Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] be [verb] at " in BNC.
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1 | Although he had been fortunate to have been sitting at the back of the coach he received a fractured spine . |
2 | For Field 's piano concertos , two of which O'Conor is playing with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra this week , contain astonishing music , material which it is hard to believe was conceived at the turn of the 18th to 19th century . |
3 | His foresight in writing this was valuable , for the Golf Illustrated article was likely to have been taken at face value owing to the absence of any information to the contrary ! |
4 | Road signs were supposed to have been erected at the mouth of the carriageway as soon as Benin 's car had passed through , warning motorists of an impending dynamite blast and rerouting them on to another section of the motorway . |
5 | The Carlow Stone on the shore is supposed to have been hurled at the selfish inhabitants of the village by a giant . |
6 | Due to have been launched at this month 's Siggraph show in San Francisco , Kubota attributes the delay to the ‘ over-optimistic attitude of management , ’ and a too-tight timescale . |