Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The examples that we know are but the heroic and visible tip of the great hidden iceberg of faith which is Christian conviction through the centuries . |
| 2 | Of course they 're middle class , but then almost everybody in England is middle class — whether they like it or not . |
| 3 | Of course there is one job specification that would n't appear in the ads for these particular vacancies . |
| 4 | Of course there is such competition |
| 5 | There are all kinds of refreshing drinks made out of fruit juices — orange , mango , papaya , banana , apple , passion fruit etc , and of course there is ubiquitous coffee , which is very good and cheap here — in fact if you go into the supermarket they give you little paper cups of free coffee . |
| 6 | Of course there is strong opposition to some parts of the Bill , to which many of my hon. Friends have drawn the attention of the Minister , but it also has to be said that , perhaps unusually for Government legislation , there is a large part of the Bill on which there is a wide measure of agreement . |
| 7 | Of course there is little chance of an amateur collector acquiring an appreciable part of one of these great animals , but in the right site fragments of dinosaur skeletons may be picked up . |
| 8 | Of course there is implicit commentary in any selection of examples but case study material is intended to be seen as a working document which is left open to varied and flexible use in a teacher-training programme . |
| 9 | So for any prey with the courage to hold its ground and out-stare a hunting lion , there is some considerable advantage to be gained … unless of course there is another lion coming up from behind … |
| 10 | Of course there is some overlap between the two ; there are some black people in professional work just as there are whites in unskilled labouring jobs . |
| 11 | But of course there is some choice erm let me give you a final southern er Africa example of this , Botswana geographically is one of those countries cut off from the sea , it 's a very large country but much of it is uninhabitable because it 's so arid it 's therefore a small country by almost any standards , number of people , the economy of er of Botswana is small and it 's frankly dependent upon South Africa in many ways for its transport , for its economic wellbeing , for the movement of people erm and even some educational resources . |
| 12 | Unless of course there is some evening event . |
| 13 | Then of course there 's this insurance thing to do as well when David 's er free and sorted out |
| 14 | ‘ Oh yes , there 's eidesis that concentrates on form and proportion ; eidesis that acts mnemonically , producing near-instant recall through combinations of letters or numerals ; there s a kind of mathematical eidesis whereby equations and aspects of calculus are viewed spatially and of course there 's common-or-garden eidesis , which people call ‘ photographic memory ’ — ’ |
| 15 | I still I still think they are today , and er , there was the Slippery Elm and then of course there was these backstreet effort . |
| 16 | And of course there was last night ! ’ |
| 17 | But also of course there was this propaganda from from the government you know that erm they 'd just got to keep up morale and this was one one way as you will see in a minute of how they did it . |
| 18 | Of course it is one thing to state baldly that modern Christians are often ineffectual in their witness and live in a privatised world , cut off from the mainstream of social life , but it is quite another thing to make out a case that it is so . |
| 19 | But of course it is one thing to argue for change , and to explain ( as preceding pages have tried to do ) the readiness and degree of involvement of para.professional colleagues and groups ; it is quite another to analyse in helpful detail the types of learning systems and units that might be relevant , and their implications in terms of planning and organized provision . |
| 20 | Let me give you some other examples in case you feel there is some doubt because of course it 's one test . |
| 21 | I hope sa er , see of course it 's all question of getting it sorted out as quickly as you can . |
| 22 | It 's a pleasure for any other to see her child being able to do it but of course it 's hard work . |
| 23 | If he ca n't afford a Solicitor and he feels he ought to be represented by a Solicitor , he may apply for Legal Aid , and of course it 's public money concerned so I suppose in an ideal society everybody would be legally assisted who wanted to be , but obviously we ca n't afford that as a country , so that erm generally erm his application would be judged according to certain criteria erm which would suggest perhaps he needed to be represented . |
| 24 | I know people say well oh it 's , of course it 's changed ownership , well things change ownership and it can be for the better as well for the worst ca n't it ? |
| 25 | However on er on this particular product erm of course it 's unlimited advertising sales . |
| 26 | But of course it was real silk , so tiresomely good , like all Ianthe 's things . |
| 27 | Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing . |
| 28 | It was very nerve racking and of course it was hard work . |
| 29 | when you went shopping you could shop everywhere and a quarter of tea it was that price every shop , there was no competitiveness about it |
| 30 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |