Example sentences of "to be [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The length of the queues in Windhoek and Katutura , two of the most densely populated urban areas in Namibia , triggered conjecture that the poll might have to be extended an extra day . |
| 2 | Naturally , I wanted to see him and to introduce him to my family ; but I also felt that he needed to get out of London from time to time , because he seemed to be assuming an increasing load of public work , as well as public lectures and broadcasts . |
| 3 | Cornwall appeared to be enjoying an Indian summer , just like the one Edna had described so many long years ago . |
| 4 | To be branded an unfeeling brute reinforced the image he had made for himself of a man who was dog-rough , ‘ a foul beast ’ , unfit for human company , not to be tolerated in civilised drawing rooms . |
| 5 | I 'm never never one for for making work but on an a on although this is n't going to be called an annual report for most children it will be an annual event and I do feel quite strongly that for the child to be able to have the opportunity |
| 6 | Still painfully relieved that he was not to be made an unwanted orphan and bundled off to a Home , Frankie left the room without a word . |
| 7 | Stan Mortensen , Blackpool 's hat-trick scorer in the 1953 FA Cup final win over Bolton , is to be made an honorary freeman of the town . |
| 8 | They may be said to be exercising an administrative function . |
| 9 | It is probably recontacted in the practices of Yoga and the meditations of mystics , and comes to be given an ideational content of a bond with the universe and a sense of ‘ limitlessness ’ . |
| 10 | Whereas it would have been possible to ask Harriet Finlay Johnson , ‘ What are you teaching this lesson ? ’ and the answer could easily be something like , ‘ The Spanish Armada ’ , one could not expect to be given an equivalent answer from Peter Slade , Brian Way or the Speech and Drama teachers . |
| 11 | County councillors yesterday gave permission for every roundabout to be given an official identity , if possible that of the name already used locally . |
| 12 | The first would be to create an appointed senate , which would allow Khmer Rouge leaders to be given an official role . |
| 13 | Some were doubtful whether it would actually work , but all shared a hope of something new , and all were to be given an equal chance . |
| 14 | I can not see the necessity of the shadow cast by a half-opened drawer in the kitchen table. , It is encouraging to find Fry underlining a point about critical writing — that with a description of a work of art it can be useful to be given an explicit account of how the critic responds . |
| 15 | Almost in despair he wrote to Sheldon in 1664 begging to be given an English bishopric : |
| 16 | Mr. Beazley submitted : ( i ) the Court of Justice authorities have laid down that the wording of the Schedule is to be given an independent interpretation and is not to be construed in accordance with national law . |
| 17 | And fast bowler Andrew Caddick , despite just taking one wicket , showed enough hostility and character to be given an extended trial . |
| 18 | It is not unknown for senior partners or founding partners to be given an extended period but , whilst opinions may legitimately differ on this , in principle a common retirement age might seem to be less contentious and the lower the age the better . |
| 19 | The route most trodden by tourists , from St Mark 's Square to the church of the Frari , is to be given an audio-guide circuit . |
| 20 | The meeting was privileged to be given an historical perspective , as well as a view of biological applications of the latest techniques , by George Porter . |
| 21 | You seem to me to be wasting an awful lot of time . ’ |
| 22 | Elsewhere , despite disturbance , some young are successfully reared each year , and Ringed Plovers seem to be developing an increasing tolerance of casual disturbance by man of their breeding sites . |
| 23 | But his face was serious now , and he seemed to be taking an inordinate interest in the grain of his desktop . |
| 24 | Where there is a task to be completed and deadlines to be met an autocratic approach may be appropriate . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , investigators are understood to be examining an uncompleted property transaction between the French company and a Leichtenstein trust connected with Robert Maxwell . |
| 26 | Whitehead Mann has taken on some of the highest salaried job searches in Britain , comparable with Russell Reynolds ' recruiting of Bob Bauman for Beecham ; an assignment on behalf of a major British company looking for a chief executive to run their operations in Australia earned the firm £333 000 , according to the popular press ( on the basis that the successful candidate was to be paid an annual salary approaching £1m . ) . |
| 27 | Cramped accommodation was found in the Louvre for six students , each of whom was to be paid an annual stipend of 1,000 livres , a director and later a secretary . |
| 28 | ‘ And if , by some magic wand , I was to be offered an overnight cure for just one of them , I am not sure which I would choose . ’ |
| 29 | Stewart became England 's first full time manager in 1986 and is likely to be offered an advisory position upon his retirement . |
| 30 | If the defendant 's address can be proved , but he is denied there , an order for substituted service " by first class prepaid post in a plain white or blue ( but not buff ) handwritten envelope on which is to be affixed an ordinary postage stamp " may be sought , and some district judges are familiar with an order in these terms knowing of the antipathy to buff envelopes when received by some defendants , particularly debtors . |