Example sentences of "[pron] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I to be a corporal of his field , |
| 2 | But , you say , ought n't I to be a policeman or a former policeman myself , like John Wainwright , to be able to do this ? |
| 3 | ‘ Am I to be a king , or just a pig ? ’ |
| 4 | And it was a year in which we were able to declare ourselves to be a good research and teaching university . |
| 5 | We have , of course , developed many other ways to show ourselves to be the masters of all creation — fox-hunting , fur-wearing , bull-fighting , and perhaps even scientific vivisection , to name but a few . |
| 6 | I would prefer America rather than France , Germany or ourselves to be the nuclear power . |
| 7 | Lotze 's sentence was , however , above the nine years requested by the prosecution ; the court did not consider his to be a true case of state 's evidence , since it had neither led to further arrests nor prevented a crime . |
| 8 | To know someone to be a gouger gives some policemen and women cause to believe that they have the excuse to ignore the minor requests for assistance that the person may make , and for his or her minor infringements of the law to be taken seriously . |
| 9 | While that child is away , the organizer chooses someone to be the murderer . |
| 10 | Except where a certificate for summary administration has been issued , as soon as practicable in the twelve week period after the making of a bankruptcy order , the official receiver must decide whether or not to summon a meeting of creditors for the purpose of choosing someone to be the trustee of the estate in his place ( s 293(1) ) . |
| 11 | As Past President , , has said to me on more than one occasion , there is no finer Institute of which to be a member than the British Institute of Embalmers . |
| 12 | ‘ When a board decides to invite somebody to be a non-executive director , one of the questions it should be asking itself is : ‘ What value will this person add to the board ? ’ |
| 13 | Indeed , some of the British contributions to the study of this topic assert theirs to be a distinctive academic subject , ‘ social administration ’ , which has this concern as its hallmark . |
| 14 | Its to be a semi-fiction . |
| 15 | William Waldegrave , Secretary of State for Health , has shown himself to be no friend of the tobacco industry over the past few weeks . |
| 16 | Left to his own reflections , he reveals himself to be a bright , keen opportunist . |
| 17 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 18 | In it , the Hucknall left-back reveals himself to be a chip off the Sid Kelly block : ‘ favourite food — 32oz steak-with-everything ’ . |
| 19 | The victory ended a run of three successive defeats , and Shell showed himself to be a relatively undemonstrative head coach prepared to listen to the advice of his assistant coaches and players before calling the big plays . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't said anything against them , ’ Gaily knew himself to be a tolerant man , ‘ the young … ’ |
| 21 | When the shot was first used editorially , illustrating a story on alcoholism , the man wrote a furious letter to Doisneau 's agency , Rapho , in which he revealed himself to be a respected professor at the Sorbonne . |
| 22 | Archbishop Romero , although thought to be a moderate when he took up the Archbishopric , proved himself to be a zealous proponent of Liberation Theology , broadcasting his masses , which included political messages , to the people throughout the country , by radio . |
| 23 | Camille Chamoun 's power was ultimately founded upon his Nimr ( Tigers ) militia , commanded by his son Dany , who was himself to be a declared candidate for the presidency of Lebanon in the aborted 1988 elections . |
| 24 | The singer , for instance , believed himself to be a great tenor performing before an adoring audience at La Scala . |
| 25 | This was a silly notion , but nevertheless , that was why he genuinely believed himself to be a failure . |
| 26 | He had only been half listening to the conversation but now he forced himself to be a more accommodating guest . |
| 27 | This would mean that Christ was declaring himself to be a thief , for in Zanaki land thieves generally make it a practice to knock on the door of a hut which they hope to burglarise , and if they hear any movement inside , they dash off into the dark . |
| 28 | The general opinion around the paddock when I first started in motor racing was that James had early shown himself to be a driver of exceptional reflexes and considerable competitive temperament . |
| 29 | He may consider himself to be a latter-day President Kennedy , or be tempted to follow the pro-IRA line taken by Senator Edward Kennedy . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Bradburn has shown himself to be a fine teacher and a popular colleague . ’ |