Example sentences of "be part [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excavations carried out recently on behalf of the Cheltenham Museum have revealed structures from the first to the fourth centuries , an irregular street pattern and a ditch with fourth-century coins in the lower filling which may have been part of a defence system . |
| 2 | Murder , drugs , a bombing and shootings have all been part of a saga directly involving members of the family . |
| 3 | Because there are children and therefore the woman has obviously been part of a couple at some point , there is an assumption that in her single state she is critical , cynical and undermining of couples around her . |
| 4 | It had been part of a barn perhaps , because there was a high ceiling and beams , but it was cosy and bright , with a wood fire in the hearth and the sun streaming in . |
| 5 | Have you ever been part of a syndicate taking part in the pools ? |
| 6 | On July 19 three of the original five asylum seekers told Cuban television that they had been part of a plot hatched by diplomats from the US Interests Section and from the Czechoslovak , West German and Canadian embassies , all of whom denied the allegation . |
| 7 | Among the objects in Devizes Museum is an un-inscribed stone altar , a full-size silver eye from a bronze head of a cult statue and a length of iron rod sheathed in bronze , which may have been part of a sceptre . |
| 8 | ‘ He reckoned I had been part of a consortium which spoke to two clubs and accused me of acting secretly — but I told him . |
| 9 | In the morning she wondered if her inspection of the villa 's water-works might not have been part of a dream and looked carefully to confirm that the letter to Signora Kettering was still in her handbag . |
| 10 | A 15-year-old Darlington girl admitted yesterday that she had been part of a gang which broke into the town 's Salvation Army Hostel . |
| 11 | Everything he had done that had seemed at all kind had been part of a plan to make her face her past for his mother 's sake . |
| 12 | And he had n't even wanted her ; it had just been part of a plan . |
| 13 | It is unclear whether the ensemble is complete or what purpose the pieces served , although it seems plausible that the treasure could have been part of a decoration for a large container or a large doorway . |
| 14 | The June 29 announcement on privatization had been part of a package of economic measures designed to curb the budget deficit in line with the March IMF agreement . |
| 15 | This gave the Serbs control of most of a corridor across northern Bosnia linking Serbia proper with the Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK — the Serb areas in Croatia ) and was rumoured to have been part of a deal with Croatia in exchange for the army 's withdrawal from Prevlaka [ see above ] . |
| 16 | The payment made to Olaf Tryggvason in 994 , for example , seems to have been part of a deal in which Olaf agreed to be confirmed ( with Æthelred standing sponsor ) , and promised that he would never return to England . |
| 17 | Out on the fringes of the Vartaq Veil , looking for traces of her lost father , she had been part of a team excavating a Dyson sphere constructed around a white dwarf star . |
| 18 | Before he 'd interfered in her life she had been part of a team , doing a job that she enjoyed well . |
| 19 | I had already been part of the theatre working as an ASM at the Cambridge Arts Theatre , not with the University but with the |
| 20 | He has been part of the decision-making process to broaden the game 's amateur ideals : ‘ The players now have a very square deal worked out ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It must be strange , ’ she said slowly , ‘ to have been part of the Revolution and then to find yourself on the opposite side from people you fought beside . ’ |
| 22 | While World Cup matters have only been part of the Board 's committee business this week , the speculation as to whether Welsh reservations would carry weight has been immense . |
| 23 | It was in 1982 that TMAM finally moved in to the airfield , taking over two pre-fabricated huts that had been part of the Station in the late 1940s and early 1950s . |
| 24 | They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan . |
| 25 | Her ravishment too had been part of the scheme of things . |
| 26 | McLaren , the 22-year-old Hearts defender , told me recently that when he made his World Cup debut against Italy ( the game where he was asked to mark Roberto Baggio ) , the fact that he 'd been part of the squad at the European Championship finals , as well as playing a couple of games on the tour of North America last year , were of immeasurable assistance in making the step up . |
| 27 | He 'd been born there and the Burnses had been part of the village for generations . |
| 28 | And even Hoggatt 's Laboratory , blood or no blood , had been part of the village for over seventy years , while Chevisham Manor had stood for nearly three times as long . |
| 29 | And still without needing to turn my head , but looking straight to the front , and walking at the same even pace along the path , I was conscious of a man perched motionless on the top bar of the gate , one leg over , so still that he might have been part of the gate itself . |
| 30 | Oats are the safest and most natural grain to give to horses ; they have been part of the development of the horse over the last two thousand years . |