Example sentences of "we [vb base] [prep] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We appear to be a long way from finding effective means of primary prevention of attempted suicide . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it is theoretically unsound to define what we want to be a synchronous horizon at a level that we suspect to be diachronous . |
| 3 | We want to be a big village , we want to be human beings living in a human society |
| 4 | Like I said , using a 1958 Strat , a £2,000 PRS and another Strat fitted with EMGs , we could n't get the 80R to produce what we consider to be a good distortion sound . |
| 5 | On a 286 machine with 2MB RAM ( the minimum configuration for a Multimedia PC compatible machine ) the Pocket Recorder will refuse to run — it really wants a 386SX and 4MB RAM , which we consider to be a realistic minimum configuration for an MPC machine . |
| 6 | Taking the example of the Earth 's surface , which we assume to be a perfect sphere , we could place the origin at the North Pole N as in Fig. 3.1 . |
| 7 | Iago continues in other , more familiar postures , professing love to Othello and Desdemona ( III.iii. 119ff. , 136ff. , 196ff. , 213ff. , 218f. , 225 ) and feigning a sympathy for their sufferings which we know to be a covert expression of his gloating : As Cicero said , there is no more flagrant injustice than ‘ that of the hypocrite who , at the very moment when he is most false , makes it his business to appear virtuous ’ . |
| 8 | Chris Bonington said ‘ This year we are hoping to attract teams from all over the country to an event that we believe to be a great way of linking people here with the millions still suffering from probably the world 's most disabling disease . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We continue to be a major employer in Port Sunlight , with some 1,300 staff . |
| 10 | Dr McKinnon stressed : ‘ We continue to be a major employer in Port Sunlight , with some 1,300 staff . |
| 11 | From here on we aim to be a high-productivity high-wage plant . |
| 12 | Far from feeling second best , the Mexicans have taken up the challenge with vigour : ‘ We aim to be a cultural invasion of Frankfurt and the rest of Germany ’ , said the Mexican commissioner , Eugenia Meyer . |
| 13 | If we wish to be a passive industry , instead of pushing for advancements , then little will change . |
| 14 | I think we have to be a little bit careful about this because , of course , erm the feeling is not that once they 've been in the job for a little while that they are still amateurs , it 's merely that we do n't require them to know a great deal about what they 're going to do before they start . |