Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is a counterfeit of the spirit that goes on daily , you see , made worse because it has been joined by the visual counterfeit possible in television . |
| 32 | Mr Louis-Dreyfus , who has taken a 15 per cent stake in the new company , has been joined by the UK-based investment company , Coatbridge Holdings with 15 per cent whilst an unnamed investment fund , which is advised by the US money-center bank Citibank , has taken 19.9 per cent . |
| 33 | So if you are dismissed before the agreed age , you might have a claim for breach of contract , but not for unfair dismissal if you are over the normal retiring age for colleagues in your class of work . |
| 34 | In my judgment , provided the specified precondition is met , the only limitations on the type of order that can be made under section 6(2) that are justified by the statutory language are that the order must be intended to restore all the parties to the transaction to their respective former positions and that the steps directed by the order to be taken must be reasonably capable of doing so . |
| 35 | Not surprisingly , the results are not always convincing : lyric poetry , for example is labelled as non-fictional even when it includes references to non-existing objects ( such as blue deer in Georg Trakl 's poems ) , while narrative and nonsense poetry are assigned to the fictional domain . |
| 36 | There was imposed upon him , which he reaffirmed at his Bar Mitzvah at 12 years of age , a double mark : not only the circumcision by which all Jewish males are placed under the covenantal blessings and duties , but also the onus of priesthood . |
| 37 | Since the Library 's collections are dispersed throughout three buildings , it is necessary to have a more or less continuous programme of transferring stock from one floor to another , and from one building to another , in order to create space for expansion and to ensure that the printed collections are placed to the maximum advantage as far as distribution , access and preservation are concerned . |
| 38 | Bearing in mind the fact that my constituents want a reliable and quality service , will he take steps today to confirm that the orders that are placed for the new Networker rolling stock will be supplied in the near future , for the betterment of the north-west Kent commuter ? |
| 39 | The two other chairs are placed on the other side of this table , still farther to the right , so that they do not block the view of the first two through the balustrade of the veranda . |
| 40 | When keys are returned care must be taken to see that they are placed on the correct key hook . |
| 41 | In a strict order of preferential treatment , the newest titles are placed on the top rack , and moved down weekly , until the volumes on the bottom rack are superseded and returned to the publisher for pulping . |
| 42 | Any dwellings not taken up within a specified time are placed on the open market . |
| 43 | Selection for senior posts is therefore more important than training ; if people who display the appropriate qualities are placed in the correct context then they will flourish . |
| 44 | c It is suggested that Adverts are placed in the following papers , depending on the areas involved in the Consultation Exercise : Scotsman ( Friday ) Evening News ( Friday ) Dalkeith Advertiser ( published weekly , Thursday ) East Lothian Courier ( published weekly , Friday ) Lothian Courier ( published weekly , Thursday ) |
| 45 | The result is , as we have seen , a tendency towards a teacher-dominated style of interaction , in which children are placed in the passive role of respondents , obliged to accept the teacher 's definition of what is considered relevant . |
| 46 | It 's the cause of the divisive broad band streaming which I think some comprehensives have been persuaded to use , and I 'm forced to say how can a child really value himself or herself if they are placed in the bottom band of such a school throughout the time when they are at that comprehensive ? |
| 47 | The new industry of salmon-farming has filled the gap as far as the scavenging gulls are concerned : the rearing cages are placed in the sheltered bays and ‘ sounds ’ between the islands and are fed on high-protein , manufactured food in pellet form , which are ferried out in sacks by small boats . |
| 48 | The Bill will give the Lord Chancellor the power to ensure that appropriate categories of cases — according to complexity , value and legal importance — are placed before the appropriate court . |
| 49 | Completion had been delayed by the legal details , he said . |
| 50 | But the Stokesley sprinter , whose season has been delayed by the combined effects of study and injury , summarily dismissed her chances of qualifying for a second successive Olympic Games after winning the 200 metres title for the third time in seven years . |
| 51 | All of a sudden they realised they had been tricked from the very beginning . |
| 52 | The Southport woman is one of many people believed to have been tricked by the 38-year-old Glaswegian who masterminded a sting from a car showroom in Rufford , near Ormskirk . |
| 53 | To make matters worse , all the inventions are hidden in the various objects scattered around the cave system , so you 'll need all your wits about you if you 're to do it . |
| 54 | The effect of this is to turn us upside-down and virtually blindfold us , since we can no longer see our eyes , which are hidden in the blank space between the mirrors . |
| 55 | In acts chapter two and verse thirty two , this Jesus , God raised up again to which we are all witnesses , therefore , having been exulted to the right hand of God , and having receiving from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit , he has poured forth this which you both see and hear . |
| 56 | King 's Road 's Mary Quant told the conference that with the advent of the miniskirt in the sixties the crotch had been redefined as the new erogenous zone . |
| 57 | The enforcement of Amhara supremacy over other nationalities and the absence of a democratic machinery for instituting change are given as the main reasons why the Tigray People 's Liberation Front ( TPLF ) started an armed struggle in 1975 . |
| 58 | Further details are given under the individual course descriptions in the faculty sections of this prospectus . |
| 59 | Further details are given under the individual course descriptions . |
| 60 | The powers for compulsory removal are given under the National Assistance Act ( 1948 ) , S.47 . |