Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corporations are imposed by central government and are given powers of land and development that have been seen as ‘ staggering ’ ( Cullingworth , 1985 , p. 282 ) . |
| 2 | Problematic employees are given letters of counselling which are filed in an unfavourable information folder . |
| 3 | Simple photographs , perceived to have little artistic quality are afforded copyright protection for only twenty-five years after death whereas editorial photographs and ‘ artistic ’ photographs are given periods of protection of fifty years and seventy years after death , respectively . |
| 4 | Rangers are given scent of success |
| 5 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 6 | A piece of ham has been given pride of place in a butcher 's window . |
| 7 | Two policemen who helped convict a fraudulent investment consultant have been given certificates of commendation . |
| 8 | They have never been given equality of status with the other ‘ nations ’ of Yugoslavia , and even under the benign 1974 Constitution they are conscious that they are regarded as inferiors , barely tolerated by the Slav peoples of Yugoslavia , and especially by the Serbs . |
| 9 | Apart from the counties a number of urban areas had grown up and many of these had been granted Charters of Incorporation giving them varying powers of local administration . |
| 10 | Secondly , under the new Act , tenants in council property are granted security of tenure , whereas previously they did not have this protection . |
| 11 | This was chiefly because Geoffrey Stallibrass had been made Director of Aviation Safety in the Ministry of Aviation and his keen sense of the practical got things moving . |
| 12 | My buildings are collected works of art made by many hands of many artists and true craftsmen , made with love , a true brotherhood ; an experience of joy where all parties gain fulfilment . |
| 13 | have n't just to literally lie back there and the man says what happens , when it happens , and they 're to do as they 're told sort of thing because that obviously develops sexual abuse , women being raped , and attitudes that lead towards these things . |
| 14 | Former BAe executive Richard Hooke says he has been told Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 15 | They are offered cups of tea from a steaming cauldron by British soldiers . |
| 16 | There are preserved powers of arrest in relation to , among others , the Military Lands Act 1892 , the Emergency Powers Act 1920 , the Public Order Act 1936 ( and now 1986 ) , the Bail Act 1976 , and the Prevention of Terrorism Act . |
| 17 | Where children are needed fear of infertility can lead to early , frequent childbearing . |
| 18 | They were called back again later to concrete the area where the horses had been buried fears of health hazards had been expressed because Mr Edelson had not had the animals preserved in any way . |
| 19 | Why this should have been thought evidence of scurrility was known only to Joyce ‘ s peculiar logic . |
| 20 | He receives what are called letters of administration , which give him the title to the property ; even where there is a will , but no executor is appointed , there must be a grant of letters of administration cum testamento annexo , ‘ with the will attached ’ . |
| 21 | Tensors having n indices are called tensors of rank n . |
| 22 | I 've even been brought cups of tea . |
| 23 | On the same day , however , it passed a highly controversial law by which all residents of Lithuania would be given certificates of citizenship provided they signed a pledge to uphold Lithuania 's independence constitution . |
| 24 | Several swimmers had to be given gulps of oxygen at the pool-side . |
| 25 | He insisted on the principle of the –subordination of characters ' — some characters were more fundamental than others and should be given pride of place in assessing degrees of relationship . |
| 26 | Lord Donaldson attacked the White Paper 's suggestion that it might be in the public interest to allow other professions , such as accountants , to be given rights of audience in the courts . |
| 27 | Any respondent to the proposed application is likely to be given notice of hearing of any request for leave . |
| 28 | If they made a good impression during that brief stay at the University , they would be given priority of consideration for becoming undergraduates when they were demobilised . |
| 29 | I doubt if it is possible to hold the view of Margalef ( 1968 ) that ‘ Relevant evidence does not consist of a massive accumulation of trivia ’ and reconcile it with his ‘ Ecology … is the study of systems at a level at which individuals or whole organisms may be considered elements of interaction … ’ . |
| 30 | With every notice summoning a meeting there must be included forms of proxy ( Form 8.4 in Sched 4 to the rules , see App C , form 33 ) . |