Example sentences of "[that] be [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But going back to some of these places you mentioned , were there any rocks that were given a name or stones ? |
2 | Perhaps he is referring to some figures that were leaked a couple of weeks ago from the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland — a reference to 44 inward investment jobs . |
3 | Although it will probably never be a picture postcard village , during the last two or three years some farmers have started to replace the hedges that were removed a generation ago , and to plant trees , so perhaps in years to come the parish will again look something like the pictures of it in days gone by , less bleak and windswept than it does today . |
4 | In our opinion not all of the pouch excisions performed would not be necessary ; in some of the earlier cases of fistulas that were encountered the pouch might now be salvaged . |
5 | As the eruption continues the ejected material piles up round the vent , building up that heap of material that is called a volcano . |
6 | I suppose we were in that meteorological horror that is called an inversion , heat and humidity pressing down on us , numbing the brain and starting the sweat from every pore of the body . |
7 | For most people whose political and economic power is limited , history is something that is made every day , every week , in a way of living that might either accommodate to future possibilities or wrestle with them . |
8 | Water that is warmed a degree or two above freezing point sinks into the colder water below , and is replaced ; the resulting density currents stir the lake into turbulence and spread warmth , a process that is enhanced by wind-stirring as the ice disperses . |
9 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
10 | To the left is a wide , airy area that is given the feeling of a conservatory by huge windows overlooking Belfast Lough and all that foliage . |
11 | The practical examinations have a syllabus that is varied every year or two , but which , at each grade , represents a consistent standard of difficulty . |
12 | Look , do n't you 'ave a nice romantic book , one that 's called a novel ? |
13 | An update on the Forest that 's become a dumping ground |
14 | The Elderflower juice is part of the booming market in adult soft drinks — it 's one of the few businesses that 's beaten the recession . |
15 | He 's the man that 's kept the team going … the man that 's had to brush off all the jokes and mikey taking … the man that 's refused to give up the fight |
16 | That , too , seems worthwhile : each week some little neglected plant that 's survived the lack of attention pops up . ’ |
17 | She 's like a cat that 's found a way to milk cows . ’ |
18 | The British team that 's found the secret of winning . |
19 | St Florent is an excellent family base with a mile-long , shallow beach that 's cleaned every morning . |
20 | Your Rover Dealer will show you the car that 's impressed the press so much . |
21 | It 's an attitude that 's earned the Davies 's the admiration of the officer in charge of the case . |
22 | It 's an attitude that 's earned the Davies 's the admiration of the officer in charge of the case . |
23 | And the thing that was said a lot was a Slippery Elm stick , well I still do n't really know what it was but er it was a kind of a s , bark of the Slippery Elms , a Slippery Elm bark or something and they sharpened it to a point and inserted that into the womb you see and it was done , and then of course I heard a lot about gin , sitting in a hot bath with gin . |
24 | A second NAWK program was written that was run a number of times with different threshold values . |
25 | Through the window , not so very far away , he could see the big black secret wood that was called The Forest of Sin . |
26 | In 1990 , eight hundred badgers were killed in this way , many of those were TB free , but by the time that was discovered the badgers were already dead . |
27 | Well I do n't know it 's just what we liked at the time you know , we liked anything that was considered a bit way out then , you know |
28 | It was always an elitist kind of limited democracy that was applauded a democracy of powerful , autonomous , but cautious , leaders , in limp relation to passive and uncommitted followers who had nothing to give but their votes and unquestioning support . |
29 | The Tory campaign in this ward had begun by placing emphasis on everything that was deemed a threat to the mortgaged bliss of privatised nuclear family-life — gypsies , black muggers , Bernie Grant , the Lesbian and Gay Unit . |