Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 2 | I am stopped by an unstable-looking scree slope . |
| 3 | Each a study in itself , with titles like ‘ No two feathers ’ , ‘ Butterflyman ’ , and ‘ Angel and the Dreamer ’ , they have been flown as an aerial ballet to classical music , wind harps and synthesisers . |
| 4 | The figures are calculated on an assumed growth rate of 10.75% and are therefore not guaranteed , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 5 | It has now been joined by an attractive estate model , also available with automatic . |
| 6 | However , in broad terms , one credit is assigned to one 40-hour module ; two credits are assigned to an 80-hour module , etc . |
| 7 | The almost exclusive concentration on the formal political process has been replaced by accounts that take in crucial determinants outside this sphere , and which are placed in an explanatory framework that allows links to be made with wider sets of social relations . |
| 8 | The effect of such a rule is that the lineage of the bride and the lineage of the husband are placed in an asymmetrical wife-giver/wife-receiver relationship ; the wife-givers then receive " valuables " of some sort in return for the women that they give away . |
| 9 | Judge then my feelings when the first face I was to see at Jo'burg airport was the self-same Second Secretary , delighted that he had again been honoured with an important secret mission . |
| 10 | Further details of the 40 junctions including accident histories and mean annual traffic flow figures are given with an enlarged map of the route in Appendix 1.1 . |
| 11 | Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances . |
| 12 | Accordingly , we are treated to an immediate and excellent example of Johnson 's mind at work . |
| 13 | While Adamski cues his samples and activates his drum programs , we are treated to an enthusiastic , if inaudible , bongo player , and tow backing singers , one of whom has the added advantage of being a fine mover . |
| 14 | While Adamski cues his samples and activates his drum programs , we are treated to an enthusiastic , if inaudible , bongo player , and tow backing singers , one of whom has the added advantage of being a fine mover . |
| 15 | The mix and match formula ensures that shareholders are treated on an equal basis . |
| 16 | Chicks are treated in an identical fashion . |
| 17 | This will show amendments and repeals up to the date of last publication ; more recent changes are listed in an annual publication entitled Annotations to the Acts . |
| 18 | indeed , he , he 's been revered as an intellectual player , erm , he , a thinking player , a shining example , and of course , that , that shows up in , in statistics when you read about what he 's achieved , and you think , you know , fifty six caps for Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | It is important that assessment methodologies which will provide valid and reliable results are developed at an early stage . |
| 20 | Might this be solely because its mystery and complexity are recognized at an instinctive level ? |
| 21 | THREE British Telecom engineers have been sacked over an alleged 0898 cash-quiz fiddle . |
| 22 | Also , an annual revaluation of our investment properties required for accounts purposes as well as for good practice has been undertaken with an effective date of 31 March 1993 . |
| 23 | David Smith 's ‘ Cubi XXVII ’ , the celebrated work which used to stand by the museum 's entrance , and a second sculpture by the artist , have been placed on an awkward terrace above the Monitor Building . |
| 24 | Most decent councillors have been placed in an impossible position because of the failure of the Government 's housing and economic policies to deliver the affordable rural homes that are so desperately needed . |
| 25 | Norman Lindop , as Chairman of the Committee for Education at this stage , considered that the Council had been placed in an impossible position by the sudden introduction of a new range of institutions ‘ and the need for urgent action to solve problems externally created ’ . |
| 26 | Much of the criticism was justified but to be fair to Hodge , he had been placed in an invidious position and , blinkered as he was , in some respects , he was correct in appreciating that a rebuilding of the Korean right offered the only means of preventing communist success in south Korea . |
| 27 | Having completed a tour of the museum , Elisabeth and Svend found themselves back in Svend 's office , where fresh coffee had been placed by an unseen hand . |
| 28 | Sadly , that has been treated as an open invitation to create statutory exceptions without the need for special justifications . |
| 29 | The effect of this change on prior years is a credit of £9.1m , which has been treated as an exceptional item in the 1991/92 p&l account ; accordingly , prior years ' figures have not been restated . |
| 30 | They are joined by an increasing number of younger people throughout our businesses who bring with them new knowledge and skills so essential to maintain a lead against global competition and benefit from changes in technology . |