Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since last April , instead of having tax deducted at source from all accounts , we now have about 12.5m accounts which have registered for interest to be paid gross . |
| 2 | He had taken her to most of the local beauty spots ; arranged for cannon to be fired over the lake for their echoes and the quaint museum to be selectively open when they visited the place . |
| 3 | The best friend of Princess Diana 's brother was said to have arranged for bullion to be secretly exported to India . |
| 4 | Officials within the Northern Ireland Office then arranged for money to be secured for the scheme from the Department of Environment . |
| 5 | He 's even arranged for holes to be drilled into the ash to give the sand martins a head start These days secured nest sites for these beautiful birds are increasingly rare . |
| 6 | Usually Beth accompanied her to town , but , seeing as the Hansom would be going right by the flower-shop , she had arranged for Cissie to be dropped off there . |
| 7 | The doctor came , and arranged for Esther to be re-admitted to the gynaecological ward of the hospital so that she could continue nursing the baby , if possible . |
| 8 | Migration and fertility decline are alternative escapes from population pressure in societies sufficiently developed for mortality to be declining ( as in eighteenth century France ) and can to some extent substitute for each other ( Davis 1963 , Friedlander 1983 ) to relieve population pressure ( Woods and Smith 1983 ) . |
| 9 | Tracy West , who was knocked down , was picked up by bystanders and taken to a nearby shop , where she was treated for shock before being taken to the Memorial Hospital . |
| 10 | The survivors were all being treated for hypothermia after being picked up by helicopters and coastguards . |
| 11 | At the close of the hearing before the Judicial Committee Lord Keith of Kinkel announced that their Lordships would advise that the appeal should be dismissed for reasons to be delivered later . |
| 12 | announced that the appeal would be dismissed for reasons to be given at a later date . |
| 13 | At the conclusion of the argument Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. announced that the appeal would be dismissed for reasons to be given later . |
| 14 | At the conclusion of argument Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. announced that the appeal in M. v. P. would be dismissed for reasons to be given later . |
| 15 | West Germany , whose machine tool exports to eastern Europe were estimated in 1989 to have amounted to 45 per cent of its total machine tool exports , had consistently pressed for restrictions to be lifted . |
| 16 | The General Staff ; therefore , pressed for troops to be stationed in Kenya where the climate was more suitable and , in the wake of the Mau Mau campaign , where troops were needed anyway to reassure the White settlers . |
| 17 | If the latter are regarded as territory to be defended , as rallying cries for confrontation with others , perhaps we ought to be asking whether they need to be so territorial ? |
| 18 | Because everything took a long time to complete , I started to savour occupations which in the past I had regarded as chores to be endured . |
| 19 | Though circumstances are so changed it is relevant to remember that in their heyday syllabubs were regarded as refreshments to be offered at card parties , ball suppers and at public entertainments , rather than just as a pudding for lunches and dinners , although they did quite often figure as part of the dessert in the days when a choice of sweetmeats , fruits , jellies , confectionery and creams was set out in a formal symmetrical array in the centre of the table . |
| 20 | In the centre of this grouping was the telephone administration itself ; its exact status varied between countries from being within a central government Department ( as in France ( to being a partly state-owned commercial company ( Italy and Spain ) . |
| 21 | 1,400 ready to become priests as they win a historic vote FOURTEEN hundred women who want to be Anglican priests got the green light yesterday when the church 's ruling body voted for women to be ordained . |
| 22 | Yet when I emerged from that heaven-haven of sexual absolution , I would feel guilty , frightened , torn between happiness at being liberated from overwhelming sexual tension and the scared wonder of the events , as if they had been rituals in a half-remembered primitive religion . |
| 23 | And Dons boss Joe Kinnear reckons the time has come for Fashanu to be reconsidered by England in time for next month 's World Cup qualifier against Norway at Wembley . |
| 24 | All take marketing seriously and the time has come for education to be added to the list . |
| 25 | The gentle and conservative method of high quality thin section preparation described in Chapter 4 is particularly recommended for samples to be investigated with CL . |
| 26 | But public authorities can also be attacked for non-feasance by being required to perform their duty . |
| 27 | It is not concerned with the merits of the instruments but rather with whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to the legislation in that it : ( a ) imposes a tax or fee on the public or a charge on the public revenue ; ( b ) is made pursuant of an enactment containing specific provisions excluding it from challenge in the courts ; ( c ) purports to have retrospective effect when there is no express authority in the enabling statute ; ( d ) has been unduly delayed in publication or laying before Parliament ; ( e ) has come into operation before being laid before Parliament and there has been unjustifiable delay in informing the Speaker ; ( f ) is of doubtful vires or makes some unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the enabling statute ; ( g ) calls for any special reason of form or content , for elucidation ; ( h ) is defective in its drafting . |
| 28 | During the course of the evening a ballot for several excellent prizes was organised with proceeds to be sent to the Frank Holden Defence Fund . |
| 29 | Large firms are able to provide lifetime employment for their employees who are expected in return to be dedicated ‘ company men ’ . |
| 30 | Others may surprise you by being woefully unprepared and you may find yourself taking the initiative more often than you might have expected in order to be able to put across as many of your good points as possible . |