Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If he is to be treated as an out-patient the order may specify the place of treatment .
2 Surgical inexperience can not be considered as an explanationfor the high failure as rebleeding was noted in all three centres and in each centre the operations were carried either directly or under the close supervision of a highly experienced hepatobiliary surgeon .
3 In sexual abuse cases where leave is sought for the child to be interviewed by an expert the court may stipulate that all interviews be recorded on video tape as advocated by Douglas Brown J in Rochdale Borough Council v B W , A K and others ( 1991 ) cited above , a wardship case involving allegations of ritual abuse .
4 Suppose , next , that a catastrophe , which will wipe out life on this planet , threatens , and can only be prevented by an expenditure the same as would be needed for that capsule for the slug .
5 These were that interrogation rooms in police holding centres should be monitored by silent , closed-circuit television and that a prisoner should be given the right to be visited by a solicitor every forty-eight hours until either released or charged .
6 If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above .
7 It was exciting to travel by private plane and helicopter with courtiers standing to attention , to be driven in a limousine the size of a small house , and to stay in palaces and castles in the lap of luxury .
8 In this way , the model can be brought to a halt a short distance from the ground with all of the blade energy and pitch range still available to make the landing .
9 That vision could not be put into practice if Highland were to be governed by an authority the size of Belgium .
10 And then after that I 'd be drinking like a pint every twenty minutes or so .
11 Answer guide : The answers should show that the student understands that liabilities are amounts owed by the business to third parties whereas the owners ' equity can be viewed as an amount the business owes to the owners .
12 To be admitted to an examination a candidate shall have complied with the conditions laid down in ordinances and regulations and paid the prescribed fees .
13 As noted by other authors ( Mortensen , 1933a ; Madsen , 1970 ) this is not a consistent character , but Madsen considered that Dictenophiura should be retained as a subgenus a view shared here .
14 As with an analogue signal , if the distance involved is very great it will need to be processed by a repeater every so often .
15 In the context of this paper it is suggested that the following principles are added : dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own homes for as long as possible dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own community for as long as possible the number of moves should be kept to a minimum the independence , dignity and privacy of the sufferer must be respected the dementia sufferers must be involved as far as possible in discussions and decisions regarding their care and any possible move carers or potential carers should be involved in the decision-making process .
16 A single Troy ounce can be beaten into a sheet a hundred feet square and only of an inch thick .
17 But in terms of what records could now be accessed by a historian the quality , volume and completeness have improved drastically with the advent of electronic communication .
18 We 'll very likely be burned to a crisp the minute we get in there .
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