Example sentences of "be [pron] [pron] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Badb 's cry was also to be feared as a death omen , it having been she who taught the BANSHEES to keen and wail . |
| 2 | Shape The most efficient sleeping bag would be one which followed the contours of your own body perfectly . |
| 3 | An example of such a calculation would be one which compared the images on the two retinas , and searched for differences which would provide information about relative distances . |
| 4 | An awards system which recognises only HNC and HND achievement would be one which ignored the majority of SCOTVEC 's candidates — there are almost ten National Certificate candidates for every one in Advanced Courses . |
| 5 | This Conservative environment may be one which encourages the development of an ordinary social life , but it is also an extraordinary environment . |
| 6 | The threat must be one which puts the victim " then and there " in fear of force . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose the British equivalent would be what we call the Stockbroker Belt , ’ she mused , ‘ although some of those have fared pretty badly recently . |
| 8 | This must be what they call the fog of war . ’ |
| 9 | And then on the other side there used to be what they called the market . |
| 10 | It must have been he who telephoned the flat . |
| 11 | The principate of Severus probably saw the greatest expansion , and it is perhaps no coincidence that it may have been he who introduced the annona militaris , a tax paid in grain or other materials to meet the needs of the army . |
| 12 | For instance , we assume he would satisfy our behavioural criteria for being someone who knows the meaning of the word bank . |
| 13 | Far from Freud 's concept of the super-ego being one which assumes the super-ego to be entirely built up from outside , from social relationships with parents and educators only — as Parsons — claims — it , too , contains instinctual elements . |
| 14 | I do n't know but then frankly thinking but then I got them in the end you know I just did n't sell them because nobody paid that much and then ah in the outset and I paid quite a big price for for two for Patrick and me and then when they were they they dropped the price and then I got some more . |
| 15 | ‘ In the course of this process we have talked to Miss Morgan 's solicitor , who told us that she was the life tenant of a substantial estate , and that you are what they call the remainder-man . ’ |
| 16 | ( The medical/technical descriptions are what I understood the doctors to say not text-book definitions ) . |
| 17 | Whether in fact any such obligations have been created depends on the construction of the lease ; and there is nothing which requires the lease to be constructed in such a way as to avoid , if possible , the creation of such obligations ( Bradshaw v Pawley [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 10 , where liability for rent was held to be retrospective ) . |
| 18 | Where an order for possession is made under Ord 24 ( " summary procedure " for recovery of land occupied without licence or consent ) , r 5(4) says that there is nothing which prevents the order for possession being given on a specific date as if the proceedings had been brought by action ( r 5(3) and ( 4 ) . |
| 19 | Course there 's nobody who loved the world more than what I did . |
| 20 | So that 's worth bearing in mind , and how you handle it , I mean maybe the press officer makes an arrangement to facilitate the the actual contact , but the press officer , a good press officer is not a person who stops the press getting into an organization , a good press officer is somebody who facilitates the press getting into the organization in the right way and talking to the right people preferably about the right things , but if not the right things the wrong things to the right with the right people , if you understand what I 'm saying . |
| 21 | A transvestite is somebody who wears the clothes of the other sex — in our society it is considered bizarre for men to wear wimmin 's clothing , though it is now common for wimmin to wear men 's clothing . |
| 22 | And it is of the utmost importance to realise that the pragmatic answer to these questions is itself what makes the revolution never happen . |
| 23 | But it 's you who take the meanings away ! |
| 24 | It 's you who has the answers now . |
| 25 | It 's you who holds the key , literally , the key to success on the court . |
| 26 | So do n't fall for it — make sure it is you who calls the tune . |
| 27 | As a Taurean , you work well with others as long as it is you who calls the shots . |
| 28 | We feel it is now right and proper that the debate is to be had and that our roots , our heritage and our future are defended on our terms and in our forums and not in the editorials of Sunday newspapers , and as for les people 's letters to the newspapers , and Kinnock and co saying to people , individual members , why should the Labour Party not trust you with the choice of your candidate , it is you who do the work to get them elected , who are they kidding ? |
| 29 | Under the watchful eye of the teacher the children improvise their shoe shop , and probably it is she who suggests the use of shelves for the ‘ display ’ of pairs . |
| 30 | It seems that , quite contrarily , it is she who courts the male , and he who rears the chicks . |