Example sentences of "to [be] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the development limits the landscape policies that have been referred to are our response to a number of considerations , erm protection of the open countryside is just one of those . |
| 2 | Quite frankly , I need a guide because otherwise all I 'll be listening to are my hopes and fears and desires . ’ |
| 3 | The Air Staff sought battlbattle-winningormance in an aircraft that would do virtually everything in all weathers from long-range nuclear deterrent strike , through all the phases of reconnaissance , down to close battlefield support for the Army , almost regardless of cost since it was to be their capital aircraft . |
| 4 | Both wish Jerusalem to be their capital . |
| 5 | The ancient communities , at every level of their being , and in their virtues as well as their vices , were implacable custodians of what they imagined to be their rights . |
| 6 | I 'd like to be their mothers ! |
| 7 | Some large customers will offer their suppliers incentives to do so , but more often they will offer ultimata : they set deadlines by which their suppliers must convert to EDI if they want to continue to be their suppliers . |
| 8 | Twice they were denied penalties for handball , one in each half , and when Colin Johnson hit the upright 16 minutes from time , it looked more and more obvious that this was not going to be their day . |
| 9 | it was the same in the second half … the save of the game stopped an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp … and after that well the United players just had to accept it was n't going to be their day … |
| 10 | THERE are moments in matches where a team must sense it is just not going to be their day . |
| 11 | Three minutes after the break , City know it was not going to be their day , they themselves were awarded a penalty when Frankie Machavellio was brought down in the area . |
| 12 | The list of HMG-box containing proteins is growing rapidly , comprising a variety of functions the common activity of which seems to be their ability to bind DNA through this domain ( 3-9 ) . |
| 13 | As to whether national governments are still ultimately in charge , the only matter left to be resolved is whether they retain the means to call a halt to the whole process by which law-making is rapidly ceasing to be their responsibility . |
| 14 | A woman 's children addressed the man who " was supposed to be their genitor by a term which means " father " in neighbouring communities . |
| 15 | But for Israel it was the outward sign of a relationship : God was to be their God ; they were to be his people . |
| 16 | The Wokingham Blacks grew more confident , but that complacency was to be their undoing . |
| 17 | Such confidence was to be their undoing , and that of the Elves . |
| 18 | Many men feel a very great sense of despair and discomfort upon entering what used to be their home with their wife , but what is now a house that seems to demand a lot of time-consuming work . |
| 19 | They had left school that summer , not wishing to study any more , and Fontanellato was to be their home until the end of the war . |
| 20 | The people of the Old Town , who were poor , wanted Duke Michael to be their King , but the people of the New Town wanted King Rudolf . |
| 21 | On Malcolm 's death , and that of his oldest son by Margaret [ q.v. ] , daughter of Edward the Atheling [ q.v. ] , at Alnwick on 13 November 1093 , the Scottish nobility chose Donald to be their king . |
| 22 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 23 | In 1681 , the Burgh of Selkirk , having chosen Sir Patrick Murray , who did not reside in that burgh , to be their commissioner to Parliament , a charge was given both to the burgh and to Sir Patrick for payment of the penalty imposed by the of Convention . |
| 24 | Then Borg and Lloyd , ghosts from the ‘ Love Match ’ of long ago , were reported as having lost to a pair of teenagers young enough to be their sons . |
| 25 | Recent research on the hamadryas shows that the males who join harem owners tend to be their sons . |
| 26 | He loved her , but his love , the love he wanted to be their love seemed stalled , stuck at some early stage , as though hibernating until the winter had passed . |
| 27 | And they have held their own popular vote , not in an assembly , as that would have been too dangerous , but going round the community asking their opinion , so now they have " elected " a very courageous woman whom they want to be their Mayoress when the FDR-FMLN take power . |
| 28 | It is almost as though one has to pass a test to be their friend . |
| 29 | All she wanted was to be their friend , but they responded by ridiculing her . |
| 30 | In 1785 the struggling Baptist fellowship in nearby Moulton , with only a handful of members and a building in a state of disrepair asked Carey to be their Pastor . |