Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two or three years later he might suddenly be appointed a full-time magistrate , even though by that time he had probably forgotten all of the law which he had learnt . |
| 2 | I have suggested that a meaningful way to set the limits as to what may rightly be called a Christian position , is that Christians are those who proclaim Jesus to have been unique . |
| 3 | In the 1950s he felt we could n't afford a new car , so be bought a prewar London taxi , and he and I built a Nissen hut as a garage . |
| 4 | For take-off the tail should only be raised a small amount . |
| 5 | With the current boom in interest in opera , though , this disc enters a very competitive field indeed and so , once again , can only be given a general recommendation . |
| 6 | It could only be given a new lease of life by grounding its themes in a transformed image of a much more efficient , modernised , client-centred public sector , to which Labour has not yet seriously directed itself . |
| 7 | Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points . |
| 8 | Modern refining techniques mean that for every barrel of crude oil refined , there will be a split between diesel and petrol fuels that can only be varied a small amount . |
| 9 | Although they are mainly what would be called consolidating enactments in British practice , one which may perhaps be considered a genuine code is the regulation bringing together all the various Community rules on customs matters , in effect a Community Customs Code , on which the Council adopted a common position on 14 May 1992 . |
| 10 | Thus , neither Latin American political developments nor Latin American suspicions of the USSR — although either or both may lie behind isolated set-backs to Soviet policy — can any longer be considered a significant factor in the overall development of commercial relations . |
| 11 | A visitor observing the activity inside a Citizens Advice Bureau may well be surprised at the amount of physical movement within the office when advice giving would normally be considered a sedentary job . |
| 12 | A dog that gains a third prize is a dog that lacks quality and is not perfect in construction , but one that still can not be called a poor specimen . |
| 13 | This lexicon should not be seen a static repository of data . |
| 14 | Yesterday , the Soviet Union blamed Britain for the cancellation of a visit by a human rights delegation , saying British officials insisted on sending Mr Michael Bourdeaux of Keston College — someone they knew would not be given a Soviet visa . |
| 15 | In other words , his argument might be seen as an attempt to confront the common sense with the disconcerting fact that references to what are assumed to be numerically identical spatio-temporal particulars inhabiting an objective world " out there " can not be given a satisfactory justification , and consequently that one can not claim with certainty that such particulars represent the basic material of which the world is made up . |
| 16 | Such is the fluid nature of the Hindu syncretism that the unifying power behind the gods can not be given a single name . |
| 17 | They may define positions that have often been repeated , but they can not be given a timeless quality . |
| 18 | There could not be devised a sophisticated society in which there was no competition for ‘ jobs at the top ’ . |
| 19 | This present position should not be accorded a psychological fixity , which is somehow removed from the fluidity of historical development . |
| 20 | GRAHAM Taylor will not be offered a new contract by the FA — unless he leads England to a successful World Cup . |
| 21 | Her second visit could not be accounted a complete success , though we were much more intimate than before , and wept a lot together about the baby . |
| 22 | The Severn could not be considered a complete failure , however , for from it was developed the very successful Saro A.27 London flying-boat . |
| 23 | The HGT-1 cell line was isolated from a human gastric adenocarcinoma , and can not be considered a complete model for the parietal cell as it does not secrete hydrochloric acid . |
| 24 | It would not be considered a serious loss by the company and the financial gain to the robbers was not necessarily substantial . |
| 25 | However , an environment in which people can not sleep adequately because of excessive noise can not be considered a safe environment . |
| 26 | Police have warned that despite last nights events , car thieves will not be allowed a free ride in the Oxford area . |
| 27 | The actor can play a different person each month and still be considered a good actor . |
| 28 | The emphasis is on beef but its milk yield remains adequate and it can still be considered a dual-purpose type . |
| 29 | It means that lambs which have lost their parents , for reasons such as sheep worrying by dogs , can quickly be given a new mother . |
| 30 | However , to remove this cause of dispute the year 1688 saw William & Mary " , by Royal Mines Act , repeal the old statutes , declaring that NO MINE of copper , tin , iron or lead would thereafter be adjudged a Royal Mine — even though gold or silver could be extracted from the ore . |