Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some reason I 'd thought I 'd be given just a sample in a small box — like those used to send out wedding cake . |
| 2 | The best thing that could have happened to IBM was to be broken up a decade or more ago . |
| 3 | Socioecology assumes that any ecological opportunity ( technically known as a niche ) exploited in the wild by animals after billions of years of evolution will be filled in a couple of months in a work environment . |
| 4 | Because of its major 3rd ( as opposed to the conventional ♭3 found in a normal phrygian mode ) this scale has a very Spanish/Classical flavour and can be heard quite a lot during the solos on the track Surfing With The Alien . |
| 5 | Every building has a shrine at which offerings must be placed twice a day . |
| 6 | I do n't quite know why , but anyhow if they do feel old at 75 , then they ought to be shaken up a bit . |
| 7 | If they could be spaced out a bit , then it would probably be easier and less likely to be trouble . |
| 8 | If there was no correlation , well you 'd expect them to be mixed up a bit so that negatives might occur with negatives or they might occur with positives vice-versa Now , I 'm g try and give you a feel for how these numbers , how we work out the correlation coefficient in terms of Z scores . |
| 9 | They apply in cases of ( a ) inadvertence , ( b ) misadventure and ( c ) death , and empower licences to be granted to the parties in possession of the premises and objections to be considered whereby an objector himself or his representatives if he is deceased in such cases at an adjourned meeting . |
| 10 | It follows also that gravity has a negligible effect on small animals , because their surface to volume ratio is so large : if , for example , a mouse was to be dropped down a 30-metre well-shaft it would be stunned , but would scamper away relatively intact because wind resistance acting on its relatively larger surface would counteract the pull of gravity . |
| 11 | A resolution of 22 March 1792 provided for the erection of temporary stabling for 50 horses , to which were to be added later a lecture theatre and a dissecting room . |
| 12 | For instance I have increased the skimmed milk allowance from 4 ounces to 10 ounces per day and I have allowed red meat to be included twice a week . |
| 13 | Mr Bresslaw had collapsed once before , in October last year , and on that occasion he had to be carried on a stretcher out of a show business dinner . |
| 14 | ’ Is that a volatile load to be carried on a motorway ? ’ |
| 15 | These will be carried once a month and will alternate with contracts in the food and electronics sectors . |
| 16 | decided that by using a temporary coupler from the motor to the drive shaft some preparatory work for making the change could be carried out a year before the main change , reducing the delay . |
| 17 | Project appraisal involves many calculations which must be carried out a number of times to produce a proper sensitivity analysis . |
| 18 | because erm there will be oh what was I it 's alright I was concentrating said you can put the handbrake on these set of traffic lights if you like because you might be sat here a while and your foot will ache you know ? |
| 19 | Does he agree that neighbourhood watches can be deemed only an aid to proper policing , in terms of numbers and police efficiency ? |
| 20 | ‘ We are of the same height exactly and , if necessary , the bodice could be let out a trifle . ’ |
| 21 | The agreed price of the three acres of land was £180 and a proper conveyance was to be prepared by Theed Pearse the solicitor , who was also owner of the adjoining land on which the County Hospital was to be built nearly a century later . |
| 22 | However , the naturalistic account should not be rejected on the grounds that it is inadequate , as though it could be polished up a bit and made more acceptable : rather , it should be dismissed because it presents an entirely distorted picture of social reality . |
| 23 | Thus it can be seen how a practice which has little educational validity can become a universal phenomenon . |
| 24 | The heavy-weight champion in loadbearing. 50 kilos can be hung on a screw fastening into FERMACELL with a rawlplug . |
| 25 | The latter two allow the tool to be hung on a wall by two screws , which pass through the plastic sheath and convert it into a vertical holder . |
| 26 | That 's what seems to worry people — that photography should be hung on a wall , not stood in the middle of a room . ’ |
| 27 | This can be hung on a classroom wall and it can double as a speaker for audio machines . |
| 28 | Samples can be hung on a rod , in slotted pockets or placed on a lectern . |
| 29 | A set of pictures can be hung from ribbons or cords — for example , a set of two or three miniature ovals can be hung down a length of ribbon , with a velvet or silk bow positioned at the top of the strip . |
| 30 | For a daily paper ( given that the images can be transferred down a phone line ) I see it as a Godsend . |