Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
| 2 | While the identical symmetric sections of an infinite ladder would obviously be loaded with the characteristic impedance , this is an impractical arrangement . |
| 3 | It was announced on Sept. 1 that the Albanian lek would henceforth be linked to the European currency unit at an initial rate of ECU1=30 leks ( US$1.00=25 leks ) . |
| 4 | At a congress on May 26 , 1990 , the Left Party-Communists ( Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna — VpK ) voted by 136 votes to 133 to drop the word communist from its name ; it would henceforth be known as the Left Party . |
| 5 | In this way , words in a definition that represent senses inappropriate to a domain will be unlikely to overlap with the filter set , and so be excluded from the new definition . |
| 6 | It is in this sense that lawyers can also justly be characterised as the organic intellectuals of the bourgeoisie ( Gramsci 1971 , pp. 5–23 ) , thinking the class 's advance through a close institutional relationship with its day-to-day practical concerns . |
| 7 | Such progression may of course merely be preempted by the worse prognosis of HIV disease itself . |
| 8 | Any proposal to pay by instalment should only be accepted by the haulier if accompanied by some immediate payment ; otherwise it has no value . |
| 9 | In the main , notices to be given under the Act can only be given in the prescribed form ( see the Landlord and Tenant 1954 Part II ( Notices ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 10 | Without probate of the will or letters of administration , neither executor nor administrator can take any steps in any other court of law , for the executor 's proof of his title , and the administrator 's title itself , can only be given by the Ecclesiastical Court . |
| 11 | But there are things you would be ashamed to tell even your doctor , things so vile they can only be confessed to the lowest , most contemptible functionaries of all . |
| 12 | Museums are at an advantage in making close examination of works in their own collections showing evidence about a picture , say , which can only be discovered by the newest scientific and technological methods . |
| 13 | There would also be limits on coverage of uninsured deposits of more than $100,000 , as a means of reducing taxpayer exposure to losses from wealthy individuals holding multiple accounts and to deter risk taking ; in future uninsured deposits would only be covered by the FDIC if this was the least costly measure , and in rare cases of high risk by the Treasury and Federal Reserve . |
| 14 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 15 | Finally , perhaps this change of mood can only be explained in the wider context of gradual changes in government policy on the inner city and UDCs — the emergence of a ‘ new realism ’ tempering the policies and rhetoric of the radical right . |
| 16 | As this inflow increases — a population movement which can only be compared to the millennial westward movement of peoples to Europe which ended with the defeat of the Mongols — a final answer will be given to our absorbing little debate about European identity . |
| 17 | Attitudinist and intuitionist agree that this could only be denied through the naturalistic fallacy . |
| 18 | Britain , in common with the Allies , had learned from the First World War that international peace and stability could only be maintained by the early restoration of Germany to the comity of nations . |
| 19 | No appeal lies against decisions of the Supervisory Authority and its decisions may only be scrutinized in the ordinary course of justice if they relate to the suspension of quotation of securities at the stock exchange . |
| 20 | What was the error from which he could only be saved by the apocalyptic vision of the future world itself ? |
| 21 | A union of Baptists or of Methodists could be based on shared theological foundations ; a union of Nonconformists could only be based on the one thing they shared , their nonconforming status as English Protestant Christians outside the established church of the land . |
| 22 | He can only be placed in the lying position for effective treatment purposes when he can balance well enough to be taken through this pattern of movements without increasing his spasticity . |
| 23 | The USP of a large piece of complex machinery can possibly only be communicated by the potential customer viewing the machinery working . |
| 24 | If the target is eventually sold for a profit , the benefit of the realised reserves can only be transferred to the original purchaser ( by dividend ) if the IHC has adequate distributable resources . |
| 25 | The result is an intarsia chart that needs only be joined for the vertical sections . |
| 26 | In this case a high percentage of plasmids without insert is obtained and these can only be distinguished from the positive ones by restriction analyses . |
| 27 | Toby imagined Penny as a girl of infinitely greater experience and sophistication than himself , though , in looking back on her four years at Bedford College and her half year of unemployment thereafter , Penny could only be struck by the slim amount of worldly knowledge gained , the fleeting , unsatisfactory nature of the relationships formed . |
| 28 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 29 | If you have any queries about reception or frequency please ring our special radio Helpline on 0345 010313 during office hours — you 'll only be charged at the local rate . |
| 30 | An agreement will only be regulated by the 1974 Act if it is not exempt . |