Example sentences of "to be [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you supposed to are we all supposed to write this out ? some music ? |
| 2 | it 's not going to be the trainee manager , it 's not gon na just be the trainee , it 's going to be everybody all of the management team within the branch . |
| 3 | I think its very difficult to be yourself these days because you , you see so many magazines with beautiful people in and you think that 's how I want to look and its , its a sort of , pressure thing all the time |
| 4 | A source of tension in government was Lekhanya 's perceived conciliatory attitude towards South Africa , whereas Moshoeshoe and some officers on the Council were said to be themselves sympathetic to the South African liberation movement , the African National Congress ( ANC ) . |
| 5 | Moreover , members of other cultures are understood to be themselves active participants in such model building and so their social and linguistic ‘ grammars ’ have to be taken into account also . |
| 6 | Fundholding practices have more control over staffing , and many consider counsellors , along with physiotherapists and chiropodists , to be their highest priority . |
| 7 | On the whole we were an abstemious lot , but when the depression began to bite into salary rises during the early 30s , and escalating prices made living all the more precarious , some of us wondered if Tom Miller might have paid his staff what they felt to be their well-earned incremental increases by accepting a few extra advertisements . |
| 8 | Before departing , they recorded a final album that , in their typically quirky style , proves to be their best since the early days of Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty , even if there are moments when Lawrence comes close to outclassing Morrissey in the annals of wimp rock . |
| 9 | In fact I have not met a single teacher who does not want to be their best and do their best for young people , even though what this means in practice is very different for different teachers . |
| 10 | It 's got to be their best choice erm it is closer to home , with no worries about overseas travel erm plus the backing of every major Tourist Board means they 're guaranteed quality . |
| 11 | Even if Nicu was intended to be their ultimate successor , he was not allowed to appear as dauphin , particularly not after making the critical remarks to his father about the economic problems and social conditions in Sibiu . |
| 12 | And what he enjoys even more is the knowledge that their affection is based upon patronizing him from what they take to be their greater radicalism ; while in fact , under the surface , he is more radical than they will ever be . |
| 13 | Eliot had already agreed to share his new home with John Hayward who , having supervised its decoration , joined him a month after Eliot had " settled in " ; for the next eleven years this was to be their mutual address . |
| 14 | It is likely to be their one and only chance . |
| 15 | All first-class advocates concentrate on what they consider to be their good points ; they do not run the risk of alienating the judge 's affections by producing obviously bad ones . |
| 16 | It was impossible to hug and kiss her with those letters in the background ( all the more , since this was to be their first , and thus an unforgettable , kiss ) , and so he had no choice but to turn back with a bitter sense of capitulation . |
| 17 | Both men had a history of lawlessness , petty felonies and misdemeanours , but this was to be their first foray into serious and hopefully prosperous crime , an opportunity prompted by pure chance . |
| 18 | In many cases NoS was to be their first experiment . |
| 19 | Among the 800 hardened athletes in St Clements yesterday were four students from Buckingham University … they 've set themselves the goal of running the New York Marathon to raise money for charity … this was to be their first serious test . |
| 20 | could United hold on … was this going to be their first away win of the season … |
| 21 | The British theatrical Establishment who thought he aspired to be their new idol would be puzzled over ‘ All I wanted to do was to live ’ — but they would have let it pass as a Welsh eccentricity ; ‘ to act at the Old Vic ’ would have drawn beams of approval . |
| 22 | That 's when Chelsea are due to announce whether or not Glenn Hoddle really is to be their new manager . |
| 23 | Tomorrow Oxford United will officially reveal who they 've chosen to be their new manager . |
| 24 | Celtic want him back to be their new manager … that could be the future … but what of the past dare we mention Swindon … |
| 25 | Four out of five graffiti in male lavatories had a sexual theme , while on the other side of the wall only one in four of those created by women dealt with overt sexual subjects ; love and romance seemed to be their principal occupation . |
| 26 | The priority for Leeds at the start of the season was a place in Europe and despite leading the table for much of the season that now looks to be their only target — although it is far from guaranteed . |
| 27 | This inexperience appears to be their only real drawback , but obviously the style of architecture did not suit Hope 's taste . |
| 28 | This was a crucial consideration , especially for the unskilled , because it was seen to be their only asset . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never seen one before , ’ she said excitedly , when it was clear that that was to be their only sighting . |
| 30 | When the Community seemed to be their only option , the Greeks thought they had better be thoroughly Community-minded . |