Example sentences of "to be the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Labour now claims to be the champion of ‘ modern manufacturing strength ’ . ) |
| 2 | For one who claims to be the champion of European unity , M. Delors is its worst advocate , having a unique capacity to raise the hackles of the British people . |
| 3 | On the same day it was the opinion of every poll that Roy Jenkins had no chance at Hillhead and a slight fall in unemployment was said to be the herald of economic recovery . |
| 4 | A supernova , by contrast , would have been a ‘ one-off ’ phenomenon — and hence much more likely to be the herald of the arrival of someone of importance . |
| 5 | Gabriel thought they could be talking about Bathsheba , except that the woman they were discussing seemed to be the mistress of a farm . |
| 6 | He turned , bewildered , and saw a big man with spiky grey hair , a tanned skin and eyes that later always seemed to be the colour of phlegm . |
| 7 | But when the Sixties arrived , even elderly men starting sporting pink shirts ( pink ! — that just used to be the colour of their gin ) and sideburns . |
| 8 | The problem turns out to be the boss of the club , who says we must pay $8 if the girls are to leave . |
| 9 | The problem turns out to be the boss of the club , who says we must pay $8 if the girls are to leave . |
| 10 | The problem turns out to be the boss of the club , who says we must pay $8 if the girls are to leave . |
| 11 | Mr Jurgen Schrempp , the Daimler manager expected to be the boss of Deutsche Aerospace , has had no aerospace experience . |
| 12 | The judges unanimously deemed Malta to be the winner for the second year running . |
| 13 | She knows only too well that if she finishes in front of McColgan , she is also likely to be the winner of the race . |
| 14 | ‘ Dispatch would appear to be the keynote of your investigations , Commander , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 15 | In 1911 the inaugural conference of the National Council of Public Morals ( NCPM ) announced that prevention rather than punishment was to be the keynote in the regeneration of the nation 's moral life . |
| 16 | Section 109 contains the requirements for the appointment of an independent valuer ( who must be an accountant qualified to be the auditor of that company ) and the contents of his report . |
| 17 | ‘ I must yield to your earnest persuasions , knowing the matter to be the will of the English people . |
| 18 | The weak link in the struggle against the IRA continues to be the will of the Dublin government and the Irish people . |
| 19 | This seems to be the maxim of those who use the library and information service which has been even busier in the last session . |
| 20 | Further along there was a model of Sir Francis Chichester ; on what was supposed to be the deck of his yacht lay a number of books . |
| 21 | ANDES claimed that education , designed for a developed urban society , continued to be the privilege of a narrow elite and irrelevant to the needs of the majority . |
| 22 | To non-riders dressage must appear to be the art of making the noble horse look like a wally with an even bigger wally on top in fancy dress . |
| 23 | Organisations ' insured costs were taken to be the cost of insurance premiums covering the period of study . |
| 24 | The total of the incoming moneys under DEDUCT RECEIPTS was deducted from the grand total of the various costs of the mine , and the balance was considered to be the Cost of Working . |
| 25 | The rationale for intervention then appears to be the degree of error . |
| 26 | The Church of England has declared the 1990s to be the Decade of Evangelism ; but some people think evangelism is already doing too well . |
| 27 | To their fellow disciples they quoted the words of Jesus , ‘ all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the psalms concerning me. ’ ( v.44 ) The Word of God declares Moses to be the writer of Genesis and if evolution is true than he is guilty of fabricating a pack of lies . |
| 28 | Imagine , for a moment , what it must be like to be the parent of young children in a poor community in Bangladesh or Mozambique . |
| 29 | This dog was to be the foundation of the modern type of Rottweiler in the UK . |
| 30 | The decisions arrived at are at the very heart of the success or failure of the Created God to be the foundation of the Alternative Religion . |