Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the call , quickly run through what has been said , to make sure that you have taken the right order or been given the correct information . |
| 2 | Leaving such miscommunications aside , though , it is still true to say that we search for confirmation , and I have found myself reluctant to make the telephone call or write the letter of sympathy in case I have heard it wrongly or been given the wrong information . |
| 3 | Section l(c) of the Nullity of Marriage Act should , therefore , either be repealed or be given the wide , radical , but unintended , interpretation outlined above . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Average ’ will either buy Israeli Koi , or save up for or be given the occasional better Japanese fish . |
| 5 | Or being liked the more because of it . ’ |
| 6 | Interest has centred on the role of two small groups of cells , one on either side of the brain , that are called the suprachiasmatic nuclei ( SCN ) . |
| 7 | The fish are drawn into nets using an electrical charge ; the more fish that are caught the purer the water is likely to be . |
| 8 | The incidents that are reported the following day are necessarily the more memorable ones — memorable for their oddity . |
| 9 | In the previous chapter a distinction was made between the attitudinal function of intonation and several other functions that were given the collective names of syntagmatic functions . |
| 10 | It was here that were found the richest markets . |
| 11 | It is this alternative that is called the competing behaviour ( CB ) . |
| 12 | Because they are connected with the area of the cortex that is designated the auditory cortex . |
| 13 | Gumbo is the New Orleans answer to the daubes of France or the stir fries of Canton ; a rich , thick , highly flavoured sauté that is considered the definitive Cajun dish . |
| 14 | The more information that is demanded the greater the cost . |
| 15 | Welcome back : Still to come , the local radio station that 's scooped the top prize in today 's presitgious Sony Awards . |
| 16 | This is a marketing initiative that 's affected the entire market place , changing forever the way private motorists buy cars . |
| 17 | There he found Ann sweeping dirt out of the front door into the street , and inside , Sam Gristy , who was holding Martha 's hand and looking like a cat that 's stolen the clotted cream . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the chap that 's bought the Old Rectory . ’ |
| 19 | Although a new lamp standard has been installed to replace the one that was damaged the old post has not been removed . |
| 20 | Third term Thatcherism became grounded in the imaginary place that was called the inner city . |
| 21 | The serial number of this bass , 72997058 , tells us that it was made in Kalamazoo ( that 's the 0 ; guitars made in Nashville at this time carried a 5 ) and that it was the 58th made in the batch that was stamped the 299th day of the year . |
| 22 | And we described what we were going to do on this walk and where we were going to go and both sort of referred to the same composition and there was a prize for the for the one that was judged the best . |
| 23 | Hair that was washed the previous day will be easier to style |
| 24 | Both Price Waterhouse and now Touche Ross have dallied with the Deloitte domestic partnership and been given the cold shoulder . |
| 25 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 26 | It also ensures that all outcomes are covered by the assessments and are given the right emphasis , whether the assessment is knowledge-based or practical , achieved in the workplace or in a classroom . |
| 27 | We now just wish to be left in peace to live our own lives and be afforded the same respect as any other family in Passfield . |
| 28 | 42% said they were actively doing something to ‘ avoid getting TB ’ and were asked the open-ended question ‘ what are you doing to avoid getting TB ? ’ . |
| 29 | His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved . |
| 30 | In 1901 , encouraged by the resurgence of peasant unrest , several local groups combined to form the Socialist Revolutionary ( SR ) Party , and were joined the following year by the émigré Agrarian Socialist League . |