Example sentences of "to [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The range is between 3.6 and 5.1 , and there seems to be no semblance of a period .
2 There was to be no self-dramatisation and nothing that would set Amnesty International apart from the very people that it was seeking to protect from the same potential threat .
3 There is to be no knock-out , no longer deliberation in the jury room .
4 There was to be no embarkation leave , of course , because of the obvious necessity of preserving secrecy about the date of the invasion of north-west Europe .
5 There was to be no quibbling , just , ‘ How much ? ’ for she had made up her mind that , no matter what it cost , she was going to have this outfit .
6 There was to be no hypocrisy , no pussyfooting around , no pretence at all — not with himself .
7 Israel 's firstborn belong to God , but are " bought-back " from him — there is to be no child-sacrifice as in Canaan .
8 Some , such as the Somerset Levels , Chat Moss , and Hatfield and Thorne Wastes , are visible from motorways , from which there seems to be no exit whereby they can be reached .
9 Why else might there appear to be no moon ?
10 So the moon rises in the sky you ca n't see it sets you ca n't see it so there appears to be no moon .
11 John hoped that Mr Gubb would now spare the boy : but there was to be no remission ; the penalty had to be paid , the example given .
12 There was to be no escape .
13 There seems to be no escape from the fact that work substitutes will be needed to preserve society as we know it , carried out in such a way as to preserve particular countries ' economic viability .
14 The SPD would favour an amended wording , to allow for the automatic expulsion , for instance , of asylum-seekers from countries where there was deemed to be no persecution .
15 Dounreay has claimed , and no doubt the Minister will concur , that there is to be no increase in the level of reprocessing .
16 There appeared to be no increase in the airborne micro-organism level from embalming autopsied cases , although the wipe samples from gloves ( not surprisingly ) showed much higher levels from autopsied subjects compared with intact subjects .
17 By contrast there seems to be no increase , or even a decrease , in less serious gastric mucosal injury .
18 If the good lady had to die , there had to be no link with the Prince .
19 So supposing you never marry , and if you go on being so fussy you probably never will — are there to be no cakes and ale ? "
20 But there was to be no rest .
21 In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case .
22 British-born speakers tend to use London English most of the time anyway , and there appears to be no requirement to use Creole to respond to Creole utterances , at least from adults :
23 There is to be no discussion with local authorities on how this needs index is drawn up , and there will be no appeal against the size of the government grant that results from using this calculation .
24 You 'll have to remember it because there 's going to be no revision .
25 Sandison felt relieved that there was to be no pursuit of his reasons for coming to Naples .
26 There would seem to be no problem about proving enactment — the Royal Assent is today granted by Commissioners and there would seem to be no privilege bar to their giving evidence as to the grant .
27 there , there , there be fighting and shoving and pushing for the power and then it says there that it will look as though the , the north king will take all over , all over the what , what spread all over the earth and then it says gradually he will go right back to his ho go home , gradually will be stepping back , right back to his home and there 's going to be no helper for him
28 As there seems to be no questions Ma'am , may I propose the adoption of the report .
29 There was to be no inconvenience to the General , he had been repeatedly told .
30 At first trawl , and , of course , that is not impeccable as an approach , there seems to be no reference to a direct and discrete book , chapter or article on age discrimination in the membership of or allied involvement in the voluntary and community sector .
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