Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , it would have been splendid to have seen a small blue Ford Anglia spluttering along the road as I descended , with a tiny white face peering from a condensation-covered back window . |
| 2 | The relation of all this to the regalia is that , before setting out , the assembled tribes are supposed to have made a sacred ‘ Blood Agreement ’ by which the new lands would be governed . |
| 3 | We are lucky to have secured a reliable supply of crosswords and will try to include a crossword in every other Journal — starting with this one : turn to page 17 |
| 4 | Mrs Whitehouse suggests that having achieved what she argues they set out to do — show that the Sexual Offences Act covered all ‘ public ’ acts of gross indecency , including simulated acts in the theatre — it would have been oppressive to have continued a private prosecution against the director of the play . |
| 5 | Just as the barbarians themselves seem to have changed their policies about settlement , so too the Romans are unlikely to have had a monolithic system for settling the barbarians within the Roman Empire . |
| 6 | Parents whose babies have died or were stillborn have produced a special memorial to help them come to terms with their loss . |
| 7 | Pollution is likely to have played a key role in the mass die-offs of seals , dolphins and fish and other natural disasters in recent years , she claimed . |
| 8 | We must of course make full allowance for the disappearance of the most important historical sources of the third century B.C. Hieronymus of Cardia is likely to have given a precise account of the Celtic events of 280–275 B.C. Later Phylarchus continued the story . |
| 9 | This is likely to have had a great influence on the goals and , in particular , the mission statement of the organisation which were discussed in Section 2.2 . |
| 10 | Nevertheless some of the law in the Pactus is likely to have had a royal origin . |
| 11 | The patients in this study were older than the controls but that is unlikely to have had a significant effect on our results . |
| 12 | Sighvat 's poem is known to be incomplete , but surviving verses do not mention the battle , and Ottar the Black 's Knútsdrápa says that Cnut opposed or threw back ( hnekDir ) the Swedes there , and describes him as their withstander ( prengvir ) , neither of which is resonant of overwhelming victory , Indeed , if Holy River was known only from the Chronicle entry one would think it a defeat , but Ottar is unlikely to have included a famous reverse in a list of Cnut 's achievements , and the royal title used in the 1027 Letter ( see below ) suggests that he did eventually claim suzerainty over some Swedes . |
| 13 | Little of scholarly value has been written on crime in colonial South Asia , but the work which is available has shown a strong positive relationship between property crime , including robbery , and depressed economic conditions . |
| 14 | A BUS firm 's decision to scrap a service because it is unprofitable has sparked a local outcry . |
| 15 | Such flexibility was easier to foster given a basic consensus amongst the staff . |
| 16 | She thought that Elizabeth was foolish to have married a silent countryman and to have condemned herself to a life of boredom , and that she should have known better . |
| 17 | It was a new experience for her to want to open up to someone , especially a man ; but another part of her was relieved to have found a kindred spirit she could confide in . |
| 18 | Euander was supposed to have introduced a Greek dialect into Latium which , duly corrupted , became Latin ( Varro fr. 295 Funaioli ; Bion . |
| 19 | I note in particular the first meeting of the National Committee which I was glad to see made a good start . |
| 20 | ‘ You must be in love or something , ’ she heard John saying , then she remembered the unaccustomed poached egg and was glad to have found a sensible reason for her lack of appetite . |