Example sentences of "[conj] be [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More particularly , those who owed their careers and their satisfactions to grammar schools , or were headmasters of them , feared that the progressive elimination of those schools might make it more difficult for the maintained sector to compete effectively with the independent schools . |
| 2 | Forest dwellers were not to be compelled to attend the swanimotes , nor those who lived outside the forest to attend the Forest Eyre , unless they were accused of an offence , or were sureties for someone else . |
| 3 | Or is part of it missing so that you trust what you know but wonder what the rest is like ? |
| 4 | 1 The established constitution and the rules that are part of it are an aspect of the constraining context that operates on everyday politics . |
| 5 | ‘ Masterworks Portrait ’ has equally fine artists of a slightly older generation in beautifully presented performances that are classics of their time — Mitropoulos in and podium stalwarts such as Ormandy , Walter and Szell . |
| 6 | I am sure we all know horses that are exceptions to them — thoroughbred chestnut mares that are calm and placid and bay cobs who are nervy and excitable . |
| 7 | That were part of it that 's all . |
| 8 | Although I was n't brought up in the Jewish faith — my mother would n't hear of it — he still passed on to me all those standards that were part of his own upbringing and would never tolerate what he from time to time described as my ‘ unacceptable behaviour ’ . |
| 9 | It was a set of problems that were problems to no-one but Germany , and the solutions were calculated to satisfy no-one but Germany . |
| 10 | ‘ It is far better than being prey to anybody who wants to come along and attack you . ’ |
| 11 | Conditions in the base camp that is home to me , photographer David Hill , the remaining 15 expedition members , 18 Sherpas , three cooks , three kitchen boys , and one mail runnner are harsh . |
| 12 | The image has an integrity that is part of its physical make-up . |
| 13 | Perhaps for many people who come to live in the town that is part of its attraction . |
| 14 | And suddenly hearing something that is part of your body , out there , beyond your control , entering other people 's lives — it was too much for me , I just collapsed , crying , everyone had to hold me up … ‘ |
| 15 | Take a note that 's avenue for you to explore . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , I see , ’ said Greg , feeling he was talking about a coterie that was way outside his usual sphere of research . |
| 17 | It would be the first time she had ever been with John to a place that was part of her own particular world , unless one counted the Ash Wednesday lunchtime service at her uncle 's church . |
| 18 | And if there were h a wagon or a hutch went off the road there you were with not enough height to lift it all back off the rail again and believe me that was experience in itself . |
| 19 | He was n't able to remember many details , but he could remember that feeling , the sickening slump of the heart that was Sunday in his boyhood , a day his parents kept holy with somnolence , dullness and decorum . |
| 20 | and two more Oxfordshire drivers Alastair Barnes and Jeff Orford also got home … and this year that was victory in itself … |
| 21 | It was not love at first sight , but between the speaker and this member of his audience there developed a rapport that was fascination on her side and intense curiosity on his . |
| 22 | Some result from experiences or preferences , and are reactions to our fears or those we feel are some kind of threat to us . |
| 23 | By the close of that decade even writers like Thackeray , who are content to believe that all is well in the other nation , are none the less keenly aware of the divide — though he sees no reason to cross it — between a gentleman and his servants , ‘ who live with us all our days and are strangers to us : so strong custom is , and so pitiless the distinction between class and class ’ . |
| 24 | These are allowed for in the balance sheet and are part of your education . |
| 25 | These areas are rich in animal and plant life and are home to our brackish fish , the Sand Goby ( Pomatoschistus minutus ) and the Three-spined Stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) . |
| 26 | The contributors are all active researchers in Russian institutes and are authorities in their respective fields . |
| 27 | Both of them have workshops at the Abbey and are members of what they call a spiritual community there . |
| 28 | These are all matters which would arise in any reform of the law to encompass some such principle as Woolwich contend for and are matters with which the legislature is best equipped to deal . |
| 29 | Back in 1646 , one of the few articulate defenders of such deluded people maintained that those who would undertake drainage ‘ have always vilified the Fens , and have misinformed many Parliament men , that all the Fens is a mere quagmire … of little or no value : but those which live in the Fens , and are neighbours to it , know the contrary . ’ |
| 30 | The realization that I 'd been hankering all along to come here , and be part of it . ’ |