Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Phoenicians , and in particular the Carthaginians , are still given pride of place in our handbooks for their institutions and their colonization because the Greeks recognized themselves in such things . |
| 2 | Unlike previous operating system releases , which are often handcrafted patchworks of technology , Solaris is an assembly of working , tested and quality-checked components , Bourne declares , and the thing undergoes some 40,000 tests . |
| 3 | The reform of both workforce training and of pre-vocational preparation in schools , in order to raise productivity , are now accepted priorities of government policies . |
| 4 | Training Ffestiniog slate men one of these days they say there is no more Ffestiniog slate and that 's it its gone bankrupt and er But I mean that can be easily arranged sort of thing . |
| 5 | Mock solemnity of this kind may seem rather tiresome , just as practical jokes are often not funny to those on whom they are played ( they may often appear to be lightly camouflaged forms of aggression ) , but such jokes were characteristic of the society in which he now moved : it is difficult to imagine him playing tricks on Pound or Lewis , for example . |
| 6 | Micro-organisms growing in ventilation systems must be carefully controlled , since they are well known causes of ill-health , especially in ‘ sensitive ’ people . |
| 7 | Biopsy trauma is itself a stimulus to the synthesis of eicosanoids , but tissue fragments used for short incubation periods overcome the problems of tissue viability and both mechanical and chemical stimulation of synthesis of leukotriene are well established methods of generation under standardised conditions . |
| 8 | This Imperial Manifesto stated that the people of Russia were now allowed freedoms of speech , conscience and assembly ; trade unions were to be legalized ; individuals could not go to jail without having a trial ; the people were now allowed to elect a new parliament called the Duma , which would advise the Tsar and approve new laws . |
| 9 | Totems , he argued , were mystically charged symbols of group cohesion and identity — badges of belonging . |
| 10 | The decline of family life , the lowering of standards in the schools , the ‘ permissive ’ worm within , the irresponsibility of working mothers and their delinquent ‘ latch-key ’ children , the excessive leniency of the law , and the unwarranted interference of the ‘ softy-softy , namby-pamby pussyfooting ’ of the ‘ so-called experts ’ — these were well trodden avenues of complaint by ‘ law-and-order ’ enthusiasts and ‘ anti-permissive ’ moralists , warning of a vast historical degeneration among the British people . |
| 11 | Fry were simply fed jugfuls of snail tank water as required . |
| 12 | I would guess that the ‘ something or other ’ are negatively charged ions of fluorine , chlorine and maybe oxygen . |
| 13 | In Japan ‘ Grand Champions ’ are so highly prized that they are officially made wards of court , and can not be exported from the country . |
| 14 | Dr Mason said the move , which involved the loss of about 18 staff , went against Strathclyde 's long held policy of education pre-school children . |
| 15 | These two issues will test the EC 's new found spirit of compromise . |
| 16 | There were strong a priori arguments for this view , based on the industry 's low achieved rate of return compared with potentially more profitable projects in the private sector . |
| 17 | provided the pupil is mainly taught programme of study material within the range of levels appropriate to his or her key stage , schools may teach the pupil for part of the time at a level falling outside the key stage … |
| 18 | Rockhart says that the critical-success factor approach aims to unlock the manager 's implicitly held model of success . |
| 19 | Today 's well known examples of integration include such industry mammoth 's as Lotus ' 1–2–3 , Jazz and Symphony , Ashton Tate 's Framework , Microsoft 's up and coming Excel together with a host of upstarts like Twin and Integrated 7 from Mosaic . |
| 20 | I was determined that Stella 's newly found peace of mind would n't be disturbed . ’ |
| 21 | Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man , yet murder men everywhere they find them , at the corner of every one of their own streets , in all corners of the globe . |
| 22 | HEROIC Nigel Mansell was finally crowned King of Formula One motor-racing here yesterday . |
| 23 | Strasser , who had led the coup , was later named Head of State as well as Minister of Defence in the new Cabinet . |
| 24 | Roch Christian Kabore , hitherto Minister in charge of special duties with the Presidency , was also named Minister of State . |