Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was old enough to be assigned a dowry , a stretch of land which lay between the rivers Seine , Epte and Andelle , known as the Norman Vexin . |
| 2 | What is a Member of Parliament to do when , having been lucky enough to be given an Adjournment debate by you , Mr. Speaker , and having given a copy of his entire speech to the Foreign Office at 9.45 in the morning , the Minister — in this case the Minister of State , the hon. and learned Member for Grantham ( Mr. Hogg ) — makes no attempt whatever to answer the deeply serious issues that have been raised ? |
| 3 | Application for a grant should be made at the same time as the application for an audition in order that you can be sure of your position should you be fortunate enough to be offered a place . |
| 4 | Gillian Newsum has just written an excellent book about him and we were lucky enough to be offered an extract to whet your appetite ! |
| 5 | Eight months before , his Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo had been staged and published in Rome — musically , it is arguable , a finer work than Peri 's but not dramatic enough to be considered an opera ; the allegorical personages were costumed , and there were dances , but the work was performed in the Oratorio della Vallicella and human interest and the sense of festivity , both indispensable to opera , were necessarily lacking . |
| 6 | Now it would seem that they are not only to be denied an increase , but also to be faced with a reduction . |
| 7 | Charles realised with a jolt that he was not to be given a room in the château . |
| 8 | It is suggested that it is unsatisfactory to allow the rent to be fixed in reliance on assertions made by the parties which can not be challenged by cross examination , and where the expert is not to be given an opportunity of seeing and evaluating the quality of the witnesses . |
| 9 | He moved in against his young brother , slowly this time , determined not to be made a fool of twice . |
| 10 | There were chances at both ends and Aberdeen were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty when Shearer went to meet a Paatelainen cross only to be barged from behind by Narey . |
| 11 | He was disappointed not to be offered a place at RADA . |
| 12 | In times when there is occasion for rejoicing as , for example , in the gathering of a successful harvest , a happy emergence from trouble or natural disaster and on many other occasions there is always to be observed an urge to offer thanks to someone or something . |
| 13 | In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption . |
| 14 | AN AMBULANCEMEN has called for a man who rescued a youth from mountainous seas yesterday to be given a bravery award . |
| 15 | The house itself-'not a palace , nor a castle , nor was it hardly to be called a mansion' — is ‘ pretty ’ ( Trollope 's highest term of praise ) , unpretentious , and comfortable . |
| 16 | On 3 July 1992 he announced that the French people were also to be given a referendum on the subject of whether Maastricht would be ratified . |
| 17 | I consider that this is properly to be regarded a case of extortion colore officii . |
| 18 | Do n't wait here to be made a scapegoat , go , now … quickly ! ’ |
| 19 | All the fuss is over the fourth charge — should Mosher have published an article in a Taiwan Sunday newspaper condemning Chinese birth-control methods and accompanied by photographs of women 7½ months pregnant and about to be given an abortion ? |
| 20 | Kelly stood up , walked slowly towards Broom-Parker and knelt before his chair like a child about to be told a fireside story . |
| 21 | You young people have no idea what it was like for people in Europe then to be offered a cigarette or a piece of chocolate or something like real coffee . |
| 22 | He has yet to be offered a contract by Celtic . |
| 23 | The Scottish Office is yet to be guaranteed a slot for the legislation in the next session of parliament . |
| 24 | Unless you have married a man who is unusually attached to his mother ( which is another matter altogether ) , it will be unlikely to occur to your husband that he needs to do anything more to make his mother happy than to be a kind and dutiful son , who has given her sanctuary in his own home in her later years ; but if he is a man of feeling , it will not be difficult to persuade him of her need for his company : her need to be taken out for a run in the car with him alone sometimes , to be kissed when he kisses you when he gets home in the evening , and occasionally to be brought a bunch of flowers instead of you . |