Example sentences of "he be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not do it if he were not the landlord , although in general you can not , in the late twentieth century , expect high-minded landlords to do your planning for you . |
| 2 | He were never the same when he came off mainline . |
| 3 | He is not the first Federal Reserve chairman to visit Moscow , but never can one have been paid as much attention . |
| 4 | 'Twill be well because he is not the real thing , never could be , and is not even now presuming to be ; but conversely , 'twill be well because the imitation , the travesty , of the real thing can also usurp it and to all intents and purposes become it . |
| 5 | He is not the despot portrayed in the West . |
| 6 | If he is not the greatest gloveman the game has known , he is a very successful wicket-keeper-batsman ; in his first two Tests in Australia in 1981–2 he appeared solely as a batsman before taking over from David Murray , and by the end of the 1989–90 series he had played in 68 Tests , made 223 dismissals ( a miserly five stumpings tells a sad tale ) and scored almost 3,000 runs at an average of 35 with five centuries . |
| 7 | Soon we learn he is not the son of the promise , nor is Hagar to be the mother of that child . |
| 8 | ‘ He is not the very model of a husband . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 10 | ‘ He is not the same lad on stage . |
| 11 | A quietly-spoken man , he is not the pushy type of manager who makes sure the sandwiches are folded properly backstage or that the plectrums are of the right elasticity . |
| 12 | He is not the type to go to the pub and just pick someone up . |
| 13 | He is not the only person to have responded on this point , which just shows how powerful anecdotes can be as memory aids . |
| 14 | He , too , has been questioned but he is not the most intelligent of men , or the best of horse-riders . |
| 15 | At first , the father 's contribution ( and we are here making the assumption that he is not the principal parent ) does not have a differential impact on boys and on girls . |
| 16 | If you take an instant dislike to a particular hypnotherapist , or if you feel that you are unlikely to be able to establish any rapport with him , then he is not the one for you and any treatment would be unlikely to succeed . |
| 17 | This need not mean that he is no good at his job — simply that he is not the right person to help you . |
| 18 | The statement says that where a member 's opinion is sought on the application of accounting standards or principles to specific circumstances or transactions of an entity of which he is not the auditor , he should ensure that he has access to all relevant information , he should contact the auditor to provide an opportunity for the latter to bring to his attention any relevant facts and , given his client 's permission , he should provide a copy of his opinion to the auditor . |
| 19 | Ben seems to forget that he is not the only one in the world to be making progress , that it is not just the routes he puts up which are the difficult ones , and that he is n't the best climber there is . |
| 20 | He is not the kind of bloke who wishes to know his coloured brethren . ’ |
| 21 | Joseph , who is certain he is not the father of the child , decides to ‘ divorce ’ Mary quietly to avoid public scandal . |
| 22 | Flying Scot Colin McRae is third , but Malcolm Wilson showed his highly-rated compatriot that he is not the only Briton gunning for the Pounds 100,000 jackpot being offered by sponsors Lombard for a home winner . |
| 23 | While Hoving 's career at the Met could make for a juicy and fascinating story , Making the Mummies Dance proves that he is not the man to tell it . |
| 24 | For example , it has been pointed out that one person can not be asked the same question twice , the second time he is not the same person because he has already been asked the question once . |
| 25 | If he has been deceived I am inclined to think he is not the first ’ . |
| 26 | When Christopher Steffen , reportedly a slash and burn merchant when it comes to cutting costs and staff , quit Eastman Kodak Co on Wednesday after just seven weeks in the job of chief financial officer of Eastman Kodak Co , saying that the team was agreed on the objectives , but had irreconcilable differences on how to get from here to there , IBM Corp shares jumped for joy in anticipation that he was about to be named finance chief — but the joy subsided and so did the share price , off 87.5 cents at $49 when nothing happened yesterday ; word out of IBM is that there is an appointment already to be announced , but unless the fact that Steffen is now at a loose end causes a last-minute re-think , he is not the man that IBM has in mind . |
| 27 | He is not the only big-name casualty . |
| 28 | This is the year Carlos Cardus must prove he is not the nearly man of 250 GP racing . |
| 29 | He is not the sort of child usually considered open to the notion of writing , reading , or listening to poetry . ) |
| 30 | ‘ He is not the King of Scotland , Bess , ’ she said . |