Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the historical period East Prussian amber was considered sufficiently valuable to be declared Crown property , its exploitation subject to licence . |
| 2 | Black prisoners had fewer previous convictions than white prisoners sentenced for the same type of offence and were less likely to be granted bail . |
| 3 | The survey also provided information as to the types of development most likely to be refused planning permission due to anticipated odour emission . |
| 4 | They also worked shorter hours , had more chance of being promoted to supervisory and managerial positions , and they were more likely to be given fringe benefits such as membership of a pension scheme . |
| 5 | The ‘ theological bias ’ , the humanism , the anti-establishment propaganda , the ‘ declining ’ moral standards , and the increasing use of ‘ foul ’ language , for which Mrs Whitehouse continually criticised the BBC , were almost all to be found aplenty , she felt , in one particular television programme , and the battle over this series is in many ways illustrative of the wider battle between the NVALA and the Corporation at this time . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you married ? ’ he said at once , head turned toward the din from his workmen as he stepped past me over the rubble and put a key into the lock of the , I should have thought , not yet apt to be plundered building . |
| 7 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 8 | In reality they are too powerful to be challenged head on , although the thrift horrors did at least prompt the first congressional hearing into their finances for more than 30 years . |
| 9 | Group 2 's justification for this was echoed unanimously : ( c ) and ( g ) were felt to be too repetitive to be placed side by side . |
| 10 | Whatever we may think of their evocative names , ‘ Queen Elizabeth ’ and ‘ Peace ’ are much too boisterous to be given room in genteel society . |