Example sentences of "force [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which case ‘ history ’ becomes a force to be resisted by readers who like literature , and who may also like history , but have never thought they were one and the same thing . |
| 2 | To that extent , it still is a force to be reckoned with . ’ |
| 3 | Victory went to McConnochie 's Golden Friend , whose win puts him in line for a tilt at next year 's Grand National , while Stephenson 's The Thinker proved that he will again be a force to be reckoned with in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March . |
| 4 | ON May 13 , 1986 , we published an article entitled ‘ A force to be reckoned with ’ which mentioned factors likely to deter potential black recruits from joining the police force at that time and cited as one example ‘ the beating to death of a black Hell 's Angel by policemen ’ . |
| 5 | Whether it allows the exercise of force to be more controlled and effective has yet to be seen . |
| 6 | After an unsatisfactory performance in the Reading Head a month ago , Oxford brought in a relatively inexperienced stroke , Ian Gardiner , who learnt his rowing at Oxford , and the Dark Blues immediately became a force to be reckoned with . |
| 7 | He was now a force to be reckoned with . |
| 8 | I consider Hardraw Force to be the most impressive natural feature in the north . |
| 9 | Truly , we are a force to be reckoned with . |
| 10 | Smith looked to the discipline which he encountered in the Volunteer Force to be put to good use , while the programme of uniform , bands , drill , camps , recreation rooms , and religious instruction was intended to attract young adolescents so that their leisure time might be ‘ organized ’ . |
| 11 | Behind the solitary constable was a vast army of doppelgänger wheeling and cavorting in the city 's Sefton Park , ready and available to reinforce the power of the patrol officer , a force to be reckoned with for those who might dispute the territory of the street . |
| 12 | Consequently secular logic views selfishness within oneself as a force to be harnessed and in others as a weakness to be exploited . |
| 13 | ( No one , of course , believes that the Liberal Democrats can do any more than secure a hung parliament — but there is a very real possibility that this may happen and they are therefore a force to be considered . |
| 14 | Obviously it 's nowhere near as deep or complicated as Bard 's Tale , but it 's still a force to be reckoned with — especially now you get the expansion set thrown in too . |
| 15 | A force to be reckoned with |
| 16 | Referring to falling numbers in the League , she reiterated the words of our foundress , Margaret Fletcher , saying that we were still ‘ a force to be reckoned with . ’ |
| 17 | Eye-catching and elegant , the Japanese Akita is affectionate , loyal — and a force to be reckoned with |
| 18 | But when you get someone who can really play them , they sure are a force to be reckoned with . |
| 19 | Any minor political candidate with the charisma and political skill to win support from mainstream black Democrats like Hartford 's Mayor Perry is a symbolic force to be reckoned with . |
| 20 | Indeed the game against England will tell whether Ondarts was right and the Bègles men were vastly over-rated following their summer campaign in Romania and the USA , or whether they really are tough ( though raw ) customers who are about to become a force to be reckoned with . |
| 21 | Allison , who took over Rovers four games ago after the sacking of Dennis Rofe , has already hauled them off the bottom of the table and claims they are going to be a force to be reckoned with . |
| 22 | ‘ Forgot a lot o' things , did old Blackberry ! ’ observed Forest , addressing Richard as if he were of a sudden a force to be reckoned with . |
| 23 | When combined , they make you a force to be avoided . |
| 24 | Britain 's Colin McRae , the only driver other than Sainz to have led the rally , finished a battling sixth in his Subaru Legacy to confirm that he will be a force to be reckoned with when he returns to tackle his first full World Championship season next year . |
| 25 | It 's a powerful force to be reckoned with , and one that ensures a true deep-down clean all around your home . |
| 26 | ’ More than any other writer or performer , it was Robinson who affirmed Motown as a major pop force to be reckoned with . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , given that it will not do to define law as a means to institutionalise dispute-resolution and so inhibit unregulated conflict , we may surely expect the control of force to be a major objective of law . |
| 28 | If it was n't for the fact that Michael Ryan was now a force to be reckoned with , the other families would have tried to force them out . |
| 29 | Rebuck is certainly a force to be reckoned with — one of the original five who started Century Publishing , which then merged with Hutchinson . |
| 30 | The war marked Japan 's acquisition of her first colonies , and made her a force to be reckoned with in East Asian affairs . |