Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babe-obsessed boys like Bill and Ted , Wayne and Garth and MTV 's Pauly Shore might once have been dismissed as metalhead wastoids , but now they 're big box office in a country seemingly intent on celebrating the stupidity of its youth . |
| 2 | Haider had been dismissed as governor of Carinthia in June 1991 for praising the Nazis ' employment policies [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 3 | Saadi , whose family dynasty had effectively run the province for over 40 years , had been dismissed as governor by President Carlos Saúl Menem in April 1991 and the province had been placed under a federal government trusteeship , following widespread evidence of official involvement in corruption and drug trafficking [ see p. 38144 ] . |
| 4 | A few days earlier Ouedraogo had been dismissed as secretary-general of the Organization for People 's Democracy-Labour Movement ( ODP — MT ) , the dominant grouping within the Front , reportedly for having displayed " serious failures of principle and party policy " . |
| 5 | When it had been examined and test-flown by the manufacturer 's pilot prior to the revalidation of the microlight 's Permit to Fly both wingtip adjusters had been set at the neutral position with no apparent need for any change . |
| 6 | Not all the items have yet been catalogued and work is in progress on this but much of the Witt material is in handlist form and other material can be found in the catalogues of previous Courtauld exhibitions . |
| 7 | White working-class and black women 's stories of employment difficulties and success are heard as case histories of psychic tension , and lesbian women 's attempts to redefine relations between women become assimilated to accounts of pre-oedipal intimacy . |
| 8 | Such arguments are dismissed as overreaction by those campaigning for a significant reduction in the use of animals in research . |
| 9 | The content categories are given as number , money , time , length , weight , data interpretation , and space . |
| 10 | The policies provide cover in respect of the Policyholder 's interest and buyer 's interest when the Policyholder has agreed to sell his house , up until the date on which the contracts are completed or date on which the missives are signed . |
| 11 | All too often the momentum of new developments built on research is lost when the research projects are completed and research workers are dispersed . |
| 12 | Of the rest , over 500 are listed as road cars , so the thought of the Cobra purely as a racer is something of a myth . |
| 13 | It has long been recognized that reading can provide young pupils with the chance to develop a general ‘ feel for the language ’ . |
| 14 | Detroit 's electronic foragers have had pitifully few outlets in Britain — but it is in countries like Belgium , Germany and Holland that Detroit 's sonic architects are honoured and near-deified ( obviously they 're too deep for new jack wank-happy US ) . |
| 15 | Cultivation grants for non-pasture land in the UK under development plans have been withdrawn and drainage reduced from 70% to 50% since December 1984 . |
| 16 | Once the problems are recognized and society accepts some degree of commitment in the battle against social evils then , naturally , public expenditure is bound to rise . |
| 17 | This year , grass grown on the mica has been conserved as silage for winter feed , and acceptable yields of wheat and barley grown on sand . |
| 18 | Of course that should have been altered when inflation became serious , but it was n't . |
| 19 | Although the average working week was still forty-eight hours , most men at that time had been reared when toil used to start at six o'clock in the morning and carried on until eight each evening . |
| 20 | Keyboarding skills are taught and word processing is a central component of the course . |
| 21 | GILLES PETERSON , head of the Phonogram offshoot Talkin Loud , has been reinstated as director/DJ of London 's Jazz FM station , after being sacked for playing anti-war songs during the Gulf crisis . |
| 22 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , during the recent debate on the Asylum Bill , our right hon. Friend the Home Secretary pointed out that about 30,000 people are registered as asylum seekers , without their families , and that they are allowed six months ' benefit immediately upon registering as asylum seekers ? |
| 23 | Moreover , it is not just live tissues that are consumed as bark feeding is widespread among mammals , e.g. orangutans , elephants , rhinoceros and squirrels , besides many invertebrates . |
| 24 | The " wrap around " recognises and acts on the following events : An escape condition ( the |
| 25 | ‘ ( 1 ) The register may be rectified pursuant to an order of the court or by the registrar , subject to an appeal to the court , in any of the following cases , but subject to the provisions of this section : — ( a ) Subject to any express provisions of this Act to the contrary , where a court of competent jurisdiction has decided that any person is entitled to any estate right or interest in or to any registered land or charge , and as a consequence of such decision such court is of opinion that a rectification of the register is required , and makes an order to that effect ; ( b ) Subject to any express provision of this Act to the contrary , where the court , on the application in the prescribed manner of any person who is aggrieved by any entry made in , or by the omission of any entry from , the register , or by any default being made , or unnecessary delay taking place , in the making of any entry in the register , makes an order for the rectification of the register ; ( c ) In any case and at any time with the consent of all persons interested ; ( d ) Where the court or the registrar is satisfied that any entry in the register has been obtained by fraud ; ( e ) Where two or more persons are , by mistake , registered as proprietors of the same registered estate or of the same charge ; ( f ) Where a mortgagee has been registered as proprietor of the land instead of as proprietor of a charge and a right of redemption is subsisting ; ( g ) Where a legal estate has been registered in the name of a person who if the land had not been registered would not have been the estate owner ; and ( h ) In any other case where , by reason of any error or omission in the register , or by reason of any entry made under a mistake , it may be deemed just to rectify the register . |
| 26 | A description of the main theoretical paradigms that have been developed and consideration of how they are suited to the text recognition task . |
| 27 | Kelburn , Dean and Culzean Castles have been developed as country parks with visitor centres , and each of them reflects credit on its owners as well as adding to the attractions of the county . |
| 28 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 29 | Good evening , first tonight demolition work on a Cotswold hotel has been halted after fighting broke out between building workers and demonstrators . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , International Paint representative based in Southampton in the UK , also headed for Hobart to check the 10 race yachts , all of which have been painted and anti-fouled with International products . |