Example sentences of "be [pron] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got it from him for $125 , and it 's been my mainstay flatpicking electric guitar ever since . |
| 2 | It has been my pleasure to meet many members at various functions and both Mary and I look forward to meeting many more of you during the coming year . |
| 3 | Among these advantages are their ability to represent partial information in an elegant way ; the inherent potential for structure sharing ; the declarative description of information flow , and a mathematically clean and computationally tractable type system with inheritance ( Bouma et al , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | One of reasons for the survival of the S&C into the 1980s had been its ability to handle diverted WCML trains ; this continued despite withdrawal of Intercity services in the winter 1982–3 timetable . |
| 5 | He gives Sting away at III , 204 , keeping an orc-blade but saying ‘ I do not think it will be my part to strike any blow again . ’ |
| 6 | As well as protecting domestic firms ' market share , the obvious motivation for the Polish government legislation would appear to be its desire to induce Western firms to invest in the local high-tech industry , a policy that has also seen it pursue interventionist policies in the fields of telecommunications and electronic components — all areas for which Poland was earmarked as a specialist under mechanisms instigated by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 7 | A suddenly discovered national identity can indeed be what Marx described religious belief as , ‘ the heart of a heartless world ’ . |
| 8 | It will be your responsibility to organise any rehearsals scheduled for the day of the performance , making sure that teams know what time their slot is and that they keep to it . |
| 9 | It would be our intention to update this valuation once we have prepared the Information memorandum and undertaken some further research into recent deals in comparable [ type of industry ] sectors . |
| 10 | It had rarely been his style to use that instrument . |
| 11 | Admittedly , these are all important areas of concern , but moral reasoning should not be made subservient to what are themselves value laden economic arguments which do not always take into account the totality of the costs they purport to assess . |
| 12 | It is my purpose to expose such ideas as erroneous and offer in their place an account based on social processes . |
| 13 | As you will see from this supplement , AEA offers a wide range of consultancy , technical services and specialist products to the process industries and , as Business Development Director for the Process Industries , it is my pleasure to use this opportunity to introduce myself and AEA . |
| 14 | Dear colleagues , it is my pleasure to send fraternal greetings to all delegates at the G M B Conference from the Executive Officers and Members of the T & G. In the twelve months since I last sent you our good wishes much activity has taken place within our movement . |
| 15 | As you have often told me , Leslie , as a wife of a current first-team member , it is my duty to flaunt these qualities whenever possible , for the good of the club . |
| 16 | It is my intention to keep hon. Members informed of the temporary arrangements that will be made for the UKIAS refugee unit . |
| 17 | I would not , for one moment , pretend erm that it is my job to inculcate those virtues in fifteen hundred . |
| 18 | Now it 's my turn to perform that task and I am sure you are all going to turn over a new leaf and make things easy for me . |
| 19 | Another intriguing aspect of water is its ability to form different crystal patterns , such as the different crystal forms of ice and snow that are produced under different weather conditions and the different ices that can be obtained under high pressures . |
| 20 | The essential property of the stepping motor is its ability to translate switched excitation changes into precisely defined increments of rotor position ( " steps " ) . |
| 21 | Perhaps its greatest advantage is its ability to point social workers to the simple , practical steps they can take to improve the quality of life for children whose other difficulties may prove impossible to remedy . |
| 22 | The main advantage of this style of easel is its ability to accommodate large canvases and offer a vertical support to work on . |
| 23 | The main advantage of this style of easel is its ability to accommodate large canvases and offer a vertical support to work on . |
| 24 | What sets it apart from the crowd is its ability to produce full colour output of a quality undreamed of on a machine with this price tag a couple of years ago . |
| 25 | The Syrian Information Minister , Mr Mohammed Salman , said : ‘ The only reason Syria has so far discounted the military option to end Gen Aoun 's rebellion is its desire to avert huge losses among civilians in the eastern sector of Beirut . |
| 26 | There is no information on the carriage rates for this organism but the apparent increase is of concern , as is its potential to cause invasive disease in some patients . |
| 27 | But one of the oddest things about the anorexic is her ability to tolerate two deprivations in particular which others find quite intolerable , namely , cold and hunger . |
| 28 | This means that once she knows where an object is and recorded it on the database , it is her responsibility to keep that information accurate . |
| 29 | But one thing she is certain of is her aim to attract new audiences to the gallery , notably from those who are not yet photography lovers . |
| 30 | Particularly relevant here is their publication Terminating Parental Contact , which considered whether , and in which circumstances , a parent may be prevented from personal contact with a child in care . |