Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The properties of the state so formed are related in a probabilistic way to the properties of the states out of which it is composed [ the photon has a chance unc a of transmission ( which is a certainty for polarisation along y ) and a chance cos ' a of not being transmitted ( which is a certainty for polarisation along x ) ] This is what is meant by the superposition principle : that states can be combined in this way with a probability interpretation of the result . |
2 | A point worth noting is that when the State of Tennessee issued the order to revoke the charter of the Highlander Folk School , the entire assets of the school were sold at public auction , including the land , buildings , library , stock etc , and having learned this savage lesson from experience , the land and buildings on which the new Highlander Research and Education Center is now located are owned by a separate Trust which is completely distinct from Highlander , and is now answerable for any of the activities which take place there . |
3 | If the webs of potato harvested are sprayed with a particular strain of Phoma that does not occur naturally , tubers harvested immediately after spraying developed gangrene rots , from which the abnormal strain could be cultured . |
4 | Since a Conservative government has been elected for a fourth term these developments will probably continue . |
5 | FORMER Mr Universe Terry Phillips , 53 , has been elected as a Conservative councillor in Knowsley , Merseyside . |
6 | But the investigation , on natural history lines , has been prosecuted with a large measure of success . |
7 | Recent comment has been disfigured by a good deal of misinformation . |
8 | Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch . |
9 | FOLLOWING an elderly taxi in London or heavy truck up a country hill , both spewing clouds of acrid smoke , makes it hard to believe that diesel exhausts can be no more harmful than those from a petrol engine that has been fitted with a three-way catalytic converter . |
10 | The part you require is 560794 ( Genuine Parts ) This is equivalent to GTRIII which is a Unipart number As you have fitted two of these to no avail I would try the gauge itself As your Land Rover has been fitted with a non-original switch to work the glow plugs and this has caught fire , there may have been a short circuit which damaged the voltage stabiliser and temperature sender unit and has probably damaged the gauge itself The colour of the sender unit is not significant |
11 | Access is made via two Ratcliff passenger lifts and the carriage has been fitted with a spacious , specially equipped toilet , and wheelchair tracking . |
12 | If , however , your car has been fitted with a catalytic converter ( see below ) you can only fill up with unleaded . |
13 | The analogous hypokalaemia that may occur during treatment with β 2 adrenoceptor agonists has been explained in a similar manner . |
14 | The beautiful Alessandra ( above ) , a Euro MP and neo-Fascist , has been invited by a right-wing Tory pressure group . |
15 | In addition , coaching sessions are arranged : there is a scheme organised by Prudential Insurance which runs weekly sessions for six weeks after Easter , and in the summer holidays further coaching has been arranged on a regular basis . |
16 | The site at St Joan of Arc RC School has been recognised with a top environment award . |
17 | The skill and determination of Second Coxswain/Mechanic John O'Donnell , of Arranmore 's Tyne class lifeboat William Luckin , during a difficult eight-hour service in winds of up to Force 9 has been recognised in a framed letter of Thanks from the Chairman of the Institution . |
18 | However , the bulk of new housing has been built on a straightforward commercial basis and corresponds to the developments of the 1930s . |
19 | It has been built on a solid bedrock of good dogs and breeding control , with a strong emphasis on mentality . |
20 | The general layout and fine pavements give the site all the appearance of a rich villa , but it has been built on a levelled shelf of tufa , through which flow vigorous streams from nearby springs . |
21 | From the Bypass east to the city limits , the A71 has been built as a dual carriageway , 7.3 metres wide . |
22 | Unfortunately , Christianity has been built upon a classic image of martyrhood : Christ on the cross . |
23 | The hotel has been built in a lovely mansion style . |
24 | The Scottish Television script has been written by a former Daily Mirror editor , Mike Molloy , and a former People managing editor , Revel Barker . |
25 | Team Pension News , which has been written in a bright , punchy style , carries an in-depth analysis of how money from the Mirror pension fund was misappropriated by Maxwell and an explanation of how a repeat can be avoided . |
26 | Overall , the first stanza has been written in a depressing way . |
27 | If the system has been written in a modular way ( i.e. the individual components of a system are intelligently partitioned , allowing each module to see all and only the input it requires ) then the modification is greatly simplified . |
28 | Its renaissance with the new wave of unemployment has been echoed by a new contest of concepts . |
29 | But Adrie van Tiggelen , the Anderlecht defender who missed the Wales game because of suspension , has been recalled to a 16-man squad which also includes AC 's Frank Rijkaard . |
30 | Dodemaide , the Sheffield Shield player of the year , has been recalled after a three-year absence , along with Matthews , who has not played internationally since last year 's tour of the West Indies . |