Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main difference is in the language used to describe what is responsible for that residuum : for determinists it is the variability of constellations of causes in individual cases ; for indeterminists it is our ability to choose not to be predictable . |
| 2 | Convinced , like the even more outspoken Gustave Le Bon , that ‘ Out of a hundred Hindus educated in English schools , there are a hundred who are irreconcilable enemies of British power ’ and that the export of democratic institutions would simply be a form of national suicide , for Harmand it was the lesson of Santo Domingo that counted : the Caribbean negro slave revolt of 1795 which , ten years later , led to the surrender of a French army . |
| 3 | After marriage it was the turn of ‘ culture ’ ( the Bishop of Strasbourg called for the rehabilitation of Galileo ) and of economics . |
| 4 | In the literature of duality it is the outcast or victim who has dealings with a double , and in the second of the two novels Charles Wychwood is an outcast whose condition copies that of Thomas Chatterton , who committed suicide in 1770 at the age of 17 , having invented a medieval monk , Rowley , and written poems for him . |
| 5 | And I care not what may be the motive of the parents who bring their children and want them offered to Christ in the sacrament of baptism it is the grace of God that is available for them there and I think we should be very thoughtful about these matters and try to take up either one position or the other . |
| 6 | He had the casting vote , as chairmen do , and he voted to say that he thought opting out would be good for Banbury School , but of course he was the chairman of the parents group that was trying to opt out , so that was not greeted very well amongst some of us , I think . |
| 7 | Of course he was the messenger who took the note to the hotel . |
| 8 | I really did , of course she was the nurse came in , first it was the doctor , |
| 9 | I mean it 's it 's happened and I was ha I was so interested in the subject that I asked Mr for a copy of the report where it goes back in the history and of course it is the history of trading standards and , and so on . |
| 10 | But of course it is the individual who attracts the photographer in the first place ( and in this instance we know the reverse to be true ) , and Yass is obviously keen to sharpen our awareness of the personal face-to-face aspect of these relationships . |
| 11 | Of course it is the thought , not the calculation , that counts . |
| 12 | And of course it is the sort of thing one would have told people — something special , idiosyncratic and yet not too intimate about you , and a trait in which ( naturally ) you seemed to take some pride … . ’ |
| 13 | In the school on whose work the Curriculum Development Project 's notebook was based , not all the sub-topics picked out by Mrs Ball were taken up , and of course it is the joy of a topic of this kind that this does not matter ; one is not concerned with " covering the syllabus " and " getting everything in " , but providing the stimulus for valuable enquiry , the development of interest and of concepts , and the practice of a variety of skills . |
| 14 | No no we 've we , we were talking about it actually , what we 've done and erm of course it 's the school children we 've got ta think about |
| 15 | And so far as the local issue was concerned , of course it 's the issue of tertiary education and erm this was erm a question of erm the particular Governors and parents who wanted to opt out erm doing what the Iraquis are doing with their aeroplanes and they were basically trying to fly Banbury School to a neutral country ; the idea being that erm as soon as the procedure for opting out started the Local Education Authority would not be able to use any of erm Banbury School 's land or premises in part of its plans for tertiary education in Banbury , so it was really an attempt to neutralize Banbury School . |
| 16 | Of course it 's the cheese , milk , eggs , meat , fried foods , cakes , pastries , pies , nuts , cream , ice cream , mayonnaise , sauces … the list is endless . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course it 's the problem , ’ she said with sudden fierceness . |
| 18 | When my eyes finished leaking , I looked up and of course it was the lead drainpipe . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course it was the bedroom belonging to the head of the house but he could n't have turned mother out . ’ |
| 20 | On the other hand , I believe that in the area of remuneration it is the avoidance of unfairness which is the most important single factor , and the ability to reward and publicly acknowledge outstanding effort in ways which are cost effective seems to me to be another important feature . |
| 21 | While it is undoubtedly true that there are advantageous settlements negotiated at the door of the Court , the actual cost to the defender in settling at that stage is significant insofar as in the majority of cases it is the defender who will have to meet the whole cost of preparation for the Proof by both parties , including attendance of witnesses , Counsel 's fees and so forth . |
| 22 | In the early days of the development of anthropology it was the fashion to place culture on an evolutionary ladder ranging from primitive to developed . |
| 23 | In the case of architecture it is the idea that is seminal — little or nothing of the form is taken over ; but in sculpture what was to become the dominant type of Greek statue through the archaic period , the naked young man , kouros , owes a direct debt to Egyptian models . |
| 24 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
| 25 | If a single economic statistic can be blamed for the recent slide towards panic it is the balance of payments figures . |
| 26 | In the organization of enrolment it is the headteacher who principally has to make decisions along which governors are guided . |
| 27 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 28 | Fate has placed you in a situation of subservience ; but in the sight of God you are the equal of an emperor . |
| 29 | If we are to use the metaphor of weighing , in choices of means the agent is the weigher , but in choices of ends he is the arm of the balance itself . |
| 30 | ‘ For li the grace of God I am the Reviver of ADORATION amongst ENGLISH-MEN . ’ |