Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 14 May 1778 ) In the same letter Mozart informed his father that he had unofficially been offered the post of organist at Versailles which , if he were to accept , would mean spending six months of the year in Versailles and the remaining six months wherever he liked . |
| 2 | In fact in the eighteen nineties , I believe the seeds were being sown , of what has since been called the time obsession of the twentieth century . |
| 3 | are retired so they got no income and then perhaps been left the house |
| 4 | But she was floating , up , away , soaring on the strength of his kiss like a bird who had been caged , tethered too long , and had suddenly been given the flight of freedom . |
| 5 | The children — aged between four weeks and six years — had all been given the drug while under intensive care , a report in yesterday 's British Medical Journal revealed . |
| 6 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
| 7 | The NACAB information system , whether paper or microfilm , can justly be considered the showpiece of the service and many wish to protect it . |
| 8 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 9 | Elderly patients should not necessarily be denied the operation if they are fit and have normal anal function . |
| 10 | Strains which autoagglutinated in buffer alone were accorded the value 0 mM . |
| 11 | Below is printed the specification for an Executive Search Associate , compiled by Heidrick and Struggles . |
| 12 | Stealing the show on Sunday ( the 40th anniversary of the prototype Vulcan VX770 's first flight ) and Monday was Vulcan B.2 XH558 , which put on a stupendous display , and quite rightly was awarded the trophy for the most meritorious display . |
| 13 | Old Joseph had by now grown so blind that he rode with a child in his lap to guide him , and so was spared the sight of this first intrusion . |
| 14 | He felt he had finally been given the spade to bury himself with . |
| 15 | The spiritual successor to the Jaguar E-type has finally been given the go-ahead . |
| 16 | These committees were to work in concert with the police and with the KGB ( which , under a Nov. 23 USSR Supreme Soviet resolution , had already been given the responsibility of ensuring that food aid from abroad did not fall into the hands of speculators ) . |
| 17 | For example , it has been pointed out that one person can not be asked the same question twice , the second time he is not the same person because he has already been asked the question once . |
| 18 | As has already been shown the discourse of the Report excludes not only the majority contemporary culture , but also any sense of former cultural , political , or social conflicts and struggles . |
| 19 | ‘ This year we have already been told the reason we have had three surges higher than anticipated was because of the bath-tub effect from closing the Thames barrier , ’ she said . |
| 20 | He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association . |
| 21 | She realised , wearily , almost too tired to care , that she had just been made the butt of a joke . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been called many things by my political opponents , but I have just been given the kiss of death . ’ |
| 23 | Also , the trio have just been offered the chance of following in the footsteps of The Osmonds and The Jackson Five by allowing themselves to be made into a Saturday morning TV cartoon series . |
| 24 | Peter , inexperienced but the most likeable of colleagues , had just been shown the door . |
| 25 | Perhaps the Duke ( his temper not improved by his wife having just been refused the style of HRH ) thought that Baldwin had already done well enough out of the events six months before , without an entitlement to further expressions of fulsome goodwill . |
| 26 | Who 's fucking been cut the bottom off my ? |
| 27 | BRITAIN 'S first legal red light district could soon be given the go-ahead . |
| 28 | By a nearly three-to-one majority the congress on June 15 passed a resolution declaring that the CPSU could no longer be considered the champion of workers ' rights , and was losing its authority . |
| 29 | The developer will normally be given the opportunity to tender for the excavation work and laying of ducts and cables in association with the development . |
| 30 | Similarly the poetry of Rumi is about mystical love ; and in this poem can easily be felt the fervour and intoxication of divine love : |