Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's since written a 4-volume history of wartime intelligence and has little doubt about Bletchley 's significance . |
| 2 | She 's since made a complete recovery and Mona 's consultant says she ows everything to Janet . |
| 3 | He 's since made a full recovery and now has a realistic chance of becoming Lotus 's first world champion since Mario Andretti . |
| 4 | you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities . |
| 5 | Music is generally accorded a low priority and is underfunded , and standards of performance are unsatisfactory in many places . |
| 6 | The extent and variety of these activities are astonishing , but while almost everyone is aware of them , and although the majority of us fiddle in one way or another , fiddling is generally considered a trivial activity without serious implications . |
| 7 | Traditionally , the people 's singing has been delegated to a choir which is generally paid a nominal fee . |
| 8 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 9 | If this is not done a disillusioned employee may well leave after a short time and you will have to repeat the expensive and disruptive process of interviewing all over again . |
| 10 | Stitches may be necessary to close a gaping cut , and if this is not done a permanent scar may result . |
| 11 | In 1990 Baron Thyssen bought an outstanding work , ‘ The Lock ’ at Sotheby 's for £10,780,000 a world record for a British painting but he is not considered a likely purchaser of further works by the artist . |
| 12 | Marriage is not considered a sufficient commitment . |
| 13 | Efforts are initially made to persuade the parents to bring up the child at home , but where this does not prove successful or is not considered a wise step , some form of full-time residential care is required . |
| 14 | Thomas Biggs , in his address to the Social Science Association in 1870 , complained that such a ‘ painful … topic is not considered a proper theme for discussion … by the great majority of the House of Commons ’ . |
| 15 | In that community it is not considered a grave fault to ‘ invent ’ , whenever ‘ a lie is necessary ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's inundated with work over there she 's just done a 13-part sitcom for CBS , for example . ’ |
| 17 | I said to Sandra , well this job business Bev , he 's not said a bloody word to me this morning he 's , in actual fact he 's been |
| 18 | He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident . |
| 19 | She 's not allowed a white one for tap . |
| 20 | So you know quarter to a third and er it 's not got a lot of land with it and of course it 's not mentioned a great deal in directories . |
| 21 | he 's not doing so well now is he ? , he used to , he 's not won a high ranking tournament since nineteen eighty nine |
| 22 | Both Conservative and Labour MPs are divided on the issue , which is always allowed a free vote . |
| 23 | Because work is still considered a male role , leisure , similarly , is thought to be a male preserve . |
| 24 | An important paper was read for her in 1900 to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by her cousin , Gerard Baldwin Brown [ q.v. ] , and thereafter controversial articles in learned journals culminated in 1912 in the publication by John Murray of The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles , which is still considered a seminal work on the subject . |
| 25 | Therapy is still considered a marginal thing but I really do n't see why . |
| 26 | No I 've got , I 've got a dress at home which is like flared a black one . |
| 27 | So she was , she was into Volkswagen Polos , she 's always liked a little run-around , she 'd like a Volkswagen Polo , and . |
| 28 | Ah well he 's always wanted a big one . |
| 29 | It 's always held a special meaning for me , and when the development is completed I have every intention of moving back into the area and making my home here . |
| 30 | In spite of this , the words ‘ buyer beware ’ still carry a very real warning in one type of purchase and that is what is colloquially called a private sale . |