Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many similar examples can be found around the world , but in Britain there is substantial historical evidence which suggests that sharing with relatives outside the nuclear family in adult life has never been widely regarded as an ideal to be aimed for ( see chapter 2 ) . |
| 2 | This has been widely seen as an area where employment can be created and economic vitality encouraged . |
| 3 | The abolition of compulsory service for the nobility ( 1762 ) appears to have been widely read as an indication that freedom for serfs would follow shortly . |
| 4 | The presence of Thalassiothrix in Neogene sediments from the eastern equatorial Pacific has been widely used as an indicator of significant upwelling and high primary production . |
| 5 | The cost of sporting involvement may not , in most cases is not , realized during early phases , but , on reflection , many black sportsmen believe their academic results are badly affected by an overconcentration on sport . |
| 6 | The Court ruled that the case against the three , who had exercised their right not to give evidence at the trial , had been overwhelmingly prejudiced following an announcement by King during the trial of restrictions on the right of silence [ see p. 37098 ] . |
| 7 | He presented a video showing the embalming and restoration of a young lady whose face had been badly damaged in an accident . |
| 8 | Her colleague 's fairy costume had been badly injured by an admirer who had sat on it . |
| 9 | I mentioned in my last letter to Fiona that Lord Lovat had been badly wounded during an attack on the enemy positions on the evening of 12th June . |
| 10 | Because the cars are obviously parked in an area away from the er where the people lived . |
| 11 | Although many questions in parliament about aircraft accidents are put in a genuine spirit of inquiry , it can not be denied that others are merely tabled in an attempt to embarrass the minister or government of the day . |
| 12 | THE PROCESS of viral infection has been aptly described as an act of hijack . |
| 13 | Salami are best served as an antipasto , in sandwiches , with salads or eaten with a little cheese and fresh crusty bread . |
| 14 | Such terms are best confined to an appendix . |
| 15 | The problems are largely caused by an overflow facility at the entrance to the main sewage treatment plant in Dunfermline . |
| 16 | Although conservation matters are generally assigned on an area basis , many councils now have their own conservation officers . |
| 17 | Special classification schemes are generally devised for an application for which no major general scheme is suitable . |
| 18 | So these problems and similar ones to them are generally led to an abandonment I suppose , or a lack of interest in feat in a pure feature analysis view to how we build up and recognise objects . |
| 19 | Again , while these books are in the ‘ horror ’ genre which the twentieth century has made its own , they are not written without an eye to their context in literary history beyond their descent from Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein and the Gothic novel . |
| 20 | Herbal cigarettes are not recommended as an aid to giving up smoking because they contain both tar and carbon monoxide . |
| 21 | things that are not driven by an engine |
| 22 | Revenues are not included in an income statement until they are realized either in cash or in the form of other assets , the ultimate cash proceeds of which are reasonably certain . |
| 23 | So much for ensuring that the rights of the individual or of an organisation are not disregarded by an inspector 's investigation taking place in private . |
| 24 | Much more serious , Nijinsky 's summer holiday and then his preparation for the St Leger had both been painfully interrupted by an attack of ringworm , which cost him almost all his hair . |
| 25 | The let-down charts in Aerad and Jeppesen flight guides are usually based on an airspeed of 150 kts . |
| 26 | This expert might have to deal with a wide variety of issues , including the builder's/lessor 's obligations to obtain planning permission , as well as the design and construction obligations , issues which are usually left to an arbitrator or an Official Referee of the High Court . |
| 27 | Amongst those consequences , he said , was the imposition of a duty to act fairly towards those who are directly affected by an intervention decision . |
| 28 | The chalk cliffs are mainly sheer with little vegetation , but the sandstone cliffs are more tumbled with an undercliff structure , and in places of sufficient stability to have allowed vegetation to form . |
| 29 | The party ‘ whip-has not been formally withdrawn from an MP for over twenty years . |
| 30 | And today , police confirmed the Bishop had been formally cautioned for an act of gross indecency . |