Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local states are not accorded a leading role in decisions about welfare . |
| 2 | These tactics are also used a great deal to achieve the user 's disguised objective . |
| 3 | Rhinos were also considered a great trophy from a day 's hunting . |
| 4 | Gordon Middleton and Alan Hill were both given a conditional discharge . |
| 5 | Twelve subjects were individually given a four-consonant sequence and an arbitrary number to count backwards from in threes as fast as they could before they were given the signal . |
| 6 | If f : unc is 1-1 and onto B , f is sometimes called a 1-1 correspondence . |
| 7 | Conservationists claim that unless the deal is actually signed a new owner may not feel bound by it . |
| 8 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 9 | ‘ If there are riot police , ’ he says , ‘ then vigilantes will appear , because there will always be somebody to see to it that crime is never given a free rein . ’ |
| 10 | Therapy is still considered a marginal thing but I really do n't see why . |
| 11 | Alice In Chains are here , and SEattle 's never seemed a better place to live . |
| 12 | Alice In Chains are here , and SEattle 's never seemed a better place to live . |
| 13 | Provided there 's access to the plane and the fuselage is not crushed a few minutes should tell us all we want to know . |
| 14 | Mrs Chalker , whose seat was always considered a possible casualty , lost her majority to Labour with a loss of 1,819 votes . |
| 15 | By a resolution passed by 305 votes to 36 , with 41 abstentions , Gorbachev was effectively given a free hand to dictate the process of economic reform by decree , to manage the state budget , and also to supervise law and order . |
| 16 | All members of the department are actively committed to research , on the basis of which the department was recently given a top research rating by the Universities Funding Council . |
| 17 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |
| 18 | When Mr Stroud met the family , on Monday , he said the bear was not considered a Christian symbol . |
| 19 | NO HORSE was ever given a better or more fitting name than Nijinsky and few have paid their namesake more graceful compliments . |
| 20 | Mrs Piggott 's BUSTED ROCK was not given a hard race when 14½l sixth to Satin Lover at Ascot and is open to plenty of improvement . |
| 21 | The British Council abroad is bent on getting everything connected with British education and culture under its tyrannical control , and outsiders like myself who found their own positions without passing through the old-boy network and the rigid screening system of the Council were always given a hard time . |
| 22 | Marriage is not considered a sufficient commitment . |
| 23 | Each words in the lattice is then given a syntactic rating based on the probabilities of the transitions it participates in . |
| 24 | Because work is still considered a male role , leisure , similarly , is thought to be a male preserve . |
| 25 | Mr Chan is also considered a probable future member of the Executive Council , the Governor 's ‘ cabinet ’ . |
| 26 | Because his exhibition programme was among the country 's ( and the world 's ) most impressive , the museum is now deemed a premier destination for philanthropic largesse . |
| 27 | The soliloquy in Renaissance texts is frequently given a special prominence because readers ( and the assumption is of play readers rather than audiences witnessing a production ) believe they are experiencing a moment of privileged revelation where the dramatist reveals a character 's interiority . |
| 28 | Immediately outside the ozone-depleted zone is often found a crescent-shaped region of ozone-rich air which accentuates the image of an ozone ‘ hole ’ as depicted on maps of Antarctic ozone concentration ( figure 6.7 ) . |
| 29 | This is why graphology was not given a separate heading in our checklist of stylistic features in 3.1 ; it was understood that such features , where of stylistic interest , would be noted under the heading of foregrounding . |
| 30 | Although the Koons ' work is also being shown in Strange Developments , Sherman 's work was not given a similar position of prominence , nor even hung in the same location as Koons ' , as if the exhibition organisers were emphatically hoping to avoid any challenging comparisons . |