Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 PETER BURNS , head of the Sheffield World Student Games organisation , has been dismissed by the company which is organising the event , Universiade GB Ltd .
2 That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real .
3 That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real .
4 Each of the rooms has been furnished in a manner which combines the elegant traditions of Thailand with the relaxed style of an international resort .
5 Forest products are gathered at a level which does not affect the harvest next year be it fruit , timber , grasses , wild honey or medicinal plants .
6 What is really new about this vision , though ( the non-affluent have always serviced the affluent ) is that hedonism becomes the moral dynamo of the economy : pleasures are justified by the work they provide , having fun becomes a moral duty .
7 The disadvantages are the limitations that are placed on the observer who can only gain a limited amount of information without intruding and thus altering the spontaneity of the behaviour .
8 So far 86 women artists have been honoured through the organisation which , in itself , is a wonderful achievement .
9 A Will is a commonsense and legal way to ensure that any possessions you have are given to the people you wish to pass them on to .
10 Scores ( the total of correct answers ) are given to the headteacher who makes year-by-year comparisons for classes and individual children .
11 The treatment intervals before radiotherapy are given for the patients who were followed up for three months or more while undergoing laser treatment .
12 For species of birds , the data are given in a form which will make any natural clusters obvious .
13 The Roman authorities are treated with a respect which is almost excusing them from any responsibility .
14 All the tracks had previously been heard by the reviewers who , almost in passing , noted that it was ‘ naive , energetic and uncomplicated . ’
15 I 'd always been fascinated by the people who live on the skid rows of our cities — the ones we regard as the scum of the earth .
16 Fisheries are sustained by the plankton which depends upon a constant re-cycling of nutrients stirred up from the sea bottom .
17 The AFBD has not been treated with the seriousness it deserves by bodies as powerful as the London International Financial Futures Exchange .
18 This aspect of Jewish intellectual life has never been treated with the attention it deserves .
19 " In concluding this Report the Undersigned have the greatest pleasure in bearing testimony to the zeal and ability of Mr. Gurney , in which they are joined by the Visitors who attended the Examination .
20 But such perceptions are limited by the tattwas which are active within their make-up .
21 The poor physical conditions under which many teachers have to work may be difficult enough , but their problems are compounded by the gulf which has developed in many schools between teachers and pupils , and the low regard in which teachers are held .
22 Associated with this view is the general contention that services are consumed at the time they are produced , and therefore they can not be stored , transported or resold .
23 Why the Scots in general , and the sea-fishermen in particular , should have put up with this monstrous injustice is hard to understand , but the insult has now been compounded to a degree which surely demands some national response .
24 Critics also argue that this has been compounded by a policy which has unfairly favoured the private sector in preference to the public sector .
25 Provided sexual energies have not been drained by the stress itself orgasm is a great form of tension release , whether achieved through making love or masturbation .
26 At the present stage of development of US television , on the other hand , the schedules of the majority viewing channels ( and this is of course complicated by the much wider dissemination of cable ) are stripped in a way which concentrates particular genres and subgenres within the same time-slot : the competition is directed quite blatantly at the same demographic group or taste constituency , and , characteristically , for the network viewer , the choice is within genres and subgenres rather between them .
27 Interpretation may also be difficult if risk factors are examined in a protocol which comprises several treatment arms , since the effects of non-pharmacological factors may be obscured by a variety of treatment effects .
28 Fortunately there are now many people who think this is wrong , and they do so mainly for the same reason , that is , because the ‘ god ’ spoken of has never been explained in a manner which they themselves can easily understand and believe in .
29 Following its launch at the Tate Gallery ( 17 February-25 April ) , a prestigious international circuit has been arranged for the exhibition which goes to the Museo Nacional de Reina Sofia , Madrid ( 8 June-23 August ) , New York 's Museum of Modern Art ( 22 September-4 January 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 3 February-17 April 1994 ) and the Walker Art Center , Minneapolis ( 23 July-2 October 1994 ) .
30 His head had been propped against a rock which had attracted the lightning of a sudden thunderstorm : the bolt had hit the rock straight on and rolled down the rock — so they all swore — to stab him fatally in the neck .
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