Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me his was pluralist socialism at its best — in the service of the community . |
| 2 | I used to do that when I was working and I had to leave at half four , used to do our kids , see when that clock gets to nine waken me I 'm fucking cold out our Ashley said mummy it 's after nine |
| 3 | That does n't seem to be so at some stages it is a little difficult getting it over as a as a a retired person talking to someone who is facing redundancy about retirement . |
| 4 | But of course the minute you put a , slap a cover on this information , it begins to , to change and people die and new governments are elected and whatever , er so yes , we are , we have in our employ someone who 's sole job it is to read all the newspapers , er watch the T V , all the media and keep all the information up to date , so the , that 's a full time job really and they 're working on the data base day and night |
| 5 | Oh , I there 's one thing |
| 6 | not very big but my there was some noise inside there |
| 7 | But if the idea of some indefinable menace frees your imagination , then there is nothing to stop you producing a suspense novel every bit as twanging with tension as a story in which someone is left hanging by one finger over a depthless gorge . |
| 8 | The letter suggests the payments were for MCC shares transferred to Liechtenstein trusts called stiftungs , and adds : ‘ It appears that companies of which I am joint administrator have substantial claims against the stiftungs and any other entities which benefited from these payments . ’ |
| 9 | We have now added to these three levels a Joint GCE O Level/CSE French for Communication examination ( for which I am Chief Examiner for the Oxford and Cambridge and East Midland Regional Examination Boards ) . |
| 10 | Gentlemen , I would not for the world be judge in a cause in which I am one party among three . |
| 11 | Even more explicit than My Secret Garden , ‘ women 's sexual fantasies ’ , which I am sure appeal as titillation rather than education . |
| 12 | The amount of the cost and planning for which you are responsible will , of course , depend on the particular venue . |
| 13 | K ap is true because in the nearest worlds in which you are sitting reading you believe that you are sitting reading , and the nearest worlds in which you are not sitting reading are either worlds in which you are standing/kneeling/lying reading or worlds in which you are sitting knitting/watching TV , etc. , but not worlds in which you happen to be asleep dreaming that you are sitting reading . |
| 14 | Then we heard somebody who was nearby murmur in a low voice , ‘ They were Fascists . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Dorothy , do you remember a story in the news some time ago about a chap who had somebody who was homeless living in the shed at the bottom of his garden ? ’ |
| 16 | And anyway , how can you commit criminal damage against a thing which itself is criminal damage ? ’ |
| 17 | This is one art at which she 's undisputed family champion . |
| 18 | Now he heads an organization of which she is honorary president . |
| 19 | Also the value 1708 relates specifically to the boundary conditions — rigid , isothermal walls — to which we are confining attention . ) |
| 20 | The idealism which inspired this Act of Parliament was eloquently expressed in the House of Commons by Alfred Morris , MP for Manchester , Wythenshawe who had originally introduced this measure as a Private Member 's Bill : If we could bequeath one precious gift to posterity , I would choose a society in which there is genuine compassion for the chronically sick and disabled ; where understanding is unostentatious and sincere ; where needs come before means ; where if years can not be added to their lives , at least life can be added to their years ; … where the disabled have a fundamental right to participate in industry and society according to ability ; where socially preventable distress is unknown ; and where none has cause to be ill at ease because of disability . |
| 21 | Sitting here as a British judge it is my duty to tell you that this is not a country in which there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . |
| 22 | It is one in which a repertory with a large a cappella element is cultivated on a daily basis by men and ( usually ) boys , all of them relatively young , who hold positions in a cathedral or chapel ( often for a relatively short time ) for which there is much competition . |
| 23 | Positive decisions can be taken from January onwards but , especially for fields for which there is much pressure to enter , decisions are commonly held over until July when the student 's whole Stage I record is known . |
| 24 | The breadth of study is maintained in the second year when Chemistry is taken with two other subjects for which there is wide choice including Astronomy , Business Studies , Chemical Pharmacology , Computer Science , Economics , Geology , Industrial Management , Maths , Physics and many others . |
| 25 | It is true that during the passage of the Bill , section 10 was explained as being intended to reflect the position at common law , in which there is respectable authority for the proposition that the client 's legal privilege can not attach to communications made with criminal intent . |
| 26 | Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right . |
| 27 | Whether the Minister likes it or not , we must be prepared to face such competition , because major European contractors are already in Britain , winning contracts and using skilled labour from their own countries in which there is better investment . |
| 28 | Consciousness in other people is a hypothesis for which there is circumstantial evidence in their verbal reports which match , by-and-large , our verbal reports of our own experiences . |
| 29 | Presumably it could exist without that , but if you pare away everything which there is equal reason to pare away , you are left with something very strange . |
| 30 | Act 1974 for which there is ample evidence as shown by Lord Cullen 's report . |