Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local states are not accorded a leading role in decisions about welfare . |
| 2 | These tactics are also used a great deal to achieve the user 's disguised objective . |
| 3 | Rhinos were also considered a great trophy from a day 's hunting . |
| 4 | Twelve subjects were individually given a four-consonant sequence and an arbitrary number to count backwards from in threes as fast as they could before they were given the signal . |
| 5 | The soliloquy in Renaissance texts is frequently given a special prominence because readers ( and the assumption is of play readers rather than audiences witnessing a production ) believe they are experiencing a moment of privileged revelation where the dramatist reveals a character 's interiority . |
| 6 | Guests are also offered a welcome drink in the Tyrol 's cellar bar , and may use all the facilities of the main hotel which include an open-air heated pool and garden . |
| 7 | The apostles were not given a priestly role by Jesus and he left no instructions about how the Church was to be organized . |
| 8 | Private investors are also given a new statutory action for damages for breaches of regulatory rules . |
| 9 | Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and can not be instructed by their party to follow a line . |
| 10 | Guests are served a complimentary afternoon tea and are entitled to 2 hours per week of tennis , ladies are also offered a complimentary facial . |
| 11 | Ardiles said he began to mistrust Swindon Town 's former chairman Brian Hillier , who 's on trial with Macari , and former club accountant Vince Farrar.Ardiles said in 1990 he stopped offering the cash bonuses , and players were soon paid a monthly salary direct into their bank accounts.Macari , Hillier , and Farrar deny the charges , and the case continues . |
| 12 | The respondents were also asked a supplementary question designed to elicit their rationalisations for their decisions . |
| 13 | Respondents were also left a self-completion questionnaire and asked to fill it in and either give it to the interviewer when he or she called back or return it by post ; the response rate to this was 93 per cent . |
| 14 | Before Windows 3.1 , Windows was not considered a solid enough environment to allow that to happen , and all the information processing was limited to the server . |
| 15 | The stores are then allocated a minimum number of each title , according to their size and market , with the larger stores taking an amount over and above that , to be decided by the Penguin representatives and the stores ' buyers . |
| 16 | Health education is a very important element in the programme schedule , and community news and issues are also given a large percentage of air time . |
| 17 | But to this assertion of the erosion of the traditional ‘ apprenticeship ’ system for musicians and of the economic harm done to some younger performers is often added a third reason for denigrating recorded music . |
| 18 | But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority . |
| 19 | Students are also given a substantial introduction to a range of practical skills which assist them in applying their academic understanding of the problems of peace and conflict more effectively in their future careers . |
| 20 | Those who have cottoned on to the streak of genius in Brittain 's seemingly eccentric modus operandi have struck a rich vein of gold as the stable 's horses are often priced a good deal longer than they should be . |
| 21 | Lay magistrates are also given a certain amount of training , in which sentencing matters feature fairly prominently , and are assisted in the exercise of their powers by a legally qualified clerk . |
| 22 | All the women were also given a full social interview about their family , employment , housing , financial circumstances , crises , marital relationship , events and difficulties of the previous twelve months . |
| 23 | Employees are therefore paid a fixed wage whatever the state of the world , boom or slump , and , at least in some models , compensated for being laid off , up to the point that they are indifferent between working and not . |
| 24 | But its white walls and red roofs are now charred a uniform black , and its vineyards destroyed . |
| 25 | Morgan shares were also given a helping hand by the AMP offer . |