Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These modern versions of Marxism are not attempting to reintroduce ‘ idealism ’ in which thought and ideas are given a central role in the determination of history .
2 Hence if shares are given a preferential dividend they are presumed to be non-participating as regards further dividends , and if they are given a preferential right to a return of capital they are presumed to be non-participating in surplus assets .
3 Hence if shares are given a preferential dividend they are presumed to be non-participating as regards further dividends , and if they are given a preferential right to a return of capital they are presumed to be non-participating in surplus assets .
4 Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add .
5 Mozart 's life and character are well documented by the extensive correspondence that was generated within his family by his frequent travels and we are given a fascinating glimpse into matters both artistic and domestic .
6 Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box .
7 These great beasts are given a temporary respite from their working lives to parade each day for a week through the streets of Kandy attended by drummers and dancers , the procession starting each day from a different temple .
8 All patients new to the practice are given a temporary folder , which is stamped with the date that the permanent notes were requested from the family health services authority .
9 But on the other hand many large multidivisional enterprises probably can ‘ justify themselves ’ in terms of economies of scale and integration , if these are given a broad interpretation .
10 This is a further reason for considering such skills an essential part of the staff nurses ' role rather than as an added extra to be fitted in whenever possible : today 's staff nurses are the ward sisters of tomorrow , and they do not simply pick up teaching skills automatically when they are given a new job title .
11 Ex-prisoners are given a new lease on life by an unusual theatre group , says Sue Wilson
12 Here , through the use of music , art and drama , very educationally disadvantaged youngsters are given a new insight into life .
13 Disabled persons are given a vocational assessment and are provided with rehabilitation services .
14 Teachers , always prominent in Tutorial Classes in the twenties , are given a separate category here to avoid problems of distortion in the percentages of the non-manual category .
15 There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery .
16 Since almost all the basic sports medicine provision within governing bodies of sport is provided by doctors who are either paid nothing or who are given a small honorarium , the prospect of maintaining separate medical defence cover for their voluntary activities may place their valuable contribution to sport in jeopardy .
17 The methodology in Advance with English leads the learners gradually from exercises in which they are given a great deal of guidance , to ones in which there is almost no guidance .
18 In a capitalist economy goods , and the labour power , raw materials and machinery used to produce them , are given a monetary value .
19 Where space is at a premium , bulbs which are given a prominent position can be lifted while still in leaf , labelled and planted elsewhere in the garden .
20 ‘ At Board meetings I can make sure that the issues which are being discussed are given a legal perspective .
21 This research carries out laboratory measurements of the way members of the general public solve problems of this kind , to find out what happens without a computer ; it also looks at what happens when people are given a simple expert system to use , and what problems profit from , or are hindered by , the aid from the machine .
22 In Year II , students are given a solid grounding in programming ( Programming Languages ) and computer architecture ( Programming Systems ) .
23 The only way that can be ensured , as the Minister recognised in our debate on pension schemes , is if the buy-outs are given a real opportunity to succeed .
24 If nurses ' jobs are given a certain value , then ambulance workers ' and hospital porters ' wages may be calculated by comparing their contribution with that of the nurses .
25 The point to note about the above defences is that if they are given a wide construction by the courts ( and it is too soon to tell , as too few cases have been brought ) , then the risk of prosecution diminishes even further .
26 The words " economic , technical or organisational " are given a wide interpretation and can , to a degree , be interrelated .
27 Also , facilities with a project cost of less than £25,000 are given a low priority .
28 Some companies farm out elderly executives to a convenient backwater where they are given a lofty title — Senior Vice President in Charge of Something Unimportant .
29 We are given a narrow slice of history : the last ten years , complete with corporate raiders , the rise of the Japanese , the 1987 stock market crash , China , the East Asian economic miracle — together with an uncomfortably slight bow to the debt-ridden nations of Africa and Latin America .
30 ( By a statement he means roughly a declarative sentence as used , or as it might be used , on some particular occasion , so that indicator words like ‘ I ’ ’ this ' and ‘ now ’ are given a definite reference . )
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