Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also saw frequent proposals that diplomats should be given some systematic training to fit them for the posts they were to occupy . |
| 2 | A I think that the design considerations of your notice board should be given some careful thought . |
| 3 | The Helsinki process should be institutionalised straight away with the formation of an Environmental Security Council which should be given some legislative powers as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Given that safety for passengers must be paramount , you might like to consider if such a code of practice should be given some statutory status , or how else the good practice it describes might be disseminated and enforced . |
| 5 | The second principle explains how and why the past must be allowed some special power of its own in court , contrary to the pragmatist 's claim that it must not . |
| 6 | But against this destruction must be set some solid achievements , including the Press Unit 's making as much as censorship would allow in a morale-boosting report . |
| 7 | Mm , because you , you erm have er the , obviously that you could be sent some dubious tapes ? |
| 8 | Against these traditional and widespread justifications for adverse possession may be compared some modern views against squatters . |
| 9 | Memoirs and autobiographies may be written some considerable time after a key event , and usually enjoy the benefit of hindsight . |
| 10 | While we shall comment further below on the use of such officially constructed statistics , which may reflect , inter alia , changing public attitudes to reporting crime , police practice in recording crime or changing priorities concerning crime seriousness , as well as changes in underlying crime levels , we may be excused some ironic enjoyment in examining the patterns in these figures during the Thatcher decade . |