Example sentences of "we [be] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You do n't have to say we are a multi-national company with a hundred , in among hundred and ninety countries , we have a sales , a fleet of three thousand in this country , you do n't have to give them a list . |
| 2 | So our final document when , and this is , this is issued in June nineteen fifty , we are in power , we are a communist government and our land reform is one which enshrines inequalities , it protects middle peasants it in effect minimizes what it can give to the poor . |
| 3 | And we are a major trading partner . |
| 4 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 5 | Many of the reserves that were not then technically capable of being produced economically will come on stream and , in my view , will ensure that we are a major oil producer until well into the next century . |
| 6 | We are a major exporter of sheepmeat because of the quota . |
| 7 | Illustrating the links between business and education , and I have said that we are a major business in the area we have probably stronger links with education than any other business that I can think of , and they are going to be sa singing our praises so we are going to putting quite a big display in the in the fashion centre . |
| 8 | I can not answer in the unconstrained sense in which my hon. Friend asked the question , but , clearly , we are prepared to play our part — bilaterally through the provision of know-how and technical assistance in appropriate matters and , of course , through the European Community to which we are a substantial subscriber . |
| 9 | ‘ We are a heavily-armed militia , low on intellect but high on company loyalty and the work ethic . |
| 10 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 11 | But , thanks to you , I feel that we are a good deal nearer solving them than we were yesterday . |
| 12 | McMahon revealed : ‘ We know we are a good team when we pass the ball around . |
| 13 | We are a listening service — where people can talk , ’ she said . |
| 14 | We are a high-consumption society and we have got to conserve the national resource and make sure that every part of it is effectively used . |
| 15 | ‘ We are a peaceful community but we can not stand by and allow the people responsible to destroy the fabric of our society . |
| 16 | The meeting was chaired by Betty Sinclair , who reminded the supporters that their objective was to demonstrate for civil rights , for jobs and for houses : ‘ We are asking you to listen to the speakers , and what we have done today will go down in history and in this way we will be more effective in showing the world that we are a peaceful people asking for our civil rights in an orderly manner . ' |
| 17 | Mr you 'll spoi you 'll spoil us when I saw this tonight I thought we I got ta say something because Martin is coming up with the er same motion as it was last time , it was not much different so probably with the same reply 's got ta be made and that is that the Labour party is not the caring party , everyone here , I 'm sure the Liberals as well as the Conservatives care we are a caring party as much as you are and we are concerned , we are concerned about , we are concerned about |
| 18 | We are a proud nation and at least we should have been put on stand-by . ’ |
| 19 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 20 | As we have said we are a new newsletter team and feel we could print a newsletter containing what we wanted or what we thought ought to be there . |
| 21 | We are a closed world , having little contact with Federation authority . |
| 22 | We are a sorry pair , are we not ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Rangers have played themselves into a good situation and proved we are a decent side . |
| 24 | I just hope that by the end of the campaign , big Ron announces that we are a decent team . |
| 25 | We are a class-ridden society and no one feels this more than we Northern middle-class girls ; but the one quality which transcends class consciousness is self-consciousness in its literal sense , the ability to be oneself in whatever company . |
| 26 | We are a political party with a bona fide candidate and have a right to speak . ’ |
| 27 | Today , after a period of five short years , we are a health-conscious nation , exercising careful concern about our guests ' cholesterol levels when we invite them round to supper , looking unconcerned as yet another jogger pounds us into the pavement as we take a stroll , and reacting with sheer open-eyed shock at the sight of a plate of bacon , eggs and bangers as we spoon down our own regular morning bran cereal — or dish of F-Pan Fibre-Filler . |
| 28 | We are a 26 bedroom hotel . |
| 29 | We are a long way from liberating the woman from the artificial status of woman artist , which only serves to segregate her further and prevents her working as an individual professional artist , regardless of her political stance — do we call a man a male artist ? |
| 30 | We are a long way from Egypt , but in many ways the secular world is as merciless as Islam . |