Example sentences of "[prep] be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is a filter function representing smearing due to a finite beam size , and is the conformal time , where a(t) is the cosmological scale factor . |
| 2 | I think that must of been the old boy over the road you know |
| 3 | No they were , that 's what they were were n't it when it all happened , the old Revered somebody or other , they wilful murder but erm yeah basically it does n't seem like , there was no real evidence as to who erm fired first and there was no conclusion that the about that , but they were certainly I R A gunmen , para 's , its like without a doubt if you know some people , but like with those high powered weapons they may , alright its unfortunately that somebody may have got shot , but it may not of been the main shot , that may , may of been a ricochet or , or anything like that , both their they 've got a killing range of up to three mile so one mate come round , he says he 's gon na come round again tomorrow and have a look at it |
| 4 | While the politics of the time may have been sterile , it does appear to have had more than its share of colourful characters ; bogus radicals like A.P.T.James and Chanka Maharaj ; the legendary and fabulously wealthy Bhadase Maraj , who was an American-style ward boss ; Norman Tang , whose mastery of the ‘ art ’ of inscrutability made it possible for him to ‘ develop the reputation of being the only minister never accused by the Civil Service of political interference ’ . |
| 5 | Southport Railway Centre also ran its usual trains , again using the LMS Brakevans , over the Spring Bank Holiday , and thus had the unusual , possibly unique distinction of being the only preservation organisation running trains on its own lines and also on another , privately owned line at the same time . |
| 6 | The author ( front row , third from right ) in charge of the Southern Command cricket team , which he captained by virtue of being the only officer who played cricket . |
| 7 | As both a stimulus and ready source of energy , honey also has the distinction of being the only food made by insects that 's eaten by man . |
| 8 | Ireland prepared to face Cuba today ( 11.00 BST ) with the unenviable record of being the only side not to have scored a goal in the 12-team tournament . |
| 9 | It has the dubious distinction of being the only constellation with no star as bright as the fifth magnitude ; its main star , Alpha ( 5.2 ) , lies between Volans and Gamma Hydri . |
| 10 | Although Stan was older and previously dominant , by virtue of being the only dog , he had not turned out to be the natural leader of he pair . |
| 11 | THE International Cricket Council stand accused today of being the International Cock-up Council . |
| 12 | Men tend to put greater store by their work once there are children ( perhaps because of the burden of being the sole earner , and perhaps because their place at work is not unchallenged in the way it may be at home ) and housework , which before may have been shared equally , often now falls to the woman . |
| 13 | But the association has tired of being the sole supporter and other sponsors are needed . |
| 14 | All in all , this is a most effective collaboration even if the innocent eyed Sunday painter W. Littlefair has to carry the burden of being the sole representative of the newly formed one-year-old Yarm Art Society which boasts 18 members on his shoulders . |
| 15 | Unlike Beatty , who always had the advantage of being the living image of the role-model Hollywood leading man with dark , mysterious eyes , classic features and a huge mop of hair , Nicholson is the unlikely romantic hero . |
| 16 | The alternative candidate for the honour of being the liberal theory of contracts insists that obligations should only arise in order to discourage and compensate harm to the interests of others . |
| 17 | He knew that he should discuss her grandfather with Mariana but remained frightened of hurting her , or of being the immediate instrument of her hurt . |
| 18 | It had all the signs of being the backstage entrance to the building . |
| 19 | look in early nineteen forty eight where we are , wh where the land reform process had taken the Communist Party tt and then we could begin to look forward to where policy was going to go from there in terms of the military , political , economic , ideological future and what I 'm going to do today to , to begin with anyway is , is to just consider where we are and where it is we 're gon na go and in a sense we could , it might be helpful to , to put ourselves back in a position of being the central committee again . |
| 20 | The infinitesimal probability of being the decisive vote , coupled with the significant costs of voting , may indeed mean that no individual has an incentive to vote , even on issues of considerable importance . |
| 21 | If the accused , by reason of being the controlling shareholder or otherwise , is ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ he is to be treated as having validly consented on behalf of the company to his own appropriation of the company 's property . |
| 22 | He lived and died in Königsberg , never venturing beyond the province , and had the reputation of being the contented bachelor from whose afternoon walk it was possible to set one 's watch . |
| 23 | Instead of being the penultimate round of the series and — usually — crucial in the title battle , it is now the last event following the move to May by the Rally of the Lakes . |
| 24 | What 's the point of being the other way when you know you 've got to be satisfied . |
| 25 | Are n't you afraid of being the other sort — the sort that stops and suffers ? " |
| 26 | There are Opposition Members who take some perverse delight in running down Britain 's environmental record and who are all too often to be found , both at home and abroad , adding their voices to those who accuse Britain of being the dirty man of Europe . |
| 27 | What we as a family were unanimous about was that he adopted no pose of being the distinguished writer , and even gave the impression that he much preferred not to be treated as such . |
| 28 | It does , however , hold the distinction of being the second-longest-running job that I have held to date . |
| 29 | Israel has blocked the release of John Demjanjuk , acquitted of being the Nazi death camp guard , Ivan the Terrible . |
| 30 | It is the fact of being the written form which establishes it as the standard . |