Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [be] proud [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not truthfully say that my work experience directly influenced my ambitions career wise but it did show me that the music business is not about ‘ Top of the Pops ’ but about a day 's work to be proud of . |
| 2 | ‘ He has every right to be proud of them , they 're bonny children . ’ |
| 3 | However , I hope that the hon. Gentleman will recognise that earlier today I announced record inward investment figures for Wales , and we have every right to be proud of those figures . |
| 4 | That is a record to be proud of and to build on in the future . |
| 5 | We really do have a health service to be proud of and I thank all concerned . |
| 6 | If you survive the quicklime and urine , you will have chair to be proud of , that will give pleasure for years to come . |
| 7 | The provocative , practised performer they saw on stage that night was a niece to be proud of . |
| 8 | The Royal Bank of Scotland has a record in this field to be proud of , being a founder member of Opportunity 2000 and also one of just 150 companies entitled to call themselves Investors in People . |
| 9 | ‘ Is not love a thing to be proud of ? ’ |
| 10 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 11 | Many other men and organisations had reason to be proud of the parts they had played in the drama . |
| 12 | Many Ayrshire schools have reason to be proud of outstanding men and women who have graced their classrooms as pupils . |
| 13 | Several local people had reason to be proud of the rescues they effected before the arrival of the rescue services . |
| 14 | Royston-based Blundell finished one lap behind the brilliant duo but had every reason to be proud of a fine drive in his first Formula One race since 1991 . |
| 15 | The Council of Europe nevertheless survived and within its limited competence has reason to be proud of the work it has done since its inception . |
| 16 | Sally has reason to be proud of the part where it counts . |
| 17 | We have every reason to be proud of the service of the Territorial Army over the years , because we can trace the history of volunteer and reserve commitment back to the Norman conquest . |
| 18 | He has every good reason to be proud of the smooth , artistic lines of the completed building . |
| 19 | He finished one lap down but had every reason to be proud of a fine drive in his first Formula One race since 1991 . |
| 20 | Brummies have made a city to be proud of . |
| 21 | Judd was doing exceedingly well as an air cadet and he , Wendell , had good cause to be proud of him , but he could see that they were growing apart . |
| 22 | There really is a lot to be proud about the economy here , is n't there ? |
| 23 | And just finally I think compared to Europe we 've got a lot to be proud of . |
| 24 | I want to pass all my exams , I want my mum and dad to be proud of me . |
| 25 | She could not help but pause in her misery to be proud of the fact that , without her supervision , they had been at work in the garden . |
| 26 | They might not dare to admit it , but they did n't like the changes they saw around them ; they enjoyed television 's recreations of more confident times , when they had had a country to be proud of , when people had reached maturity at forty and had not pandered to youth . |
| 27 | The war 's momentum was too great for George to stop it quickly , but when he said in his speech ‘ I glory in the name of Briton ’ he was stressing the fact that , unlike George I and George II , he had been born and brought up in Britain , possessed an overseas empire to be proud of , and saw no need to pay particular attention to the problems of Hanover . |
| 28 | It had a son to be proud of : Samuel Champlain , founder of Quebec , who was born there around 1569 . |