Example sentences of "be [verb] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anti-Hoxha demonstrations were put down by the police and troops with increasing force , and on Feb. 23 it was officially reported that two demonstrators and a policeman had been shot dead when a crowd reportedly tried to storm the Tirana military academy ( the opposition claimed up to 30 dead , and attributed some of the shooting to clashes between rival pro- and anti-reform factions within the army ) . |
| 2 | And no-one has covered Northern Ireland as thoroughly as we have : Panorama 's Dirty War examined the way British intelligence ran agent Brian Nelson ; Lethal Force tested the suspicion that men who could have been captured or wanted to surrender had been shot dead whilst a special on the Guildford Four broke new ground , exposing the role of the DPP 's office in withholding crucial evidence . |
| 3 | You 're getting worse than a woman you , now you 're at home ! |
| 4 | ‘ With actresses you 're getting more than a face — a character and a personality as well . ’ |
| 5 | If you 're casting more than a couple of rod-lengths it 's advisable to use a waggler if only to avoid tangles . |
| 6 | At the end of September 143 people had been waiting more than a year . |
| 7 | But the Escort did n't stop , it came on until it blocked the road completely and before I could react , my door had been pulled open and a warrant card thrust in my face . |
| 8 | It needs to be made clear that a company renowned for making solid , reliable , modestly-priced guitars , amps and cabs can just as easily compete in the glamorous , fashion-conscious world of hi-tech keyboards — a bold move the company have recently taken with their new DPM3 . |
| 9 | It needs to be made clear that a company renowned for making solid , reliable , modestly-priced guitars , amps and cabs can just as easily compete in the glamorous , fashion-conscious world of hi-tech keyboards — a bold move the company have recently taken with their new DPM3 . |
| 10 | Later in the summer the appeal will be made public and a programme of activities is being planned . |
| 11 | Both sides are gambling because the defendant may be paying more than a judge would award at trial . |
| 12 | He says it is absolutely the case that the baby can not be born alive if a Caesarean operation is not carried out . |
| 13 | Hambros Jersey 's contention , if correct , would mean that the jurisdiction of the English court under the sections would be much more restricted than the circumstances in which an individual may be adjudged bankrupt or a company may be wound up by the English court . |
| 14 | In a study investigating the effect of a particular teaching method on speed of learning , many factors could be held constant if a laboratory experiment were conducted — the identity of the teacher , the way the material was introduced and so on ; a trial in real schools would be more realistic , but also more susceptible to the slings and arrows of fortune in the classroom . |
| 15 | The girl , who can not be named for legal reasons , had been left alone when a friend went home . |
| 16 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 17 | The Rev Eric Davidson ( 74 ) , and Judith Anderson ( 35 ) , were found dead after a blaze at the minister 's home at Drum Road , Cookstown , on December 15 last year . |
| 18 | In separate incidents across the city two more young men were found dead and a man was arrested in connection with alleged possession of heroin . |
| 19 | Sales were split 50–50 and a set fee was advanced per month on the legal basis of a three-year agreement . |
| 20 | In some of the comments which follow , we can see that students are discussing more than a subject which they happened to choose to study at college : they are discussing issues which are central to their lives . |
| 21 | The process is becoming laborious and a lot of energy is being expended with little result to show for it , progress is very slow . |
| 22 | ‘ There will always be top models , ’ replies Meisel , ‘ but I think the whole supermodel thing is becoming boring and a bit ridiculous . ’ |
| 23 | This is deemed unethical until a product is licensed . |
| 24 | Until the public is made aware that a selection policy directs and determines acquisitions , the misconception will continue . |
| 25 | Yeah this geezer who 's doing this cos a lot of his songs are like , it 's like vocal , like the vocal version to these sort of like stuff about Jamaica throw away your guns and sort of |
| 26 | In particular , what much of it fails to do is to convince all but a handful of academic specialists that its closely delineated studies are anything more than detailed local knowledge , an interesting but benign academic pursuit . |
| 27 | This still exists in a limited form in relation both to companies and to individuals , in that where a person is adjudged bankrupt or a company is wound up by the court , dispositions of property made by the debtor or the company after a prescribed date , usually the date of the presentation of the petition for a bankruptcy order or a winding up order , are void unless the court otherwise orders : sections 127 and 284 . |
| 28 | ACTRESS Lesley-Anne Down is planning more than a kiss under the mistletoe this Christmas . |
| 29 | She had worked hard to achieve qualification in the contracts and purchasing side of engineering , but , in her present job , she was using less than a quarter of her skills . |
| 30 | The last leg of the expedition was proving more than a trial for the young naturalist . |