Example sentences of "[be] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th they 're our largest exporter er there 's inter-company sales which would gen can generate quite useful profits since they get sold on both of er Penguin companies er and Longman of course has a high content of erm er of er non-U K sales and Addison Wesley also er I mean Camco was the most international , but it 's erm not er it 's not an exporter in sterling denominated terms . |
| 2 | ‘ I see you 're our new cabin-boy . |
| 3 | They 're our only family now — he has only brought us shame . ’ |
| 4 | If Mr Capstick or Mr Pool want a key — they 're our two churchwardens — they come to the Vicarage . |
| 5 | ‘ Here is Mr Bailey 's version : ‘ Oh Marjie , we always read your column Marjie , For Forty years , you 're our favourite Agony Aunt , You 've given thousands good advice , that 's what we want , Oh Marjie , long may your column greet our eyes each waking day , Count your job a task well done , now go out and have some fun . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're our own country . |
| 7 | You 're our lucky charm . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They 're our biggest competitor , ’ Virginia pointed out , unnecessarily . |
| 9 | Christie … of course and two more Redgrave and Pinsent the Olympic rowers who this week started their build up for the next games … yes … in four years time … they 're our special guests in this week 's Friday Feature |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm our favourite guard detail commander , right now . ’ |
| 11 | Geography may not be our strong suit but , if it 's true , the rumour smacks of Intel Corp which , let's face it , has the gall and the cash to do it . |
| 12 | Spose that can be our Official List Version 8- ) |
| 13 | ‘ After Chelsea tomorrow we play Arsenal on Wednesday and they may be our toughest games so far . |
| 14 | This will be our toughest challenge of the season . |
| 15 | In so doing I lay great emphasis on the Biblical text because I consider the Scriptures to be our ultimate authority in matters of doctrine and life . |
| 16 | British Sources insisted throughout that ‘ we shall be our constructive selves ’ or ‘ play our full and constructive argumentative part ’ . |
| 17 | Joining Hilary will be our second winner Mark Wood of Oakwood , Derby , and his fiancee Jackie Allen . |
| 18 | Those currently in S5 will be our second group for presentation at Revised Higher Grade . |
| 19 | See , London 's Walthamstow happens to be our mutual home , an East End oasis situated — in soccer-speak — smack between Tottenham and Leyton Orient . |
| 20 | Paradoxically , Diamond feels this loss of linguistic diversity may be our best hope . |
| 21 | Until yesterday , Taylor would concede only that Gascoigne MIGHT be England 's best player , which is a bit like saying that Linford Christie might be our best sprinter . |
| 22 | That could be our best lead . ’ |
| 23 | Switzerland being neutral , it might be our best bet . ’ |
| 24 | If it was really difficult it would n't be our second-largest export market . ’ |
| 25 | Such an historical perspective must be our long-term goal , even though for the present we can at best only hypothesize about the nature of the development processes at work . |
| 26 | In contrast , the gigantic photographic images depicting what the curator Jeffrey Deitch has called our Strange Developments act to bludgeon what is assumed to be our jaded sensibilities , but more obviously demonstrate the burn out of a certain faction of the mid Atlantic artworld , curators and buyers . |
| 27 | Whatever may be our private feelings about the modern scholarship on Posidonius , one of its most durable results is the reconstruction of Posidonius ' chapters on the Celts . |
| 28 | That 'll be our modern style of erm humour . |
| 29 | While we have had our differences with the Government about the interim advisory committee and the way in which it has worked , it might be worthwhile at this stage , in what might be our final debate on the work of the interim advisory committee , to thank its members for the work that they have done in the past few years . |
| 30 | ‘ It is wholly appropriate that it should be our final testimony to the qualities that prevail in state education and the resilience and adaptability of ‘ ordinary ’ children . ’ |