Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has been hypothesised that this characteristic is due to extra chromosomal material in the X chromosome as compared with the Y chromosome .
2 It was standard procedure for such conglomerates to collect contemporary art , now that it had been recognized that such art was plentiful , reasonably affordable , and able to yield substantial returns .
3 On the other hand , it has been recognized that such concessions can , if applied fairly and without discrimination , aid the efficient administration of the tax system .
4 It had long been recognized that many species are protected from predators by colouring that provides camouflage .
5 Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment .
6 Its success has been limited because some children will work on projects which interest them but which do not tax them sufficiently .
7 Speaking to The Art Newspaper Sylvia Thomas , the YAS archivist , explained that almost half the one hundred parchment rolls ( each roll comprising up to thirty parchments ) had now been treated and that work would probably continue for another four to five years .
8 Please hurry though , stocks are limited and this offer must close on Saturday 30th June 1990 .
9 What action would you take to ensure all records are amended and all departments are notified ?
10 Again the choices are examined but this time in view of the specific application requirements in the situations of use with respect to the product classifications in chapter three and taking into account disinfection requirements from which products are selected .
11 It has been calculated that some 37% of families would be better off , and 37% worse off , as a result of the change from Community Charge to the Council tax .
12 Conservatism in Britain has been multifaceted but that tradition has been dominant .
13 In every one of the cases to which your Lordships have been referred where such dicta appear , the source from which the evidence sought to be excluded had been obtained has been the defendant himself or ( in some of the search cases ) premises occupied by him ; and the dicta can be traced to a common ancestor in Lord Goddard 's statement in Kuruma v. The Queen [ 1955 ] A.C. 197 which I have already cited .
14 A few days before discharge is expected , any services required are arranged and any drugs , dressings and appliances ( e.g. Mr Reynolds ' stoma equipment ) are ordered .
15 Some environmentalists prefer preservation-by-exclusion , so that visitors are rationed because some areas are made deliberately inaccessible ( particularly ‘ wilderness ’ areas ) or a toll or entrance fee is imposed , or even , as a last resort ( as in the case of most nature reserves ) , access is made dependent upon the membership of an amenity society and/or the possession of a permit .
16 Unless you are certain that the statute has not been amended since that date , take the cumulative supplement , which is arranged in the same way as the main work .
17 Advice has been received that such work would not be more than 5% of the adviser 's time .
18 The staff development policy has been revised and all staff are now guaranteed their own individual development plan and will work towards the appropriate NVQ units for their job role .
19 Suddenly , the circumstantial shackles are banished and this hirsute foursome wings scarcely precedented amounts of beauty and pathos from their thunderous psycho-grunge blueprint .
20 Many miles of film have been exposed and several forests felled to supply the paper to print the wit and wisdom of Hannah Hauxwell .
21 It seems that while everybody does dream during REM sleep , most dreams are forgotten and some people forget more readily than others .
22 Limited provisions for fluctuations are included and some choice is given to the employer in the subcontractors to be employed for specialist work .
23 It is not really a cost of living index since many goods of a luxury nature are included and several items ( e.g. income tax , insurance premiums , etc. ) for which it is hard to identify ‘ units ’ of sale are excluded .
24 Where some women are free to make vows of chastity , we are reminded that all women should be free to refuse men access to them .
25 There is no similar obligation to report where a debentureholder enters into possession and it has been recommended that this omission be corrected .
26 If the court considers that a matter has not been disclosed and that matter might have affected shareholders ' decisions on how to vote , it is unlikely to sanction the scheme ( see , for example , Re Jessel Trust Limited [ 1985 ] BCLC 119 and Re MB Group plc [ 1989 ] 5 BCC 684 ) .
27 We controlled the game better than might have been expected but this game is different and , however much you plan things , a goal can change everything .
28 In other words , rehabilitation has been added as another complication to the already compromised neoclassical position which , as we have already seen , has dominated most Western systems since the early part of the last century : the dominant operational framework is still the retributive tariff .
29 However , on Monday morning , 29 April 1991 , I discovered that the seating in the office ( Room 3.14 ) had been rearranged and that cigarette ash was over the meeting table and one of the chairs .
30 All the basic properties of Wave Motion are considered and some time is spent on Ray Optics and Simple Electricity .
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