Example sentences of "to [be] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the gigantic photographic images depicting what the curator Jeffrey Deitch has called our Strange Developments act to bludgeon what is assumed to be our jaded sensibilities , but more obviously demonstrate the burn out of a certain faction of the mid Atlantic artworld , curators and buyers . |
| 2 | The quarterly newspaper Wood News continues to be our principal source of communication and in 1992 we established a network of local Correspondents to ensure that news from all companies reaches us for publication . |
| 3 | We have to contribute to a cleaner world by preventing the pollution of our own water and air , and by conserving the beauty of our countryside — whose main custodians continue to be our efficient farmers . |
| 4 | See , London 's Walthamstow happens to be our mutual home , an East End oasis situated — in soccer-speak — smack between Tottenham and Leyton Orient . |
| 5 | In so doing I lay great emphasis on the Biblical text because I consider the Scriptures to be our ultimate authority in matters of doctrine and life . |
| 6 | ‘ So you 're going to be our new guardian angel . ’ |
| 7 | Then we were introduced to Dr William Howlett Kelleher who was to be our new Superintendent . |
| 8 | Rub over the Early Reply bonus seal on your Entry Bond with a coin to find out if you are eligible to be our first £100,000 Double Prize Draw Winner . |
| 9 | She was a local farmer 's wife and she went on to be our first member of Parliament and me brother was helping her and mum and dad , you see , was working for the , we , we got the house as a committee room and all , all the and I can remember going with mother , we had , we had a Co-op paper or it was Co-op orientated I 'm sure news and I can remembering canvassing Walsall Wood with me mother , well I ca n't see my Guild members doing that . |
| 10 | Fortunately she had the better 5th time and went on to be our first finalist for several years while Wood of Australia in the other semi not only lost her final place but also her Olympic spot . |
| 11 | It was to be our first encounter with the " Bisus " , a bizarre peripatetic sect of transvestite and largely hermaphrodite Bugis priests who , it later transpired , were performing the traditional trance rite to accompany rice-planting . |
| 12 | This was to be our first meeting since the threat of further surgery or at the least , drugs . |
| 13 | Mr Kinnock hoped a Labour government would be so successful ‘ as to diminish the support for several parties who do n't happen to be our political allies and are unlikely to become so . ’ |
| 14 | Even with those creatures we assume to be our closest animal relatives , the chimpanzees and the great apes , we are forced into interpreting their signs and signals according to our own mental patterns . |
| 15 | Well , by the end of the day this proved to be our only catch , but we were all three pleased with the day 's work . |
| 16 | The Chevron Third Party Entrants project continued to be our largest project during the year . |
| 17 | There seem to be our two groups er , in one of our provinces and they say that the rich and poor but the rich er er are not so rich and others . |
| 18 | But then again , maybe I 'm wrong , for is this not the same Labour Group which now proclaims to be our cultural guardians , who , my Lord Mayor , only last year , sought , in that most bohemian of ways , to dispose of all of civic treasures in one giant car boot sale . |
| 19 | Next week is the last programme from the current batch of Ideas in Action , and also happens to be our hundredth programme . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not making light of the situation , it 's very very serious , and we are still hoping that somebody in Wales will come forward to be our main sponsor . |
| 21 | Taking out some and reducing the number of pests is one thing , but reliable eradication can hardly be expected or hoped for , and much as it may displease those purists who do not like the idea of using poisonous chemicals in the garden , they have to be our main line of defence and protection of our roses . |
| 22 | Some philosophers have distinguished between our ‘ subjective ’ and ‘ objective ’ duty , and said that our subjective duty is to do what we think most likely to be our objective duty . |
| 23 | But before the great affair struck up , one looked around at the new faces : Steve Milligan , who used to be our foreign editor at the Sunday Times , Lady Olga Maitland , nicer than her impossible opinions , whom I chiefly remember for being very good about expenses at the Sunday Express ( one wonders if Kelvin Mackenzie might have slipped in late for Chislehurst ) , Nigel Jones , the Lib Dem from Cheltenham with the Lenin beard , and a man and woman sitting together , pointed out as Gordon and Brigid Prentice who , if they flourish in Labour politics , will be compared in the Sun two elections from now with the Ceausescus . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's gon na have to be our last ride , is n't it , Sambo ? |