Example sentences of "[vb base] to [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law provides that if a member of a local authority fails throughout a period of six consecutive months to attend any meeting of the local authority he shall , unless the failure was due to some reason approved by the local authority before the expiry of that period , cease to be a member of the authority . |
| 2 | Only after the contract takes effect does the agent ( putatively ) ‘ cease to be a person ’ . |
| 3 | It was there my husband and I began to develop our theories , Darcian Monetarism as it came to be called : that the answer to our current economic ills is not to control inflation but to encourage it until we cease to be a money economy altogether . |
| 4 | It may not be too long before farm workers cease to be a majority of those engaged in farming . |
| 5 | ( d ) Termination of party status Any person may ask the court to order that he or another person cease to be a party to proceedings ( FPCR , r7(2) ; FPR , r4.7(2) ) . |
| 6 | Dowsing and other devices , including the various ‘ ley detectors ’ invented by Jimmy Goddard , appear to be a way of bringing this general psychic awareness into focus , demonstrating it in a form which our conscious mind can handle . |
| 7 | Dwayne pulls it out , hunkers down and says , ‘ You appear to be a pilot without a plane . |
| 8 | It is not unknown for a suburban bureau to have a waiting list of potential volunteers , but in the main staff shortages appear to be a problem equally in suburban and inner-city areas . |
| 9 | ‘ If I may say so , ’ she told him , ‘ you appear to be a man with a weakness for making judgements on very little evidence . ’ |
| 10 | His two concessions to luxury appear to be a passion for fast cars — he is the proud owner of a turbo-Bentley — and a 5,000 acre estate in Scotland . |
| 11 | ‘ Under the circumstances , ’ PW says , ‘ without such essential evidence and insofar as it bears on the activities of Price Waterhouse UK in the matter , the findings of the Kerry report appear to be a hotch potch of hearsay , conjecture and unsubstantiated assertion . ’ |
| 12 | The aircraft featured on this recent example , which measures some 10″ in diameter , appear to be a Junkers Ju 88s . |
| 13 | The video is a cruel critic and will immediately show whether you appear to be a victim or a survivor . |
| 14 | For during this first term the long regular letters to Harry Hooton appear to be a substitute for letters to Helen and a roundabout way of informing her of his progress . |
| 15 | Addictions appear to be a growth industry , particularly in America where the penchant for navel-gazing has no equal ; but whether we see branches of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous or Codependents Anonymous appearing in Edinburgh remains to be seen . |
| 16 | There appear to be a lot jotted throughout , but they do n't amount to a vast amount of money . |
| 17 | This means that what appear to be a number of completely different particles at low energies are in fact found to be all the same type of particle , only in different states . |
| 18 | The West Germans believe that the PFLP-GC was not involved in the bombing , even though Talb 's links with it appear to be a matter of record . |
| 19 | " All of a sudden you want to be a driver . " |
| 20 | ‘ I am devoting myself to this mystery because i want to be a man . ’ |
| 21 | So you want to be a boxer ; you want to be a champ ; you want to live one of the great sporting dreams . |
| 22 | ‘ I wouldn't. ever want to be a princess , ’ Dot sometimes said , because she wanted so much to be one . |
| 23 | ‘ I want to be a fighter pilot when I leave school , ’ said fourteen-year-old Martin . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to be a farmer , ’ said Pip . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't partic — ’ and he stumbled over the word , ‘ particular lely want to be a bird … ’ |
| 26 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 27 | If a girl says I want to be a nurse , is she asked well erm have you thought about becoming a manager of a hospital if you start off in nursing ; can you see your way ; how would you get to that position if you become a you know I just wonder , erm I doubt very much that that goes on . |
| 28 | I want to be a cadet officer in the Guards — Grenadiers , Coldstream sort of thing . |
| 29 | If you want to be a part of Top Dog '91 , fill in the entry form opposite — and do it now . |
| 30 | I want to be a part of the sport , one sport which encompasses everyone from a small kid who wants to have a go at throwing the javelin because he has seen Steve Backley on television , through to the 60-year-old recreational runner . ’ |