Example sentences of "[prep] [be] a [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dashing cavalier , er the , Locke tells a story about someone who in their youth was a k a cavalry officer erm and how this person in later life , their memory of being a cavally off cavalry officer is part of what individuates them . |
| 2 | Haughey 's original choice for the Defence post , James McDaid , withdrew hours after his nomination when opposition leaders accused him of being a Sinn Féin " fellow-traveller " in that he had opposed the extradition to the United Kingdom of an IRA escapee , James Pius Clarke . |
| 3 | But even that looks like being a non starter . |
| 4 | To be a *christian here is ‘ tolerated ’ , provided we do n't share our faith with anyone , including other Christians . |
| 5 | The ‘ real ’ Viking , of course , was intended to be a 50MHz part . |
| 6 | At the same time , the College minutes ( said to be a bona fide copy of the lost original ) show that the Earl of Orford was elected a vice-president of the College on 8 April 1791 . |
| 7 | I and I 'm not a I 'm not a moaner , I try to be I 'm a Christian and I try to be a Chris Christian spirit to everyone . |
| 8 | THIS SEASON of violent contrasts started for me on TV-am where , as part of the Christmassy Victorianisation of After Nine , I sat on the sofa in bustle and bare bosom ( well , upper bosom anyway ) and suitably black-lace-becapped to be a Fin de Siecle ( nineteenth variety ) agony aunt . |
| 9 | Well you had a ho used to have a hoop net , a a and that used to be a re like with a hoop . |
| 10 | No , it would have to be a se a separate Traidcraft stall , I think , not the Traidcraft coffee next to the Nestle coffee . |
| 11 | If auditors are to be asked to take on greater responsibilities , there has to be a quid pro quo . |
| 12 | You 'll get better value for money , better fireworks and it 's going to be a d a darn sight safer . |
| 13 | Busby said : ‘ I would like to be a No.1 . |
| 14 | Now , I think there 's probably a very nice parallel here , I ca n't help thinking it was probably a bit better , must have been better organised in the Second World War , but there 's going to be a erm special exhibition here is n't there , on memories of change on Oxford in the Second World War , and of course there were a great many extra people there too . |
| 15 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 16 | Westmacott had headed for Kalafrana where he saw a large twin-engined aircraft below and under fire , which appeared to be a Ju88 . |
| 17 | Tomas Llorens is made artistic director of what is now to be a Museo nacional de arte contemporaneo . |
| 18 | just to try to be a so try to become a society , and then make , make it clear |
| 19 | It is a case is n't it , that if you want to be a er a professional woman footballer , certainly there 's more opportunities on the continent than there are in Britain , is , is is is that the case ? |
| 20 | think there has to be a er family planning centres have to more on the street , I think family planning clinics have got the people there who are able to go out on the street . |
| 21 | And then you know where the foun the water fountain was where the marsh is , there used to every weekend there used to be a er a chip and fish stall there w and hot peas . |
| 22 | There 's supposed to be a er er |
| 23 | ‘ Will there have to be a post mortem ? ’ |
| 24 | Our er primary objective in setting it up er is of course to get money to good causes and and on a on a large scale , Certainly certainly in in terms of er the prizes er on on the on my forecasts my my conservative forecast , there 's ample opportunity for there bei for there to be a milli a millionaire every week . |
| 25 | Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting . |
| 26 | The reading is deliberately contextless , and the mind is assumed or encouraged to be a Tabula rasa . |
| 27 | The BMC 's management committee , faced with what appears to be a fait accompli , must now decide what action , if any , can be taken . |
| 28 | But that case was the subject of research by Mr. Glick and his team , and was revealed ( from the reports in Lofft 655 and in the State Trials 20 St.Tr. 239 ) to be a cause celebre in which the great issue ( of immense public interest ) related to the power to levy taxes in the island of Grenada following its capture from the French King , it being accepted by the Crown without argument that the relevant taxes , if not duly levied , must be repaid . |
| 29 | Details of Mr Blair 's conversation with Sinn Fein over his planned visits emerged after Sunday Life received a phone call from a person claiming to be a Sinn Fein election agent . |
| 30 | There certainly does appear to be a prima facie case to answer . |