Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The mines have long been closed but a relic survives in a blacksmith 's forge behind the crumbled walls .
2 The reasons why cereal based ORS have been so successful has not been examined but a number of possible mechanisms have been proposed including increased substrate availability without increased osmolality , kinetic advantage of oligosaccharides over glucose monomers , and low osmolality .
3 There is therefore a risk that good items will not be accepted and a risk that bad quality items will be accepted .
4 There is therefore a risk that good items will not be accepted and a risk that bad quality items will be accepted .
5 The results of that study are still being analysed but a number of interesting though tentative conclusions are emerging .
6 A trace of CO had also been detected and a trace of water with a column mass of about 0.01 kg/m 2 .
7 A contacts database can also be created and a contact record can be linked to a calendar entry .
8 Scuba diving is a very complex sport and you are required to learn many aspects of the sport all of which are vital for example , pressure equalization , maintenance of equipment , assembling the equipment , nitrogen narcosis , decompression sickness and use of dive tables misunderstandig or neglecting any of these can result in very serious injuries or paralysis or even death you also learn practical skills like mask clearing to a timed diver low compass navigation must also be mastered and a theory and practical tests are undertaken to show you are competent at scuba diving .
9 The first phase of the Trust 's Environmental Audit , announced in the summer 1990 issue of the magazine , has now been completed and a programme has been approved which should result in the principles of environmental protection being more firmly entrenched in the Trust 's activities .
10 This door had now been opened and a man stood therein , staring .
11 Children 's entertainment has n't been forgotten and a child 's fair , including mechanical rides , swings and a roundabout will also be operating on the site .
12 Most of the plates bear one or two scratched numbers of the reverse : their meaning has not yet been identified but a research student from the Rijksmuseum has made a detailed survey of them and will be publishing his findings in the journal Print Quarterly at a future date .
13 A long-running legal wrangle ensued with Gasco assets ultimately being frozen and a court undertaking secured from St Piran not to reduce its UK assets below £7m , sufficient to cover the SIB claim .
14 With proposals for a fifth terrestrial channel currently being studied and a variety of plans to introduce pay-TV under consideration , the Government is clearly embarking on a policy of opening up the airwaves .
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