Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be a Jew was to be a member of a tribe , even if you 'd stopped dancing round the totem pole . |
| 2 | For example , if the only way to be a subject is to be constituted by the existing ISAs , how are we to explain the fact that a theorist such as Connolly is so convinced of the necessity of intentional subjecthood , while Althusser views it as a contingency ? |
| 3 | Henceforth to be a Christian is to be united to the risen Christ through the adoption of the Spirit . |
| 4 | To be a woman was to be a shell-less creature , bereft and vulnerable . |
| 5 | Maurice Sendak also has a clear idea of his role ( Lorraine , 1977 , p. 152 ) : ‘ To be an illustrator is to be a participant , someone who has something equally important to say as the writer of the book — occasionally something more important , but certainly never the writer 's echo ’ . |
| 6 | Never again will they imagine that to be an administrator is to be superior to being a cleaner . |
| 7 | To be an island is to be exposed to the world , after all , not protected from it , and there is no keeping of foreign fashions out of London . |