path to take , which bog to avoid , where not to fall in — so he really must know what he is talking about . |
| 23 | It is also true at a more subtle level in that Nyerere , perhaps the finest political debater in Africa land responsible for the first translation of Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar into kiSwahili ) , left himself with no-one to debate with , at least until he left the presidency to be party chairman in 1985 . |
| 24 | Putting aside the personal feud between Streisand and Matthau , Crawford considered the one ‘ destructive element ’ in the production to be Ernest Lehman , who walked around looking unhappy throughout . |
| 25 | Although in the oases they made gardens , perhaps even carried on other spare-time occupations , they were forbidden to trade and did not have the time to be truck drivers . |
| 26 | Otherwise nothing was changed as a result of being world champion , absolutely nothing … |
| 27 | Many thanks for concocting a circular for 's Edinburgh week-end . |
| 28 | Losing one player does not take a team from being championship contenders to relegation candidates I 'm sure he is , but there is no bottomless pit of money , so certain players may end up being sold . |
| 29 | Former gang members shall be given a chance to be patrol buddies in assisting in the protection of the neighbourhoods . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've no wish to be crocodile fodder . ’ |