Example sentences of "be [adj] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subjects ranging from the ferries and Mersey tunnels to the Tall Ships Race and local tourist attractions are all given a lighthearted treatment . |
| 2 | To be French required a Western European faith . |
| 3 | But some people are allergic to even this highly-purified animal collagen , so potential recipients are first given a small test dose . |
| 4 | Clean changes were possible given a little patience , but moving from first to second was reminiscent of shovelling coal — sometime the lever slid into place , sometimes it jarred my whole body . |
| 5 | The Cambridge Committee brought over at least seventy guaranteed children from Germany , mostly teenagers , who were all given a decent education . |
| 6 | It was a brown room , like the shop and the passages , which were all painted a thick , dark brown . |
| 7 | One surprising factor is that given a new case is only around £50 there is nothing stopping you from moving everything into a new box if the old one is n't big enough to take a standard size motherboard . |
| 8 | Was that considered a hard thing at the time ? |
| 9 | After decades of failure and the deep self-doubt of the 1880s , its offer of scientific proof that socialism was inevitable exercised a powerful attraction . |
| 10 | The River Wye was first proclaimed a public right of way by King Edward the Confessor nine hundred years ago . |
| 11 | This phrase , which appears sufficiently comprehensive to apply to any visible image , was not included in the original Public Order Act 1936 , but was introduced only when incitement to racial hatred was first made a criminal offence . |
| 12 | When the idea of a school-industry partnership was first mooted a fundamental question required answering before time and resource could be committed to its development . |