Example sentences of "a [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Whigs were concerned that the arbitrary power of a prince was being replaced by the arbitrary power of the legislature . |
| 2 | There would have been no danger of a Wanda 's being mistaken for his niece . |
| 3 | Er a function is is a set a set sum that you 're given . |
| 4 | Blanche 's antennae were very sensitive at gauging the progress of an investigation but she relied on Dexter to hoover up male gossip that was beyond her reach , idle chatter in the canteen or the gents ' toilet that sometimes hardened into hostility or resentment at some way a case was being handled . |
| 5 | A successor is being head-hunted but may not be appointed until well into the new year . |
| 6 | If these products then contaminate a test tube in which a PCR is being set up , a false positive reaction will result . |
| 7 | While the village unit remained small there was less chance of a decision 's being imposed by the community 's more influential members , and in any case the imposition of status and ranking tended to reduce the passive acceptance of inferiority which might have attended its acquisition through achievement or wealth . |
| 8 | A DECISION was being taken today on whether the 92-year-old Queen Mother , newly released from hospital , can immediately get back to work by attending her first official engagement , scheduled for tomorrow . |
| 9 | A budget was being prepared and it was hoped that a weekend inclusive of all meals would cost in the region of £425 per couple , subject to cost finalisation and price movement in the interim . |
| 10 | The paranoia which is evinced in the diaries of her last years at Clarence Gate Gardens is then partly justified , if she knew that such a course was being taken against her . |
| 11 | Similarly , all the poses and/or gestures performed by each character must be distinctly national , no matter how minor a part is being played . |
| 12 | Whereas a sentence is is the space between er the beginning of er er between two full stops . |
| 13 | As the words of a sentence are being recognised , using their orthographic structure , their sentence context or whatever , then they must be pieced together to reconstruct the underlying meaning of the sentence . |
| 14 | A bear had broken loose amongst the stews ; a whore was being whipped outside the gates of St Thomas 's Hospital ; two butchers who had sold putrid meat were riding back to back on some old nag , their hands tied behind them , the rotten offal they had sold fastened tightly under their noses . |
| 15 | As a result of the difficulties often encountered by users , a differentiation is being made between naive and experienced users of online catalogues . |
| 16 | A computer is being used here to record types of pottery . |
| 17 | Forty cases of illegal logging have been brought to court in the last three years , but the loophole in the regulations makes it difficult to prove charges , so a technique is being developed to date the year of felling , using tree rings . |
| 18 | A fight is being waged to save war pensioners ' housing benefits . |
| 19 | Another man with a harness was being lowered . |
| 20 | These are the in-between years when a crossing is being made between one phase of life and another . |
| 21 | ( c. 36 ) Whereas outside the realm , the king needed warning of any rebellion by subject peoples , or any imminent attack , " inside the realm [ the vital point was to find out ] if the people ( populus ) in any part , region or corner of the realm was in a state of disturbance , then what was the cause of it , and if a complaint of the people was becoming serious or if a noise was being made about some injustice about which it was necessary for the general assembly to deal " . |
| 22 | However , he will always know that his performance on a simulator is being assessed and , except for the business of risks , he may well take more care than he would in a real plant . |
| 23 | A demonstration is being arranged and our initial examination indicates we can contain this phase within the existing budgets . |
| 24 | If a horse is being naughty then you have to punish him in some way — but do n't punish him if he does n't understand or is physically incapable of doing what you 've asked . ’ |
| 25 | A figure is being carried into an ambulance . |
| 26 | Landlord John claims that a lot a weight is being thrown behind a lady in Essex who has knitted a 200ft history of the Colchester oyster from the unpicked sweaters of noted pop stars , including some fascinating applique work cunningly created from one of Madonna 's pointed bras . |
| 27 | There was no sound of a light 's being switched on in the sitting room , but we might not have been able to hear it . |
| 28 | In this way a loss is being experienced , the return on money being forgone . |
| 29 | We welcome the fact that a study is being undertaken to assess potential resources in the Bristol Channel and trust this will help to identify important physical relationships that must not be prejudiced through excessive dredging . |
| 30 | We welcome the fact that a study is being undertaken to assess potential resources in the Bristol Channel and trust this will help to identify important physical relationships that must not be prejudiced through excessive dredging . |