Example sentences of "to be [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From now on , it appears , it is going to be all a question of fighting for market share . |
| 2 | It seems to be all a matter of priorities , of what is most important to people and how they choose to use their time . |
| 3 | Rupert Murdoch 's company is not turning out to be all the hype suggested it would . |
| 4 | In the 1760s the Lake District with its rugged and dramatic scenery began to be all the rage with artists of all sorts , and in their wake , as usual , the dilettanti rich followed limply behind , thinking there must be something in this search for the sublime through unadulterated nature . |
| 5 | Trickle filters at the moment appear to be all the rage , but no doubt you will have noticed their main usage has been applied to invert systems , where the organic load is not so great . |
| 6 | Clear seems to be all the rage in the US these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsico pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp being right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long-standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe . |
| 7 | Clear seems to be all the rage these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsi Co pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp is right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long-standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe . |
| 8 | German racing as I 've mentioned before in this column appears to be all the rage and there is a big meeting at Baden Baden today with John Oxx featured . |
| 9 | German racing as I 've mentioned before in this column appears to be all the rage and there is a big meeting at Baden Baden today with John Oxx featured . |
| 10 | Well that used to be all the rage once , did n't it ? |
| 11 | You step over piles of old papers and up past several floors of small businesses before being welcomed into the small , busy room that seems to be all the space that the magazine requires . |
| 12 | If something or somebody seems to be all the go , it takes a determined editor to ignore it even if he thinks it wildly over-rated . |
| 13 | Money enough for Lionel to idle away his days , to be all the Season in London , to be up in Yorkshire when it pleased him … |
| 14 | But it was n't like him to be such a booby . |
| 15 | Then she took a deep breath , telling herself not to be such a fool , and stand her ground . |
| 16 | Andrew confided in me that if the officer had asked his permission to play the pipes on this occasion , he would have told him not to be such a fool . |
| 17 | I 'm terribly sorry to be such a nuisance . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm sorry to be such a nuisance . |
| 19 | She had not expected to be such a kind of girl ; she had watched this kind of girl for years ( the lips discreetly reddened , the loud laughter on the school bus , the tossing of long hair beneath rakish berets , the swinging of hips , the whispering in the garden ) but she had never expected to become one . |
| 20 | Ooh , they are going to be such a treat ! |
| 21 | A general problem that might be explored in the other place is how , if there is to be such a separation , we can ensure that fruitful , easy relationships continue to exist . |
| 22 | These have proved to be such a success that there is now a virtual two month long waiting list at Tyseley with booking now stretching into April next year . |
| 23 | ‘ Kalli ’ , who proved to be such a success with Warwickshire between 1971 and 1990 , has been signed on by Shropshire to play Minor County cricket now that he is English-qualified by residence . |
| 24 | The county has a view about golf courses — that if there is to be such a development it is better for them to be sited not on good farming land , or in naturally beautiful areas , but on the outskirts of towns . |
| 25 | Is this because the construction of racialized identities depends on the existence of the Other , while at the same time it is this ‘ alien presence ’ which is seen to be such a threat to identity that its total annihilation is required ? |
| 26 | In the key marginal seat of Stretchford North , for instance , where John Grudge , nephew of the veteran retiring member Arthur Grudge , is standing for Labour against the Conservative Mike Jelkes ( formerly known as the Hon M. S. B. St J. St X. Haggard-Jelkes ) and the Liberal Democrat Frank Pale-Jones , a former official of the British Boring Board of Control , there is said to be such a degree of apathy that any one of the 26 ‘ fringe ’ candidates may easily win . |
| 27 | It 's going to be such a rush , I ca n't tell you . |
| 28 | This group , of parasites tend not to be such a problem in young dogs as roundworms . |
| 29 | If we get duplicate last year 's Yellow Pages it 's going to be such a problem . |
| 30 | immediately if there were to be such a disaster as a Labour Government . |