Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These panes of glass are bullet proof and will not shatter , but if they are badly weakened a large , frightened animal like a bear may be able to force its way through and the consequences would be very severe ’ . |
| 2 | Fielding , Amis once remarked , showed that fiction can uphold a moral seriousness ‘ without evangelical puffing and blowing ’ ; his Take a Girl Like You ( 1960 ) has been aptly called a modernised replay of Richardson 's Pamela ; and when asked by a journalist which of the great novelists of the past he felt the closest affinity with , he replied reverently : ‘ With Fielding , though it seems a gross impertinence … ’ . |
| 3 | ( ii ) Contents , in the case of sensation , lack such a connection , but are in a special way qualitative and are somehow assigned a bodily location . |
| 4 | The space where the flowers had been soon became a thriving mass of weeds . |
| 5 | All fixed date actions to which the rule does apply are now subject to automatic directions ( see Chapter 11 ) and are not given a return day at the outset . |
| 6 | But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority . |
| 7 | Local states are not accorded a leading role in decisions about welfare . |
| 8 | The teachers are all on strike , hardly surprising when they 're only paid a hundred dollars a month , so all Alejandro 's kids are at home getting under their mother 's feet . ’ |
| 9 | and they 're not given a large amount of money |
| 10 | What I 've you know when you 're like given a plain axis and I have to decide what to put on the sides I I 'm sometimes a bit |
| 11 | You 're then guaranteed an initial sum , and each year Clerical Medical may apply an annual bonus — your share in the investment performance of Clerical Medical . |
| 12 | As the Lord President will be aware , visitors to Wales are always given a warm welcome and a nice cup of tea , but coachloads of my constituents visiting the Houses of Parliament are cold-shouldered and can not obtain refreshments anywhere . |
| 13 | Smith , 29 , who has a year to run on his present deal , has had preliminary discussions with Mr Graham but Ken Friar , Arsenal 's managing director , said yesterday that he had not yet been formally offered a fresh contract . |
| 14 | Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and can not be instructed by their party to follow a line . |
| 15 | Students are also given a substantial introduction to a range of practical skills which assist them in applying their academic understanding of the problems of peace and conflict more effectively in their future careers . |
| 16 | Lay magistrates are also given a certain amount of training , in which sentencing matters feature fairly prominently , and are assisted in the exercise of their powers by a legally qualified clerk . |
| 17 | Private investors are also given a new statutory action for damages for breaches of regulatory rules . |
| 18 | Benjamin died there in Gower Street on 10 October 1879 , death from cancer and exhaustion being certified as the cause by J. M. Briggs , M.R.C.S. Consistently inconsistent to the end , he is given as a ‘ Silversmith ’ on the will , but as a ‘ Writing Clerk ’ on the death certificate ; just for good measure we are also given a final address for him to add to our collection : 355 Edgware Road . |
| 19 | Health education is a very important element in the programme schedule , and community news and issues are also given a large percentage of air time . |
| 20 | Guests are also offered a welcome drink in the Tyrol 's cellar bar , and may use all the facilities of the main hotel which include an open-air heated pool and garden . |
| 21 | Guests are served a complimentary afternoon tea and are entitled to 2 hours per week of tennis , ladies are also offered a complimentary facial . |
| 22 | These tactics are also used a great deal to achieve the user 's disguised objective . |
| 23 | When pupils complain that they ‘ do n't see the point of doing all these ’ , they are often given a remote justification — ‘ you 'll need it when you buy a carpet ’ . |
| 24 | On conventional free range poultry units , the birds are often given an open field to wander over . |
| 25 | Those who have cottoned on to the streak of genius in Brittain 's seemingly eccentric modus operandi have struck a rich vein of gold as the stable 's horses are often priced a good deal longer than they should be . |
| 26 | For instance , a workman may be injured by a chip of metal flying off a hammer which had been negligently manufactured a long time before . |
| 27 | But its white walls and red roofs are now charred a uniform black , and its vineyards destroyed . |
| 28 | When you realise that 90 are now considered a reasonable number , it is clear that at least one thing has not changed for the better . |
| 29 | ‘ We seem to be automatically tagged a physical side . |
| 30 | It is difficult to see how it could be otherwise given a political system dominated by appointment prerogatives and Moscow connections , rather than accountability to social forces with a direct stake in policy issues . |