Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Scouting attracts the hooligans , ’ he told the National Defence Association in 1910 , ‘ who are really the fellows of character if you can turn them in the right way ; and no doubt these fellows will be of some use to us in the future instead of being absolute waste material , fit only to be buried . ’ |
| 2 | But no doubt some of the original Hooligans — ‘ instead of being absolute waste material , fit only to be buried ’ as Baden-Powell had somewhat indelicately described the goal of reclamation — were buried alongside them , remembered only in the writings and memoirs of youth workers which act as their tombstones . |
| 3 | ACTORS dressed up as Vikings for a Welsh S4C documentary were challenged by local people in Swansea and accused of being New Age travellers . |
| 4 | Powerless to halt the irresistible Simon Irving and Paul Johnson , Howe led a spirited fightback with a try , to which Dave Cooke — the best of the title holders ' backs — added another , but Johnson later confirmed Yorkshire 's legitimate hopes of being northern group winners with a third score from the backs . |
| 5 | Costs have the reputation of being bad fur profit . |
| 6 | THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST ALDWYCH THEATRE , LONDON |
| 7 | Again , the realization of the downside of being beautiful hit Matt . |
| 8 | What she died of was acute liver failure . ’ |
| 9 | All she could think of was pine-scented engine oil and the need to get it out of her system . |
| 10 | The main local interest looks like being New Marske-based Tom Farrell 's open racer In The Secret , which clocked a useful 36.98 secs winning a three-dog 580 metres trial by 6 7 lengths at Sunderland , finishing very strongly . |
| 11 | Calvert 's Ruffside Rock , which has also impressed at Sunderland , has been drawn in trap one for the March Puppy Stakes , over 460 metres , and the danger looks like being Shawfield-based wind runner Cocoa Powder , out of trap four . |
| 12 | Or could it be ? is with him at the end of the day only evidence against is weak identification evidence then the case would have been thrown out . |
| 13 | Clearly impressed with is new-found walking advertisement , he finds Madonna ‘ very easy to get along with . |
| 14 | Take those away and all you 're left with is psychological value judgements . |
| 15 | The first idea she came up with was managing workplace nurseries for companies . |
| 16 | From being shifty Mrs Goreng started to become nervous and then irritable . |
| 17 | Hillier , who guided Langley from being perennial re-election candidates to a first division side in only two seasons , announced his decision to quit after yesterday 's 2–1 win Gretna . |
| 18 | Wooed from being European marketing director of Coca-Cola , Hogan was then , and remains now , the architect of FI 'S promotional side , if only because Marlboro controls so great a proportion of the FI budget : through direct sponsorship of its teams , through individual contracts with drivers , through sponsorship of races , through general advertising , through supporting the press , through the general glamorizing of the sport . |
| 19 | From being little-known property owners , who were simply willing to risk where others hesitated , the Reichmanns were suddenly stars in the financial firmament of America . |
| 20 | For example , there are dual currency bonds , where the coupon payments are in one currency and the redemption proceeds are in another ; currency change bonds , where coupons are first paid in one currency and then in another ; deferred coupon bonds , where there is a delay in the payment of the first coupon ; multiple coupon bonds , where the coupon payments change over the life of the bond ( although in a predetermined manner ) , fixed-then-floating bonds , where the coupons change from being fixed rate to floating rate ; floating-then-zero bonds , where the bonds change from being floating-rate coupon bonds to zero-coupon bonds ; and missing coupon bonds , where a coupon payment is missed whenever a dividend payment on the issuing corporation 's shares are missed . |
| 21 | Oh I 'd I 'd like to be a a delegate at conference but I ca n't be a candidate this year cos I 'm captain of my and I think I 'll be a bit busy anyway to be honest doing press work . |
| 22 | The best material at this stage was found to be charcoal-grey trouser flannel . |
| 23 | Well though some of it was coming from Argentine , that used to be boneless Argentine beef . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , there is bound to be substantial job displacement and creation , and the various tendencies highlighted by the Council for Science and Society ( CSS 1981 ) , and by such writers as Mike Cooley ( n.d. ) and Tony Watts ( 1983 ) , have to be taken seriously . |
| 25 | The engravings by eighteenth-century European masters hanging nearby seemed to be suitable study material but not for display and the paintings were particularly disappointing . |
| 26 | Mrs Thatcher did not have much time for the body and abolished it after the election victory in 1983 — an example perhaps of her dislike for so-called ‘ professional ’ advice that purports to be above party politics . |
| 27 | President Arístides Maria Pereira announced at an extraordinary congress of the PAICV on July 26 , 1990 , that he was stepping down as party leader as a first step towards the ending of one-party rule , declaring that the President had to be above party politics . |
| 28 | However , since the essence of this form of enterprise is the relationship between the partners , to be successful business decisions must be made with the consensus of all partners . |
| 29 | but what they 're saying , i i it 's not going to be egalitarian land reform |
| 30 | However , companies which have ceased to be private client favourites include Tarmac , British Petroleum , Lonrho , Trafalgar House and Fisons . |