Example sentences of "[verb] and [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ It was the first time the 2 main armies had met and was a victory for the Royalists . |
| 2 | The second is related and is a question of ideology , and at a more applied level , one of politics — whether environmental deterioration matters depends not only on proof but also on one 's view of social change and development . |
| 3 | I think that whether as er Mr submits and is a guideline case and to be adapted to changing conditions or whether it is a case which lays down a bounding rate , that it is a case which I should follow and that the reasoning leading to the adoption of two percent as the appropriate percentage to be applied still applies today , thus the calculation is one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds times two percent , is two thousand , seven hundred pounds times seventeen , is forty five thousand , nine hundred pounds , to this there is to be added a cost of conversion , thirty two thousand , four hundred and seventy two pounds less the enhancement in value thereby created of twelve thousand , five hundred pounds that is a figure of nineteen thousand , nine hundred and seventy two . |
| 4 | The bishop gave him the extraordinary advice to go and be a curate again , at Boston in Lincolnshire . |
| 5 | Thérèse you ca n't mean it , you 're not really going to go and be a nun ? |
| 6 | This system of national , local and parliamentary organisation wielded by the West Indians both provoked and was a response to a structure with many similarities developed by the abolitionists . |
| 7 | Hypothermia has been well publicised and is a danger particularly to people who stay in cold rooms . |
| 8 | The deck is beautifully drawn and is a tribute to the author 's programming ability . |
| 9 | It was called kickboxing and was a combination of muay thai and full-contact karate in one . |
| 10 | A more satisfactory perspective , Wood argues , is to view the resulting production system as the product of a struggle between contending groups , a struggle which , moreover , is conditioned by the particular product and labour markets , technology , and trade unions which are surrounding and are a part of the conflict . |
| 11 | It 's easy to drift into a system of parental involvement by accident , a system that just seems to grow and be a part of the school which is never reviewed or challenged . |
| 12 | He could not marry and be a priest . |
| 13 | He is self employed and is a partner in a newly established small computer business . |
| 14 | Legislators recently told the government to make the request because crocodiles have proliferated and are a menace to people near rivers . |
| 15 | As defined in 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 , ( the ’ 1984 Shipping Act ’ ) an NVOCC is ‘ a common carrier that does not operate the vessels by which the ocean transportation is provided and is a shipper in its relationship with an ocean common carrier . ’ |
| 16 | The conflict arose over the way in which the courts were administered and was a result of the application of managerial principles propagated by the Thatcher administrations of the 1980s . |
| 17 | We 'll try and be a bit more adventurous this year and go a bit further ! |
| 18 | But that 's what I thought , so I thought I 'll try and be a doctor . |
| 19 | This was the year in which war had just been declared and was a time of great worry and foreboding . |
| 20 | We could do with some of it over here so try and be a bit more friendly , dear Buddy , just think what it would buy ! |
| 21 | Yes you try and be a bit more of a pause there . |
| 22 | ‘ The tragedy which caused the deaths of six people at Sowerby Bridge brought tremendous grief to the families of those who died and was a tragedy to the community itself . ’ |
| 23 | Why ca n't I go and be a clerk in the Council offices where no-one can see , is that it ? |
| 24 | You know , if they could n't go and be a brick-layer , but they could sit at home , and you know , stick stamps on envelopes , or whatever , earn some money , then they might have to do that because they have n't got this plan . |
| 25 | And I wanted to live and be a whole , complete human being . |
| 26 | Go and be a hanger-on at Henry 's storehouses , and pick up what grain you can . |
| 27 | Kathleen Woodward 's mother of the 1890s was the one I knew : mothers were people who told you how long they were in labour with you , how much you hurt , how hard it was to have you ( " twenty hours with you , " my mother frequently reminded me ) and who told you to accept the impossible contradiction of being both desired and being a burden , and not to complain . |
| 28 | Imagine that we regress the actual price index on its own past values : where the , β i 's are the coefficients to be estimated and is a zero mean , constant variance , random error . |
| 29 | That is , we can estimate the following equation : where the γ i 's are the coefficients to be estimated and is a zero mean , constant variance , random error . |
| 30 | Come on Yvonne come and be a teddy bear , oh yes just right for teddy bear |