Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the finishing cropper where carpets are given their final sheer to achieve a smooth and even surface , £25,000 is being invested on an automatic height adjuster . |
| 2 | NCT has been invited to join as an associate member and , our President , is our rep. on this advisory body to the government whose terms of references are ‘ to ensure by all possible means that the informed opinions of women are given their due weight in the deliberations of government . ’ |
| 3 | I am satisfied that it can not be said that section 6(2) is unworkable if the words of that provision are given their wide general meaning . |
| 4 | ‘ No. 3 is the new paint shop , a magnificent department where all new vehicles are given their distinctive livery . |
| 5 | It is a basic principle of interpretation that ordinary words are given their ordinary meaning . |
| 6 | But in rock these aspects are given their particular shape by , and centred on , a collectively understood manipulation of amplified sound . |
| 7 | Facilities for pedestrians and those for cyclists are given their own chapters , and there is a chapter devoted to new residential development . |
| 8 | Carel Weight , a surprising choice , Ivon Hitchens , in the centenary of his birth , Adrian Stokes and Barbara Hepworth are given their own rooms . |
| 9 | Under the fundholding arrangements , doctors are given their own budgets to spend . |
| 10 | It is capitalist , and everybody will , would 've been given their own land . |
| 11 | no I do n't like them at all he says , now my doctor had been given me this one |
| 12 | Modern science , which is commonly held to have been given its philosophical base by Descartes , has nearly always presupposed precisely this kind of dualistic contrast between objective matter and introspective mind . |
| 13 | Elvis 's vanity had been given its full and well-quiffed head . |
| 14 | Eileen Riddrie had proudly shown it to her the previous week , as she had been given it that very day for her birthday . |
| 15 | He replaced the receiver , having been given his new instructions . |
| 16 | Another new boy , Nick Raynsford , has been given his own single room — an extremely prized possession , even among long-serving MPs — on the shadow cabinet corridor . |
| 17 | And says if he 'd been given his own psychiatric nurse … he would never have jumped off the train . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been given my marching orders . |
| 19 | ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended . |
| 20 | The ‘ bad ’ characters in any story grab attention more easily than the ‘ good ’ because in them are realised our own temptations and foul qualities which we suppress in our daily lives . |
| 21 | As a visual aid to quick and easy identification , each section in the prospectus has been assigned its own colour code . |
| 22 | If it had n't been done his other hip would have gone and his spine would have been twisted . |
| 23 | Canada had been granted her federal constitution in 1867 ( British North America Act 1867 ) , Australia hers in 1901 ( Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ) , and South Africa hers in 1909 ( Union of South Africa Act 1909 ) . |
| 24 | By Jason Burt OLD soldier Bill Brownbill , 102 , has been granted his dearest wish a brand new bath with help from your ECHO . |
| 25 | OLD soldier Bill Brownbill , 102 , has been granted his dearest wish a new bath with help from your Echo . |
| 26 | 9.00 pm , and we are fed our complimentary supper of sausages and mash — hardly the food of love , unless you 're a particularly staunch Freudian — and head stodgily back to the dance-floor . |
| 27 | You 've been twisted something rotten , |
| 28 | Once ADKIN has been instructed our full Management Services will apply and we would |
| 29 | Clearly there is still much to be done , but whatever choices are made we all have a small but important part to play . |
| 30 | they 're broken My last one |