Example sentences of "be an [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already in 1669 there had been an effort to systematise the payment of salaries to English diplomats ; and a fixed scale based on formal diplomatic rank ( ambassador , envoy , minister or resident ) was adopted in 1690 and remained largely unchanged for the next hundred years . |
| 2 | The laboratory 's opinion , though , is that the incident was more likely to have been an attempt to make the researchers there look a bit silly . |
| 3 | Le Monde , citing agency reports , said that Biya 's speech had been an attempt to appease the opposition , which continued to allege massive electoral fraud and to claim that the Social Democratic Front ( SDF ) leader , John Fru Ndi , was the real winner . |
| 4 | It may have been an attempt to clear the wood of all the trees , but before this was achieved the attempt was abandoned . |
| 5 | It would be an idea to test the pond water for ammonia and nitrite when you restock with fish . |
| 6 | ‘ We hope that our meeting with tourists and holidaymakers in our country may be an opportunity to demonstrate the honesty of the Lebanese people , their hospitality , freedom , security and stability which have become an example to others . ’ |
| 7 | Since half of the original sample were women there will also be an opportunity to compare the experiences of male and female entrepreneurs . |
| 8 | Besides , it will be an opportunity to expound the ideas he has been developing . |
| 9 | There would also be an opportunity to enhance the Square . |
| 10 | The prizes are very desirable , as you can see below , and you certainly do n't have to be an expert to enter the competition . |
| 11 | This too failed , on the basis that in unlawful means conspiracy , as in conspiracy to injure , there must be an intent to injure the plaintiff , and conspiracy should not be extended ‘ beyond acts done in execution of an agreement entered into by two or more persons for the purpose not of protecting their own interests but of injuring the interests of the plaintiff . ’ |
| 12 | It would not be an exaggeration to stress the extent to which the nouveau roman has dictated the terms of critical discourse , nor to state that it still acts as the essential reference point in any definition of postmodern aesthetics . |
| 13 | This may be considered by some to be an invitation to explore the issue of whether the switching-off is an act or an omission ; for if it is an act , it may be an abetment . |
| 14 | The father issued a notice of motion seeking interim orders on 18 January 1991 , including an application that there should be an order preventing the child 's removal from Ontario . |
| 15 | It would be an oversimplification to ascribe the deterioration of US-Cuban relations during 1959 and 1960 solely to cynical manoeuvrings on the part of Castro ( although these certainly took place ) or to the imperialist aggression of the United States ( although this was undoubtedly evident ) . |
| 16 | We saw earlier , in the case of group-hunting carnivores , that living in groups can be an adaptation to increase the efficiency of hunting . |
| 17 | The bombings appeared to be an attempt to force the government to negotiate over the hunger strike by some 40 GRAPO prisoners which had been in progress since Nov. 30 , 1989 [ see p. 37588 ] . |
| 18 | Once cases disposed of by two judges under the new rules for the determination of final appeals become common , there will , no doubt , be an attempt to extend the decision in Boys v. |
| 19 | This seems to be an attempt to reconcile the proposition with the statutory language , but in fact they are irreconcilable . |
| 20 | The move seems to be an attempt to push the IEEE in the direction of 100Base-VG , by demonstrating its high level of industry support . |
| 21 | Could the gradual slowing down be an attempt to draw the movement out to more orthodox Mahlerian scale ? |
| 22 | As recriminations mounted in the following days , the Serbian president and leader of the ruling hardline Socialist Party of Serbia ( SPS ) , Slobodan Milosevic , made what appeared to be an attempt to undermine the authority of the country 's Collective Federal Presidency . |
| 23 | Frequently , a claim by an employer based on breach of confidence has failed as it was perceived to be an attempt to prevent the employee from working in the same field by offering his skill to another employer . |
| 24 | Reports quoting diplomats in Abidjan , the capital , said that the general 's claim that disaffected civilians were behind the affair seemed to be an attempt to discredit the opposition . |
| 25 | Fewer passengers , less income , you do n't need to be an accountant to see the outcome . |
| 26 | There is also likely to be an undertaking to allow the investors access to the books , and for the appointment of a firm of accountants , at the company 's expense , to verify any figures provided . |
| 27 | He read , letting his voice be an instrument to soothe the boy . |
| 28 | I was happy in the work because of the acceptance by the government of my own interpretation of the task of public relations , namely not to be a propagandist agency acting on the assumption that the government was always infallibly right ; not only to be an information service about government policies , plans and activities ; but to be an agency interpreting the government to the people , and feeding back to the government the reactions and feelings of the people . |
| 29 | There will be an exhibition showing the range of our activities , and tea , coffee and biscuits will be available free of charge . |
| 30 | I know we 're going to be an ozone clean the air are we ? |