Example sentences of "be [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) that in any year there should be where possible an equal number of Major and Minor awards |
| 2 | There should be where possible only one and not more than two interviews for the purposes of evaluation , and the interview should not be too long . |
| 3 | We used to go on Lord Street and he used to be where they sold luscious cakes . |
| 4 | He could think of nowhere he would rather be than at home , with people he knew and trusted , in a place without secrets . |
| 5 | Old Mother Jacobsen would chuckle over this : ‘ How much wiser must I be than Odin , I who have neither eye ! ’ |
| 6 | Besides , what nobler work of civilisation could there be than a child happily asleep ? |
| 7 | They are 56 : ‘ Sweet love , renew thy force ; be it not said/Thy edge should blunter be than appetite ’ which expresses a feeling of temporarily spent force . |
| 8 | It is a more bracing place to be than its rival , but much faded none the less from its days of greatest success in the last century , when it formed one end of the Route Therm ale , a new road system , decreed by the Emperor Napoleon III , which was to link Eaux-Bonnes with Bagnéres-de-Bigorre to the northeast . |
| 9 | What better example of devolution to the individual could there be than the provision in amendment No. 3 that |
| 10 | What better path could there be than through Iran and indeed , along Reza Shahs new railway ? |
| 11 | Society must ask how much more risk-averse it should be than the people it is trying to protect . |
| 12 | And there 's nowhere he 'd rather be than back in his native Enniskillen — where he can unashamedly lead life at a crawling pace . |
| 13 | He would no sooner place his arm where he wanted it to be than his upper body was wracked by a spasm . |
| 14 | You ca n't be than six . |
| 15 | This one foot , they must be than the other . |
| 16 | erm and given the right weather , there is no better place to be than in the Thames and Chilterns . |
| 17 | You do n't think it 'll be once they put the money |
| 18 | Gartmore investors will have to wait until the end of January to know who the new owners will be although it will almost certainly be an overseas based group . |
| 19 | I do n't know quite why that should be except that in the Fifties all my peers were fascinated by the industrialised , consumer society of which the USA was the supreme example . |
| 20 | If we all want it put a stop to , will the government do something about it , or will it be like you said , Mr. Gerrard ? |
| 21 | Well it 's alright as long as it does n't get to be like I said it could , these are lovely stamps you know |
| 22 | I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham . |
| 23 | ‘ Dorothy , I think the best thing would be if you went home now and reported to me here , first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 24 | Actually , the best thing would be if I could get back to you . |
| 25 | Think where you 'd be if you 'd chosen him . ’ |
| 26 | They are less fit than they need to be if they are to become international juniors . |
| 27 | I remember as a young man walking up and down the main street of the 1951 South Bank Exhibition for the sheer pleasure of it , and thinking how marvellous it would be if every town could have a street like this . |
| 28 | It need not be if the authorities do not acknowledge a responsibility for control of inflation or if they believe that exchange rates ( just like changes in wage rates , or indirect taxes ) do not influence inflation but rather have their effect on relative prices . |
| 29 | More soon of this exciting saga , which is due to be turned into a TV epic or will be if we can fix up a deal with anyone . |
| 30 | What a beneficial change it would be if instead it was acknowledged that these issues present tragic choices between compelling arguments which are held on both sides in good faith . |