Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For more on how these roles can be blended into a successful group , see Groups on page 77 and Teams on page 161 . |
| 2 | THE bitter tussle between Russia 's parliament and government appeared to be drawing to a close last night after preliminary approval was given to a compromise that would allow President Yeltsin 's administration to continue its reforms . |
| 3 | The era of the passive media consumer — or ‘ couch potato ’ — may be drawing to a close if they discoveries of the ingenious Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are any indication . |
| 4 | My noble and learned Friend and my right hon. Friend made it clear that the green form scheme would not be withdrawn until a full , free , prompt , and convenient form of professional advice was available to every asylum seeker . |
| 5 | In that year the secretary of the Society for the Relief of Persons Confined for Small Debts received a letter from Spencer Perceval the Prime Minster ( who was later to be assassinated by a bankrupt , John Bellingham ) to say that His Majesty had graciously given orders to present The Thatched House Society with £2,000 from his private purse . |
| 6 | In addition , involvement of major neurovascular structures and bone can also be diagnosed with a high degree of accuracy . |
| 7 | But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them . |
| 8 | The principal arguments for a policy of CPD were advanced in the Brett-Jones Report of 1978 and although none could be refuted in a responsible way , it was not until 1 January 1981 that Regulations were made by the General Council of the RICS to make compulsory , and to regulate , members ' Continuing Professional Development . |
| 9 | Here , the therapist is looking for maladaptive coping strategies which can be altered at a later date in homework assignments . |
| 10 | I was driving on my way through beautiful scenery in Wales where I live and it suddenly occurred to me how this would all be altered in a nuclear war . |
| 11 | It can only be altered by a separate legal document called a ‘ codicil ’ . |
| 12 | Thus output might be altered by a technological breakthrough , or by changes in the structure of taxation which affected the choice between work and leisure , or by changes in other real variables , but should not be affected by a change in nominal spending : such changes should affect the price at which the available output is sold and not the quantity of output itself . |
| 13 | If there is a steady downward drift in the average temperature in the area , a drift that persists over centuries , successive generations of animals will be propelled by a steady selection ‘ pressure ’ in the direction , say , of growing longer coats of hair . |
| 14 | The boxes both have six SIMM slots and can be incremented to a maximum 96Mb. +1 408 432–0292 |
| 15 | Search for a peptide was rewarded by the discovery of a compound containing five amino acids , which combined powerfully with the opiate receptor and had all the necessary properties for it to be recognized as a new transmitter substance . |
| 16 | There was a fondness for the strict classical style , as seen in Moscow Kiev Station , affirming a desire to be recognized as a fully-fledged European power . |
| 17 | This is in the hope that they will become clearer to those who work within the industry , and that they may be recognized as a distinct discipline by academic and practising lawyers alike . |
| 18 | The burrow caused by Sarcoptes scabiei can be recognized as a thin line , not unlike a small splinter , in one of the sites which the mite is known to favour . |
| 19 | Metaphase 1 ( M1 ) is the stage of meiosis used in routine analysis for the establishment of bivalent number , chiasma frequency or position , and for the detection of a chromosomal anomaly such as a reciprocal translocation which can be recognized as a multivalent configuration in the complement . |
| 20 | A tenth of those questioned thought that Hitler was the greatest statesman of the century , whose true greatness would only be recognized at a later date , and a further 22 per cent thought that , while he had made ‘ some mistakes ’ he had nevertheless been an excellent head of State . |
| 21 | In January 1973 the Scottish Education Department , on behalf of the four Central ( Art ) Institutions , formally approached the CNAA with a proposal for their Associateship and Diploma courses to be recognized for a classified degree in art and design . |
| 22 | Such " consensual " , " common law " or " companionate " unions ( or " marriages " ) , however , may be recognized to a certain degree by society ( or even by the law ) . |
| 23 | Each of these can be recognized by a common pattern of internal structure , all the individual species within a type being but variations on the same basic pattern . |
| 24 | This is achieved by the bidder procuring the target to be re-registered as a private company and taking advantage of the private company exemption contained in s155. ( 3 ) To save stamp duty . |
| 25 | ( 5 ) Because of the exemption for anything done in pursuance of a scheme of arrangement under s153(3) ( e ) , it should in theory be possible for financial assistance proposed to be provided as part of the Court Scheme to be implemented immediately ( because the target is bound by the scheme when it becomes effective ) without the need to wait for the target to be re-registered as a private company and the private company exemption procedure followed . |
| 26 | One Minister comments : Why did I go to York on October 3 to be recommissioned as a Eucharistic Minister ? |
| 27 | The reason for this is that the sub-continent 's representatives will still be competing for a one-day pot in Sharjah until the 20th . |
| 28 | JOHN ROLFE and Adrian Breton will be competing for a British Olympic place at the weekend when the rapid fire pistol match in the World Cup Tournament in Los Angeles will be the decider for Barcelona , writes Leslie Howcroft . |
| 29 | Asif and Trevor Penney , the newly-qualified Zimbabwean , will be competing for a middle-order place , though the first chance is likely to go to Paul Smith if he has shaken off last year 's injury troubles . |
| 30 | The Alvington entry will be competing in a new class for slightly modified production models , hoping to head off the Jaguars and Porsches when the race gets underway on June the 19th . |