Example sentences of "[prep] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister has told the Conservative Party Conference that the things he cares most about are stability at home and in Europe , Education , and Britain 's long-term economic strength . |
| 2 | The erm point about are distribution within Greater York is that we have attempted to look at this in what I think is a a rational and realistic manner , we have looked , and you 'll see this from our supplementary paper , I apologize for its lateness , but I think it 's benefited from the additional thought that could be given to it , we have looked both backwards , at the present day , and forwards , we 've looked backwards at past build rates , we 've looked at the present day position in the sense of the population shares within Greater York , and we 've looked forwards in terms of the commitment figures that are given in the N Y one paper that we 've just been looking at , and taking all those things into account , and adding in what we see as the right location for a new settlement , namely Selby district , we come to the figures that are in our supplementary paper , and there is clearly a great deal of common ground between the evidence you get from looking either at past building rates or population shares , as now , or future commitments which all point towards a broadly similar distribution , we say , with the addition of a new feature namely the new settlement , so that I commend those figures to you as somebody who 's actually dared to put their toe , or maybe their whole body into the water , and given you not only some numbers , but also a basis by which if you should er have a different Greater York figure in mind , a basis on which that could be rationally er approached , I would not certainly defend to the last ditch the need to put a figure of fifty dwellings into the structure plan for the Hambledon part of Greater York , there may be a cut off point beyond which you do n't go , but certainly for Ryedale and Selby , with very substantial numbers there is a need to indicate what the appropriate division should be , and you could not for instance indicate what the er Ryedale non Greater York figure was , without someone telling us the , as the Chairman rightly said , having an idea of what the Ryedale Greater York figure should be , so it is n't really I think feasible to have district figures for non Greater York , and one Greater York figure , that does n't er get away from the issue , and nor does it solve the potential for confusion . |
| 3 | Do n't miss this great opportunity to look out for are swallowtail butterflies , hawker dragonflies and spectacular orchids on a natural history ramble around Blue Marshes National Nature Reserve in the Broads . |
| 4 | Some things to look for are blade of grass , stone , buttercup or daisy , twig , used match , and other items that can be found in the area . |
| 5 | Chair , on the recommendations erm on item D , I 'm a bit unhappy about the use of the term ‘ natural ’ disasters , because I believe that many of the disasters that people in Oxford are actually giving money for are man made disasters , particularly matters of international economics and the unfair burden , erm unfair distribution of wealth which places a whole sector of the world in poverty , and I think , you know , you do get a magnificent response from people in Oxford to these charities , and we must be aware that there are a whole number of greater issues involved , and while I hear what you 're saying earlier on about you ca n't take on the problems of the whole world , I think when people are actually giving money to charities for example , like Oxfam , they are often unaware of these issues , and we do have a wider role in making the , joining with organisations like Oxfam in spreading public awareness on these issues . |
| 6 | On the face of it , the argument I think is this , the words , oh my God he 's come for are hearsay , sorry , are not hearsay , because although they 're an out of court statement they 're not introduced as the truth . |
| 7 | Other areas that I am personally responsible for are Person to Person , an ‘ in depth ’ interview with a member of staff at their home , Amicable Angus/Agnes ( getting someone to come up with an idea ) and Amicable Focus . |
| 8 | The Llanelli right wing returned to Aussie two years later but staggered away from Brisbane 's Ballymore Stadium close to tears after being part of the most humiliating defeat in his nation 's history . |
| 9 | After being cook on the last Whitbread she announced her intention to enter the next Whitbread in her own yacht , with an all women crew . |
| 10 | JMD 's mail is given to JMB after being date stamped . |
| 11 | He also knew that his wife , after being secretary to a bishop and then secretary to the professor of divinity , and his hostess for eight years , was better equipped to be the wife of the new Bishop of Durham than any other woman in the country . |
| 12 | A BOY of six was seriously ill in hospital last night after being mown down by a hit-and-run driver . |
| 13 | SCHOOLBOY Carl Leadbetter was fighting for his life yesterday after being mown down by joyriders . |
| 14 | A sub-postmaster is recovering in hospital after being pistol whipped by a would-be robber . |
| 15 | There are fears tonight that three councils in the region will be forced to cut services and impose redundancies after being charge capped by the Government . |
| 16 | The council needs to save £1m after being charge capped for overspending . |
| 17 | The council must save a million pounds after being charge capped by the Government . |
| 18 | It was n't pleasant , after being cock of the school , to be made feel like a good-for-nothing little brat tied to her apron strings . " |
| 19 | The bean itself is the seed inside , which is carefully transported to the UK after being hand picked and the outer flesh removed . |
| 20 | ‘ What we are after is consistency , ’ he said . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Without consulting Ann , he announced that the boy was to be named after is grandfather Tristram Pascoe ; and having taken that decision he went off down to the harbour to see if Gristy was back from the fishing and to crow over winning the wager . |
| 23 | ‘ While I support the building of am ambulance station at Whitehill , I feel that urgent consideration must be given to an emergency unit close by , ’ he said . |
| 24 | yeah , when I was baptized , she probably stayed there till I was baptized , cos she would of been Yorkie |
| 25 | Well out of order , the thing is if that 'd been , if that 'd been another troop trying to do it to him , there would of been , there would of been shit |
| 26 | well please do n't rely on imagination would it of been part of your duty to ensure it was updated in September nineteen eighty seven ? |
| 27 | no I just left it cos it might , I do n't know it might of been side B , I think it was , side B was |
| 28 | Did n't used to really , ooh it must of been murder for him when you think ! |
| 29 | Sandy must be having company , pulled the blind down I think that 's why they 've been good about the parking this week , cos I mean Irene 's pulled her car , we saw Irene pull her car in was you here when she I saw her get in it , it must of been teatime yesterday |
| 30 | I got paid for August which was quite clever really cos my date would of been sort of half way through to book my holiday |