Example sentences of "[vb base] be [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Wittgenstein , this initial belief is as incoherent as the solipsist 's claim to be able to set up a private language , since it relies upon too great a gap between our behaviour ( including linguistic behaviour ) and internal mental life . |
| 2 | Now I I remember talking to him for hours once on a programme about education and this was when he first said what we want is teachers to be accountable . |
| 3 | Manman/X takes Ask 's portfolio to four product families , the others being Manman HP , Manman VAX and MAX CIM . |
| 4 | The only other point I make is reply to Charles I have some sympathy to him Charles in trying to defend the er the indefensible . |
| 5 | You should be , if you 've been party to extortion . |
| 6 | So I really can say I 've been Cake-Maker to the king ! |
| 7 | From time to time there have been limits to the amount that councils can spend per house ( the ‘ cost yardstick ’ ) and minimum standards have been established since the 1967 recommendations of the Parker Morris Committee . |
| 8 | ‘ There have been approaches to the LEC on several occasions , but apart from an initial contribution of £1,000 , there has been no help ’ , Mr Orde said . |
| 9 | As Henry signs the new treaty at the French court , the camera moves in to a close-up as he recalls the faces of the people who have been friends to him in more dissolute days , and have now followed him into battle . |
| 10 | As for us , we have your story , we have a saint who has made her way back to us by strange ways , and we have those who have been friends to her on that journey , and may well believe , as you believe , that the lady has been in control of her own destiny , and choosing her own friends and her own dependants . |
| 11 | As a result , there have been changes to land-clearance contracts , including the replacement of grasses by leguminous species that provide a better protective cover and enhance the nitrogen content of the soil . |
| 12 | Purdey 's have been gunmakers to the royal family since Queen Victoria 's time , and the miniature pair was donated by Athol Purdey , grandson of the firm 's founder , in a traditional leather gun case complete with cleaning rod , tow and oil . |
| 13 | For seventy years we have been slaves to the tyrannical French . |
| 14 | Apart from visits to the local hospital , there have been trips to St Thomas ' Hospital in London , where Graham is seen regularly by one of the world 's most eminent dermatologists . |
| 15 | We all like to feel we have been witness to something out of the ordinary , preferably unique , and that is why the unprecedented sight of 33 catches in a Test match was titillating . |
| 16 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |
| 17 | Some clubs have been party to the ‘ Augusta effect ’ — using chemicals to emulate greens seen on TV . |
| 18 | These houses have been homes to squattors for the past 4 years . |
| 19 | Instinctively , they are good players ; what they need is exposure to international matches . |