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Example sentences for: be--and

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The man who had been the charismatically firm "superego" of the school (as he called himself) during its early years could be--and often was--a brutal id by the end.
And while in theory that information could be--and sometimes is--the product of especially dedicated digging or sharp analysis, it's often the product of a phone call to a chief financial officer, or comes from a vice president who lets slip that the fourth quarter is looking especially good.
Thus a Dame Jeanne (a big fat-bellied bottle) became a demi-john in English, “God encompasseth us’ became the Goat and Compasses , and the girasole (sunflower) artichoke became the Jerusalem artichoke . The “sparrow grass’ Virginia Howard mentions used to be--and probably still is--common usage in the English Midlands for asparagus .
In fact, they should be--and are--concerned.
Forbes leveled charges about Dole's record that could be--and were--rebutted.