Example sentences of "be [pron] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I think it 's more likely to be me than the dog ! |
| 2 | Next year , it 'll be me and a couple of others and that 'll be it . |
| 3 | She wanted to be a number , to dress exactly as the other numbers dressed , to be nothing and no one . |
| 4 | He contemplated the cattle trucks that were to be his and the platoon 's home until further notice . |
| 5 | Give them my command to let the boy win his spurs , for if God has so ordained it , I wish the day to be his and the honour to go to him and those in whose charge I have placed him . ’ |
| 6 | The latter is the usual pattern and I only know it to be his as the items came from the family . |
| 7 | ( a ) Unregistered land If the house is in the husband 's sole name it should be conveyed , for reasons mentioned earlier , to trustees who can be himself and the wife , or himself and an outsider , or not less than two outsiders ( often one being nominated by the husband and one by the wife ) . |
| 8 | He would break with Lloyd George , and it would remain to be seen whether the victim would be himself or the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Oh yes , they only want two so that would be you and a treasurer . |
| 10 | So often we at the National Authority seen to be selling something which may or may not be you and the clubs er and the Class Associations round the country thinks important . |
| 11 | I thought that would be something that a lot of people would |
| 12 | There is no way that the content of my thought can both be something that the subject really thinks , apprehends or is conscious of , and yet fall outside the scope of an analysis of the act of thinking . |
| 13 | By contrast , the position ultimately reached in the English cases is that if the primary reason for issuing new shares is to fend off a potential bidder for the company then the decision of the directors will be one that the courts can overturn even if the directors are acting bona fide in the best interests of the company . |
| 14 | I just wanted to point out that on this criteria , it does n't appear to be one that the county council has listed . |
| 15 | The hidden agenda — and there always seems to be one when the Left discusses lesbian and gay rights — was Marxism Today 's distrust of the ‘ Trots ’ who controlled these councils . |
| 16 | Thirdly , if the marriage is dissolved the disposition may be one where no gratuitous benefit is intended ( see Inheritance Tax Act 1984 , s10 ) as it is to settle the claim of the former spouse ( see Chapter 2 , p20 ) . |
| 17 | Nevertheless the idea of ‘ readiness ’ for a test must be one where the teacher has to be the ultimate judge ; and this may lead to a certain amount of tension between parents and teachers . |
| 18 | The most informal interview will be one where the interviewer , having once started the interview off on the theme in which he is interested , allows the informant to dictate the subsequent situation . |