Example sentences of "be [pron] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone has the right to happiness , and should you have the chance to find happiness , whether you are someone young starting life again , or a grandmother , why not ?
2 The computer part of the study has been my personal research interest , but it has also over the years provided stimulating final-year projects for students in the Engineering Mathematics Department .
3 MICHAEL Parkinson has never been my favourite TV presenter — I 've always found his brusque , man-of-the-people style somewhat contrived .
4 The tiger 's front paws are its main hunting weapon .
5 The Labour party should be pleased about that , but , because those industries are its old power base , it naturally regrets that it no longer has trade union members coming from that source .
6 The special characteristics of today 's Jersey are its extreme dairy conformation , the wedge shape accentuated by a characteristic sunken area before the hip bones and a natural tendency to show the lie of the ribs .
7 The advantages of hydro-electric power are its high conversion efficiency — more than 80% as compared with efficiency rates of 30% or so in thermal power stations .
8 In general , it has been accepted that people can take on part-time work in this way if it has not been their usual employment pattern .
9 In general , it has been accepted that people can take on part-time work in this way if it has not been their usual employment pattern .
10 In general , it has been accepted that people can take on part-time work in this way if it has not been their usual employment pattern .
11 might have been their own company life before they
12 He could have been her phantom bridegroom sleeping and , overwhelmed , she slept .
13 Michelle 's starring role opposite Jack Nicholson , Cher and Susan Sarandon in The Witches Of Eastwick is the one that first brought her to the attention of British audiences , however This month we 'll see her as saucy , sexy restaurant manageress Jo Ann Vallenari alongside Mel Gibson in Tequila Sunrise , and in Dangerous Liaisons- But it has been her straight lead role in the comedy Married To The Mob that has ignited the American critics ' praise .
14 She glanced repeatedly at her daughter in the long white linen gown which had been her own wedding dress .
15 The main reason has been its long standing commitment ( still evident in some quarters ) to the idea that each of the different forms of functional psychosis is really a distinct type of brain disease , equivalent to those studied in neurology .
16 george Best said ‘ You 're my best mate pal so you are , hic , you and me against the f**cking world , hic , f**cking best mate a bloke ever had , hic , do you want a fight or what , hic ’ George then vomited and began coughing up blood so I grabbed hold of Dennis Law who said ‘ Younaaaa theeeerm Maanchessterr Uuuniitedd younaanarr ’ .
17 You 're my favourite TVS weathercaster of the early '80s , you know .
18 The trouble is , ’ she went on , ‘ Mr Simkin would n't believe it when they tried to tell him — as you said yourself , you 're his right hand man .
19 ‘ Here is Mr Bailey 's version : ‘ Oh Marjie , we always read your column Marjie , For Forty years , you 're our favourite Agony Aunt , You 've given thousands good advice , that 's what we want , Oh Marjie , long may your column greet our eyes each waking day , Count your job a task well done , now go out and have some fun .
20 Are there any solicitors present today ?
21 Are there any specialist reference books ? ’
22 ( Are there any season ticket holders on the list ? ? )
23 I would go to Rome ; Rome , where I had spent so many happy days in the past , would be my final resting place .
24 WHEN I read the opening words of your jazz columnist Solly Lipsitz on August 26 , ‘ As this will be my final Thursday column ’ , I felt that I should express my feelings at what I see as a matter which will be of deep concern to the entire jazz fraternity in Northern Ireland .
25 My effective vote could be my first preference vote , in which case all my other preferences are null and void .
26 ‘ You still want to be my chief fuel technician ? ’ he teased , but she gave a mock pout .
27 I am still friends with my ex-husband who takes it on himself to be my personal agony aunt .
28 This is a worthy guide which I will take care to read before alighting from the train at Aldershot station to begin what will be my tenth election campaign .
29 Then I discovered a section on sailing vessels and decided that travelling the world by schooner was going to be my main occupation post-release .
30 So this will have to be my last letter rill then … .
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