Example sentences of "be the [noun sg] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were valued on the basis of the quoted share price , but the shareholders argued that , since all the shares were being acquired , stock exchange prices were not a true criterion and that either the whole undertaking should be valued and the price thus determined apportioned among the shareholders , or the value should be the price which one buyer would give for the whole block , which price should then be similarly apportioned . |
| 2 | To begin with there is the DOS SHELL , ( also known as the FRONT END ) which is a graphical user interface , ( or GUI ) and this is most likely to be the screen you first encounter when you switch on your computer . |
| 3 | These fugitives that are Negroes go by the name of Maroon , whilst the renegades to the King 's laws are called by the common sailors red legs ( that being the colour our white skins take on in the heat of the sun in these regions ) . |
| 4 | It will be observed that this is the way its own mother asserts her dominance and will easily be understood by the pup . |
| 5 | While this is a common finding amongst researchers ( see pp. 16–17 below ) , it is the interpretation which radical feminists put on these findings that is significant . |
| 6 | When dealing with cases of sexual abuse perpetrated upon a child , one of the greatest problems is the guilt which that child always feels during and after the event . |
| 7 | Two of the things we do know about communication and representation within the brain are , first , that they are brought about by nerve cells , and , second , that the neocortex is the most interesting bit of the brain to consider since it is the part whose great expansion distinguishes the primates from other mammals , and makes humankind pre-eminent among primates . |
| 8 | Much of the activity ( and one says this with both elation and exasperation ) is the kind which good teacher-librarians , not tied to purely literary objectives , have long advocated , but extended to include not only the " newer " media but also the resources of the world outside . |
| 9 | This is the night we British fans also learn whether Woody 's ( Woody Harrelson ) political career takes off , and will find out what Norm ( George Wendt ) loves most in the world . |
| 10 | This is the night we British fans also learn whether Woody 's ( Woody Harrelson ) political career takes off , and will find out what Norm ( George Wendt ) loves most in the world . |
| 11 | The BCAP is the code which all advertisers must comply — if they do n't , you can complain to the ASA , which will assess the case . |
| 12 | This is the situation their digestive system has evolved to cope with , and we should try to approximate this in the aquarium if possible . |
| 13 | and it is the phenotype which most biologists think is the genetic mechanism for evolution . |
| 14 | PROFESSOR GRIFF , rap fans wo n't need reminding , is the chap whose intemperate outbursts concerning global zionist conspiracies and the like , caused embarrassment even among his then collaborators , Public Enemy , and led to his ultimate departure from that fold . |
| 15 | But that 's the problem we all face is n't it . |
| 16 | It 's the way his past interfaces or connects with the present . |
| 17 | And I tell you this , that 's the advice your own mother would give you . |
| 18 | So far as churchmen like Geoffrey of Vigeois were concerned it was the fate which all routiers deserved . |
| 19 | Leese believed that race was the factor which determined history and cultural achievement and that different types of men had fixed and immutable types of character and personality , exactly as with dogs . |
| 20 | Such was the message which right-wing politicians and the British press delivered to the police from 1983 and beyond . |
| 21 | That was the day our new licence to broadcast came into force . |
| 22 | Something about the way he approached the Saab 900 Carlsson suggested that he still likes to put his foot down : perhaps it was the way his right elbow automatically felt for a resting place against the window , perhaps it was just the fact that it was his birthday ( 42 ) . |
| 23 | As more swifts swung over the warm evening sky outside she got increasingly agitated and so great was the sound her clashing talons and lunging beak and wild wings made that all the other birds of prey in the Cages grew restless as well . |
| 24 | But it was the IHSM who five years ago produced a report suggesting that new ways of delivering health care should be explored including separating providers from purchasers . |
| 25 | " My dear , it is God 's will , " Amabel kept on saying because that was the thing her own mother and her dear old nanny — both gone now — had always said to her . |
| 26 | This was the gesture which leading Sikhs had pleaded in vain for the previous Prime Minister , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , to make . |
| 27 | This was the gesture which leading Sikhs had pleaded in vain for the previous Prime Minister , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , to make . |