Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journalists in question consider themselves to be the media equivalent of the praetorian guard . |
| 2 | They have been chosen for the posts in other parts of the country because their employers consider them to be the best people for these particular jobs . |
| 3 | Plus ça change : in the 1990s these words ( apart from their dated gender references ) remain as relevant and as enlightening as in the 1970s and at the beginning of the century : the problem of poverty is the condition of the normal man [ and woman ] in normal circumstances , neither better nor worse off than his [ or her ] neighbours , not of those whose failings qualify them to be the text for the moralist , and who are no more common in the manual working-classes than in other sections of the society . |
| 4 | We the local authority , I think people of Wiltshire expect us to be the lead agency in promoting sustainability and environmental , highlighting environmental issues , throughout the county . |
| 5 | ‘ Everywhere I go people expect me to be the happy person they see on TV . |