Example sentences of "be [vb pp] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Abstract nouns , participles , and relative pronouns are italicized in the above passage . ) |
| 2 | The Defence Ministry announced on July 16 that 71 members of the armed forces had been dismissed in the last year for human rights abuses and drug trafficking . |
| 3 | The Court then decided that the Tribunal 's decision was perverse , because there was no material from which to conclude that the hypothetical man guilty of misconduct would not have been dismissed in the same way as was S. Her appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused . |
| 4 | Ninety-eight per cent of all criminal cases are heard in the latter courts . |
| 5 | The values of for polyatomic ions and ionic compounds are calculated in the same way as for molecular compounds . |
| 6 | Selection for senior posts is therefore more important than training ; if people who display the appropriate qualities are placed in the correct context then they will flourish . |
| 7 | c It is suggested that Adverts are placed in the following papers , depending on the areas involved in the Consultation Exercise : Scotsman ( Friday ) Evening News ( Friday ) Dalkeith Advertiser ( published weekly , Thursday ) East Lothian Courier ( published weekly , Friday ) Lothian Courier ( published weekly , Thursday ) |
| 8 | The result is , as we have seen , a tendency towards a teacher-dominated style of interaction , in which children are placed in the passive role of respondents , obliged to accept the teacher 's definition of what is considered relevant . |
| 9 | It 's the cause of the divisive broad band streaming which I think some comprehensives have been persuaded to use , and I 'm forced to say how can a child really value himself or herself if they are placed in the bottom band of such a school throughout the time when they are at that comprehensive ? |
| 10 | The new industry of salmon-farming has filled the gap as far as the scavenging gulls are concerned : the rearing cages are placed in the sheltered bays and ‘ sounds ’ between the islands and are fed on high-protein , manufactured food in pellet form , which are ferried out in sacks by small boats . |
| 11 | ‘ By the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 , the defendants are placed in the same position as the ordinary subjects of the Crown ( see section 21 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 ) and I see no reason why they should not in appropriate cases refuse to refund money paid to them voluntarily under a mistake of law , as the revenue authorities were held to be entitled to do in the case of William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King and National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King . |
| 12 | The arrangement of things into classes , such as the class metal , or the class man , is grounded indeed on a resemblance among the things which are placed in the same class , but not on a mere general resemblance ; the resemblance it is grounded on consists in the possession by all those things of certain common peculiarities ; and those peculiarities it is which the terms connote , and which the propositions consequently assert ; not the resemblance . |
| 13 | To make matters worse , all the inventions are hidden in the various objects scattered around the cave system , so you 'll need all your wits about you if you 're to do it . |
| 14 | The effect of this is to turn us upside-down and virtually blindfold us , since we can no longer see our eyes , which are hidden in the blank space between the mirrors . |
| 15 | Comments on individual species are given in the Systematic List , but some more general observations seem worth making here . |
| 16 | Special arrangements may be made for candidates with disabilities : details are given in the Administrative Arrangements booklet . |
| 17 | Special arrangements may be made for candidates with disabilities : details are given in the Administrative Arrangements booklet . |
| 18 | Why this is so and hints on how to centre quickly are given in the newest edition of Gliding ( A & C Black ) . |
| 19 | The basic TA concepts together with their implications are given in the following sections ( best read in this sequence ) : Ego-states , page 56 , Strokes , page 156 , Discounts , page 55 , Games , page 71 , OKness , page 123 . |
| 20 | All commands to perform techniques are given in the Japanese language . |
| 21 | The barrier heights and transition energies are given in the upper part of table 1 . |
| 22 | Details are given in the relevant chapters . |
| 23 | All instructions regarding techniques and all directions are given in the Korean language . |
| 24 | Profiles are given in the standard format and include all the characteristic values . |
| 25 | Profiles are given in the standard format and include all the characteristic values . |
| 26 | Profiles are given in the standard format and include all the characteristic values . |
| 27 | Millions of retail and wholesale outlets are given in the yellow pages of the telephone directory collection , which covers all of Western Europe , as well as most of the world 's principal markets . |
| 28 | Further details concerning their important role are given in the next chapter . |
| 29 | ( Details of relocation allowances are given in the next chapter . ) |
| 30 | The values for fifteen year olds are given in the accompanying table . |