Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he 'd been pursuing the same man for years . |
| 2 | ONE of the province 's most popular marching bands , the Millar Memorial Flute , has reported an increase in membership recently with it now in excess of 35 including many young members who are building a firm base for the future . |
| 3 | With reference to the three-dimensional search space shown in Figure 1.1 , we are building a recursive graph along the time and the knowledge-level axes . |
| 4 | ‘ The two I particularly remember are building the new stand at Ascot and the construction of Central Point in London . ’ |
| 5 | Principally the visit had been to see a senior boy with lifelong problems who had suddenly become unmanageable and would have to be admitted to an asylum , but while there he had been asked to assess Anna Beckett , a child who had moved him strangely . |
| 6 | The eavesdroppers are proving a serious problem for police in Sheffield , South Yorkshire . |
| 7 | Significant technological advances in underwater excavation and recovery are proving a mixed blessing in the field of marine archaeology . |
| 8 | Remaining large areas of old-growth forest in Eastern Europe are proving a tempting source of hard currency at a time of rising world timber prices . |
| 9 | James had for some time been accepting an annual pension from Elizabeth in return for promises of assistance against foreign invaders — meaning , at this period , Spain — and on the tacit understanding that he would in no way connive at his mother 's return to Scotland . |
| 10 | I am attaching a complete list of the personnel in the film unit . |
| 11 | The problem of thinking we are attaching the same meaning to a word or action when we may not be can be appreciated humorously . |
| 12 | Women , even heterosexual women in his family , are given no real voice at all . |
| 13 | We are given no real indication of whether the title was warranted or not , official or not , recognised or not . |
| 14 | Individual investors , unlike the S.I.B. , are given no statutory right of action against third parties ‘ knowingly concerned . ’ |
| 15 | Contextual cues are given no special status in this scheme . |
| 16 | These modern versions of Marxism are not attempting to reintroduce ‘ idealism ’ in which thought and ideas are given a central role in the determination of history . |
| 17 | Hence if shares are given a preferential dividend they are presumed to be non-participating as regards further dividends , and if they are given a preferential right to a return of capital they are presumed to be non-participating in surplus assets . |
| 18 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 19 | Mozart 's life and character are well documented by the extensive correspondence that was generated within his family by his frequent travels and we are given a fascinating glimpse into matters both artistic and domestic . |
| 20 | These great beasts are given a temporary respite from their working lives to parade each day for a week through the streets of Kandy attended by drummers and dancers , the procession starting each day from a different temple . |
| 21 | Ex-prisoners are given a new lease on life by an unusual theatre group , says Sue Wilson |
| 22 | Here , through the use of music , art and drama , very educationally disadvantaged youngsters are given a new insight into life . |
| 23 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 24 | The methodology in Advance with English leads the learners gradually from exercises in which they are given a great deal of guidance , to ones in which there is almost no guidance . |
| 25 | In Year II , students are given a solid grounding in programming ( Programming Languages ) and computer architecture ( Programming Systems ) . |
| 26 | The point to note about the above defences is that if they are given a wide construction by the courts ( and it is too soon to tell , as too few cases have been brought ) , then the risk of prosecution diminishes even further . |
| 27 | We are given a narrow slice of history : the last ten years , complete with corporate raiders , the rise of the Japanese , the 1987 stock market crash , China , the East Asian economic miracle — together with an uncomfortably slight bow to the debt-ridden nations of Africa and Latin America . |
| 28 | The traditional approach to library orientation is the so-called guided tour , in which students are given a short tour of the library , during their first weeks as university students . |
| 29 | After an hour or so they are given a brief rest by switching the lights off and then they are tested by being given a choice between attempting to follow the light on which they had been imprinted ( say the red ) and another , unfamiliar light , say the yellow . |
| 30 | Clients are given a huge piece of paper and paints with which they can unlock the feelings welling up inside them . |