Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [pron] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the overall effect of two minutes in her presence had been to fill him with an all powerful sense of her sex . |
| 2 | The rugged mountain region between Little Loch Broom and Loch Maree is regarded with affection and apprehension by conservationists and mountaineers alike , their concern being to keep it as an unspoilt wilderness against the growing threat of infiltration by unsympathetic tourists and insensitive planners . |
| 3 | It stigmatises the conduct , which is important if the public is to view it with an appropriate degree of revulsion . |
| 4 | Peter Wood 's brief is to guide us to an acceptable quality management system that genuinely reflects our practices . |
| 5 | At present , EUP is effectively a University department , and Mr Martin 's task is to transform it into an independent company , albeit one wholly owned by the University . |
| 6 | Erm the the er Professor Lock was saying well you know the way you get your footloose industry is to present them with an absolute guarantee of planning permission . |
| 7 | Coughlin says North 's only constructive contribution to Waite 's Lebanon mission had been to introduce him to an undercover agent working in Lebanon for British and American intelligence . |
| 8 | There was no sense in expecting any help from the boy , the only thing to be done was to exclude him as an irresponsible minor from the consideration of his own fate . |
| 9 | He knew well enough that convincing politicians was a tough job , so his plan was to present them with an informed and insistent electorate of the future . |