Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were by now in Piccadilly Circus , which was as bright as day , and were surrounded by the crowds streaming from the theatres , cafés and dives which populated the area , painted ladies of a certain character being prominent among them — as well as the enthusiastic amateurs who had come up from the East End to make a few pennies , or even be given supper , as a price for their favours . |
| 2 | The seaward dunes were shifting and unstable , spiked thinly with the mar ram that hereabouts was called Starr grass , giving the place its name . |
| 3 | Boys ' education is seen as likely to bring direct economic benefit to the family and so is given priority over girls ' education . |
| 4 | This was based on a revival of Plato 's ideas and so is called Neoplatonism . |
| 5 | Indeed , they do show rhythms in activity , waking , feeding requirements , bladder-emptying and body temperature — rhythms that all have a period between one and four hours and so are called ultradian . |
| 6 | They need to be told what freedom they have to use their initiative and perhaps be given information on the appropriate managerial style . |
| 7 | We were offered Arabian tea which we HAD to drink ( unfortunately ) but thereafter were offered tea — black with sugar but not too strong . |
| 8 | Local fisherpeople are not only being hustled out from what they consider to be community lands , but also being denied access to estuaries closed off by shrimp companies . |
| 9 | It was of this school , the King 's School , that the Revd John Coleridge became master on 20 August 1760 , four months before also being appointed vicar of the parish church . |