Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability to obtain some patronage during an election contest was often essential to success , for it was not uncommon for every candidate in a crowded field to claim to be a friend of the administration in power . |
| 2 | Although my income was unchanged , money ceased to be a problem , a worry , a source of guilt and anxiety , and became a reliable friend . |
| 3 | I want this Parliament to continue to be the forum of our nation and I believe that the vast majority of our people share my wish . |
| 4 | The woman presiding over this baptism wants to be a vicar . |
| 5 | But the outright winner has to be the microwave . |
| 6 | Paul Baines has shown that this is caused by the essential or volatile oils , which the alchemists considered to be the soul of a plant . |
| 7 | With good feedback so far , such programmes appear to be the way forward for a company concerned not only with its staff but also with its customers . |
| 8 | Opening the book purely at random is to discover that most human activities appear to be the subject of superstition . |
| 9 | ‘ The diarist has to be a maverick or a cad or an oddball , ’ says one of today 's more literary ministers . |
| 10 | In front was a tiny apron of garden , which the street light revealed to be a shambles of children 's toys and discarded garments . |
| 11 | Not that I expect you to be so baby-besotted as the people round here — with good cause , of course , as Ewan has to be a paragon ! |
| 12 | I think that a horse has to be a minimum of 7/8 bred now to become a top class event horse . |
| 13 | If cornered into making a decision , then I 'd say the obvious star of this threesome has to be the Japanese SB405 . |
| 14 | Considering Thistle have the second worse defence in the Premier Division , a shut-out has to be a plus . |
| 15 | His two concessions to luxury appear to be a passion for fast cars — he is the proud owner of a turbo-Bentley — and a 5,000 acre estate in Scotland . |
| 16 | The prisoners ' grievances appear to be the food here and the availablity of prison clothing . |
| 17 | I think the inside of the mouth wants to be a bit more contrast , do n't you ? |
| 18 | A High Court action needs to be a team effort between the client and his solicitor and barrister , otherwise the action tends to run the client and not the other way round . |
| 19 | ‘ Buying books has to be a pleasure . |
| 20 | It is not unknown for a suburban bureau to have a waiting list of potential volunteers , but in the main staff shortages appear to be a problem equally in suburban and inner-city areas . |
| 21 | To administer and collect income tax a new arm of administration had to be created comprising experts , officials and clerks : an " army " which in terms of its efficiency and rapacity came to be the equal of the long-esteemed Excise . |
| 22 | Once again the United States seemed to be the arbiter of war and peace in the Middle East . |
| 23 | Like they 'd crawl across the floor in restaurants pretending to be a couple of dogs . |
| 24 | Allan Ahlberg says : ‘ In the past , a lot of children 's books seemed to be the work of talented illustrators whose pictures looked brilliant framed in a gallery , but when you tried to read the book , there was nothing there , because the words started as a coat-hanger to hang pictures on . ’ |
| 25 | Thus the familiar tu/vous type of distinction in singular pronouns of address ( which , following Brown & Gilman ( 1960 ) , we shall call T/V pronouns ) is really a referent honorific system , where the referent happens to be the addressee . |
| 26 | Davies speaks volumes Robert Armstrong on the biography destined to be a rugby union classic . |
| 27 | Neil seemed to be the leader among this lot , Maggie thought , which bore out the strength she 'd felt and sensed in him . |
| 28 | The UN has targeted eight of 90 buildings at Al Atheer , a multi-million pound complex thought to be the centre of President Saddam Hussein 's attempt at a nuclear bomb . |
| 29 | The harbour tends to be a bit full , the berths correspondingly narrow . |
| 30 | The church had been chosen simply because its priest happened to be a friend of Eliot 's solicitor , who was also " best man " . |