Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Handling him was going to be a delicate business , and Nelson was more than relieved that the job would n't fall to him . |
| 2 | " When it was clear that identifying him was going to be a long job — if , indeed , he could ever be identified — the coroner issued a burial certificate . |
| 3 | In such cases it may be often difficult to say whether he is intended to be an arbitrator or to exercise some function other than that of an arbitrator. borderline cases identified above ( 15.7.7 ) , particularly the reference to experts of general disputes ( 6.9 ) . |
| 4 | He said the championships were his last event ; he was quitting swimming to concentrate on bodybuilding and his studies at Houghall Agricultural College , Durham , where he is training to be a shepherd . |
| 5 | Now , with the new movie under his belt , he is proving to be a worthy successor to his father in the business . |
| 6 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 7 | He is believed to be an innocent victim of a clean-up campaign which included the demolition of buildings . |
| 8 | Mr Hinks became a member of the council of the Law Society , which was quite an accolade for the firm , and he is believed to be the only Darlington solicitor to be honoured in this way . |
| 9 | He is believed to be the first Karate expert in the region to receive such an award and one of only a handful in the country . |
| 10 | So ‘ kempt ’ is he , in fact , that he is thought to be a guest at a formal reception held at the Taft Hotel on his first visit . |
| 11 | He is thought to be a good economist , but a back-room boy . |
| 12 | He is thought to be a man who is going to increase taxes , not one who is cutting the deficit . |
| 13 | He is thought to be the GHOST of a good friar who hid golden candlesticks and chalices from marauding heathen tribes during the religious wars . |
| 14 | He is thought to be the first to be charged with the offence created by the Road Traffic ( Amendment ) Act 1991 . |
| 15 | On deciding to become a candidate for election to a local government body an individual must ensure that he is qualified to be a candidate . |
| 16 | They use a lot yeah the ch I put it in my I mean , I said yesterday to him , we 've got the decorators in and then co they turned round and said he is meant to be a businessman and they said he can not believe they 've never met tha such a penny pinching guy |
| 17 | He is known to be a member of the Teesside Aero Club based at Teesside Airport , near Darlington . |
| 18 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ For the next few days he is going to be a bit sore . |
| 20 | He is reputed to be the finest swordsman in the Empire . |
| 21 | Where the holder of a bill has a lien on it arising either from contract or by implication of law , he is deemed to be a holder for value to the extent of the sum for which he has a lien . |
| 22 | Erm he 's aspiring to be a fireman or something . |
| 23 | Carole did n't appear to notice the English girl 's slightly hesitant reply as she continued enthusiastically , ‘ He 's proving to be a terrific father-figure , is n't he ? |
| 24 | I suspect he 's happier in sports cars , but he 's determined to be a country gent ! ’ |
| 25 | He 's beginning to be a real pain . |
| 26 | He 's believed to be the first person convicted of the new charge of causing death by dangerous driving , which was introduced to crackdown on joyriding . |
| 27 | He 's going to be a sergeant in five years , and inspector in seven , chief inspector in eight years — you 'd better come and talk to him . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He 's going to be a key figure at this club for the next three or four years , ’ said the Newcastle boss . |
| 29 | Ernest says he 's going to be a leader of men ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He 's going to be a litterbug when he grows up . ’ |