Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all the enigmas in his career , Wojciech Jaruzelski seems himself to be the prototype of what the USSR has come to trust most in the Polish military outlook . |
| 2 | Of this person she could form no idea other than that Hugh believed him to be the owner of whatever was in the sack and that he was in some way connected with the outlaws ' Camp . |
| 3 | Tavett was too preoccupied with his fear that Wickham believed him to be the murderer to form any judgments . |
| 4 | Frank shows himself to be the only ventriloquist to move his lips but not his teeth . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics . |
| 7 | This became extended through the process of emulation , by which lower groups in the hierarchy sought to copy the higher groups , a strategy so fundamental that Veblen believed it to be the foundation for the concept of private property ( 1970 : 33–40 ) . |
| 8 | As for Feng-shiu , although Mr Broadhurst declared it to be the most ridiculous of all these esoteric studies , it did help my geography . |
| 9 | Lesley set herself to be the most enlightening and intelligent of guides . |
| 10 | The primatial claim was the richest and rarest of the gifts of which the monks of Canterbury believed themselves to be the custodians . |
| 11 | I think it 's a great tragedy that Wales considers itself to be the poor relation within the United Reform Church and the answer can only lie within Wales ! |