Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subsection ( 7 ) deals with cases where a deposit has been made out of a clients ' account or the like . |
| 2 | Green stars are allocated at these shows and are made up on a points basis . |
| 3 | It is understood that SFA regards an agreement as in writing for this purpose even if its terms are set out in a terms of business letter accepted merely by conduct ( which is especially important where the intermediary is not a private customer ) . |
| 4 | The final example of a cartographic operation that can be carried out by a GIS is redistricting . |
| 5 | If an agreement is reached the terms will then be set out in a heads of agreement . |
| 6 | The Prince Albert was not the only ship to be held up by a dockers ' strike : at the East India Docks , the Jolly George with a similar load of armaments for Poland , was prevented from sailing . |
| 7 | Whippings in Sri Lanka were carried out with a cat-o-nine-tails and flayed the back of the prisoner , scarring him for life . |
| 8 | Trying to dissuade a father from sending his gay teenager to a psychiatrist ; calming someone who 's just been beaten up in a police cell ; sharing someone 's joy at discovering that there 's another lesbian in the next village , all serve to remove some of the complacency which can so easily set in . |
| 9 | At present , we select students for the life preparation course , following a baseline assessment devised by myself and colleagues which is carried out during a links week when potential students attend college full time . |
| 10 | That was before the running street-battles of the weekend , when a demonstration around the church was broken up by a police riot which lasted five hours . |
| 11 | This onslaught was driven back by a police baton charge in the course of which four youths were slightly hurt . |
| 12 | The $2,000 prize was set up by a patrons ' organization of the National Museum of American Art in honour of Charles C. Eldredge , former director of the museum . |
| 13 | The report revealed that the riots had been sparked off by police mishandling of a case in which a trader was beaten up by a customs official in Taipei . |