Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Should the screening test result be confirmed the family are offered genetic counselling and the opportunity to further the diagnostic process , initially by molecular genetic mutation analysis and subsequently by muscle biopsy and dystrophin analysis .
2 Students who show evidence of sufficient merit may on completion of the course and at the discretion of the Course Committee be given the opportunity of transferring to the second year of an appropriate degree programme within the Faculty .
3 It was recommended that energy conservation be made the responsibility of the Department of the Environment , and that the government 's Energy Efficiency Office be taken out of control of the Department of Energy and made an independent agency .
4 If the court or the arbitrator should find against the validity of the expulsion , the injured partner should as a matter of common sense be given the opportunity of retiring from the firm on short notice : relations with those party to an attempt to expel him could scarcely be expected to remain harmonious .
5 The peasant wanted to crown his legend and by his word be made the Empire .
6 The 37-year-old property developer will in turn be given the chance to buy the 1,000 shares necessary to become a club director .
7 Why , for example , should the contributories and creditors of an unregistered company be denied the protection , enjoyed in the case of a registered company , of those provisions which require a receiver to be a licensed insolvency practitioner ?
8 Nothing should be allowed to disturb the emotional flow , nor should the interest be given the chance to lapse .
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