Example sentences of "be [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the costs are met by head office — it gets all of the revenue because we sell in this country — but in the case of France where we have a separate legal entity , what we 're after is contribution statements by unit of accommodation for the UK revenues , and one or two other costs with those French locally incurred expenses . |
| 2 | He did refer to the fact that , if the trial proceeded , witnesses would be giving evidence about things that had occurred a long time ago and said that he did ‘ not think that is a position which is salvaged or saved by reason of the fact that there are in being notebooks , that there are in being witness statements . ’ |
| 3 | If there are to be company spokesmen involved in the filming , it is your job to make sure that they are there when they are wanted and that they have been briefed on what to say . |
| 4 | I start with the defendant 's first two points , that is to say , if there are to be side letters they have to be incorporated into the main agreement , and these were not incorporated . |
| 5 | By 1970 there were to be education departments in seven polytechnics in England and one in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Ministers also agreed guidelines for EC policy towards Latin America and Asia over the next decade ; priorities were to be development aid for the poorest population groups and economic co-operation with areas with a strong growth potential . |
| 7 | At the local level there were to be branch juvenile exchanges and wherever possible branch care committees , and the duties of both corresponded to those of their London counterparts . |
| 8 | Pilots were to be Russ Boardman and Lee Gehlbach , but Boardman was injured prior to the race and Doolittle found he had no mount ( his landing gear had jammed ) , so he took over for the Thompson . |
| 9 | His chief advisers were to be Edwin Meese , James Baker and Michael Deaver and Meese , as Counsellor to the President , took on the major responsibility for selecting and indoctrinating political appointees . |
| 10 | There were to be tax incentives for foreign investors . |
| 11 | The two column leaders were to be George Jellicoe and Paddy Mayne , each with seven jeeps behind them . |
| 12 | The two men were to be Michael Goldsmith — the bombardier whom I had already met — and Charles Lynch , known as Paddy , a red-haired lance-corporal of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers . |
| 13 | The new members were to be Cape Verde , Hungary , Japan , Morocco and Venezuela . |
| 14 | ‘ Of how it is to be Anne Duchess of York perchance ? ’ |
| 15 | Thus if A is to be pos. def. , the theorem requires that |
| 16 | But something that does tend to confuse people , is how the program decides what is to be colour number 1 , colour 2 , colour 3 and so on . |
| 17 | The rest of the ground floor is to be garage space for two cars . |
| 18 | His successor in Darlington is to be Det Insp Tom Ryan . |
| 19 | Now his aim is to be world champion . |
| 20 | ‘ My burning ambition is to be world champion . |
| 21 | Newly-crowned Formula 3000 champion Erik Comas is to be Thierry Boutsen 's team-mate at Ligier next year . |
| 22 | The fifth member is to be Sir Peter Middleton , deputy chairman of Barclays . |
| 23 | The presenter at the Scottish Instructors Convention is to be Miss Iris Kellett , the well-known Irish show-jumping trainer . |
| 24 | The chairman of Komeito ( ’ Clean Government ’ ) , Mr Junya Yano , is to be shadow finance minister . |
| 25 | All Joe 's life he 'd been asked what it was like being Jerry Lewis 's kid and his answer was always : ‘ It 's great , he 's great ’ . |
| 26 | From Alianor 's point of view , this was to be Anne Mowbray 's second meeting with her young lord since their arrival at the Tower . |
| 27 | My brew for this breeding attempt was to be tap water , rain water and tap water filtered through peat in equal measures , which gave me readings of 6pH and 2DH |
| 28 | One , John Anderson , Viscount Waverley , a wartime Chancellor and Lord President , was to be Lord Privy Seal and ‘ overlord ’ for supply and raw materials and of the Treasury and Board of Trade . |
| 29 | That was to be Herr Hess 's pledge of his intent . |
| 30 | The show following was to be Frank Cellier 's Dorothy — a true musical play , or comedy . |