Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , the intergranular pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement leaving only leached porosity , and the sonic log displays a very clear downward-decreasing porosity profile in the uppermost unit of oolitic grainstone ( Fig. 18 ) . |
| 2 | In the second well , however , the sonic log indicates that the upper unit is much tighter and the core descriptions suggest that the pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement . |
| 3 | THE cache of Semtex explosive and suspected bomb making equipment discovered on Hampstead Heath in London may have been hidden by an IRA cell for a bombing attack , it emerged yesterday , writes Terry Kirby . |
| 4 | Richard Crossman , for one , in 1965 lamented , ‘ How much more humane and imaginative our post-war reconstruction would have proved if government departments had been invigorated by an influx of experts with special knowledge , new ideas and a sympathy for the Government 's domestic and foreign policies ’ .3– George Brown 's National Plan of 1965 represented a belated attempt to recapture the ground perceived to have been lost since the war ended . |
| 5 | Defeated presidential candidates Ion Ratiu ( Christian Democratic National Peasants ' Party — CDNPP ) and Radu Campeanu ( National Liberal Party — NLP ) listed irregularities in the process and complained that the campaign had been waged in an atmosphere of violence ; both , however , stated their intention to participate in the new parliament . |
| 6 | This hare has been aroused by an exchange of letters between Donald Riegle , chairman of the Senate banking committee , and the SEC 's ambitious chairman , Richard Breeden . |
| 7 | This is a scheme whereby unemployed people who require to learn new skills or brush up former skills are placed with an employer for an agreed period of time to achieve those skills . |
| 8 | They are given as an indication of what can happen and a suggestion of some of the ways in which similar ideas might be explored by different children in different circumstances . |
| 9 | In Table 1.3 figures for the trade balance in manufactured goods are given on an intra- and extra-basis for the four major industrial countries in the EC . |
| 10 | Two doses of vaccine are given at an interval of four weeks and , in order to allow a high level of immunity to develop , vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge until two weeks after their second dose . |
| 11 | Papers which include information on the vegetation of particular islands are given in an appendix . |
| 12 | Other recommendations included the introduction of a stamp duty or similar standard charge for planning applications , the retention of detailed design control ( ‘ in spite of its subjective nature ’ ) ; the use of ‘ design guides ’ for ‘ homogeneous areas ’ and of ‘ design briefs ’ for particular sites ; greater delegation to officers ; speedy production of structure and local plans ( in accordance with a national timetable ) ; stronger control procedures in ‘ special environmental areas ’ ( for example , national parks , conservation areas and other areas identified in development plans or policies ) ; the establishment of local authority information centres and independent planning advice centres ( on which details of current pioneering examples are given in an appendix to the report ) . |
| 13 | The equivalent of larval stages are completed within an egg capsule so that the young emerge at the crawling stage when they are easily visible to the naked eye and can be fed in captivity . |
| 14 | A GLASGOW bus driver said yesterday that he might have been blinded during an attack by a drunken passenger who had broken into his cabin and assaulted him as he drove through the city centre one Saturday evening . |
| 15 | The passivity of the wronged girl is a trait she shares with the hero of Guy Newell 's Fox Farm ( 1922 ) , a sensitive farmer abandoned by his go-getting wife after he has been blinded in an explosion . |
| 16 | The situations are treated in an order different from that above . |
| 17 | • If you are treated in an NHS hospital as a result of a road accident , the cash payment you receive would be doubled , from £26 to £52 a night , tax-free . |
| 18 | During five days of evidence , the jury heard that during the two weeks previous to the fire , the three men had been heard in an Oban pub discussing burning the house and how Ferguson and Vennard talked about the splitting of the insurance money . |
| 19 | The company , relying on the arbitration clause , argued that the action should be stayed until the case had been heard by an arbitrator . |
| 20 | Sterling eurobonds , which are a part of the international eurobond market described in Chapter 5 below , are normally issued as bearer securities and are usually unsecured but with a negative pledge ; they are listed on an exchange but not necessarily the London Stock Exchange and they pay interest gross . |
| 21 | The delicate fondant decorations look like they have been crafted by an expert , yet they are surprisingly easy to master if you follow our simple step-by-step instructions . |
| 22 | One of West Somerset 's leading attractions , the West Somerset Railway , has been recognized by an award in the annual Holiday Care Awards for facilities for disabled holidaymakers . |
| 23 | All other teams are instantly relagated to shiteball teams and have no say in what they do or if they are honoured by an invitation from the team of the universe to play them then the scum also have the right to select the opposition team and to decide on the appropriate scoreline before the match begins . |
| 24 | Even when the installation has been undertaken by an expert , the inclusion of a circuit breaker is a wise precaution . |
| 25 | In August 1989 Scottish police visited Malta to investigate the Talb connection , and in October investigators confirmed that they were examining the possibility that the bomb had been placed aboard an Air Malta flight before being transferred to Pan Am 's Frankfurt-London-New York flight PA 103 . |
| 26 | He was underweight for age at birth and had been placed in an incubator for ten days after a difficult delivery . |
| 27 | Even the first printed edition of a text may have been altered by an editor , printer or typesetter . |
| 28 | Alternatively , a client who has been treated as an expert investor on the grounds of his experience may claim that , in fact , he was a private investor , that he should have received warnings as to the risks and that , had he received them , he would not have entered into this type of transaction at all . |
| 29 | In order to get a true comparison between the firms ( and accordingly between the contributions , both capital and income generating , of their partners ) it may be necessary : ( 1 ) to revalue capital assets to a common date ; ( 2 ) to bring in the profits from the disposal of any property not required by the merged firm ; ( 3 ) to devise some means of compensation if goodwill is to be written out of account where it has previously been treated as an asset in which the partners have a share ; ( 4 ) where work in progress features in the accounts of one of the firms , to eliminate it by billing or to write it off against the capital accounts of that firm 's partners ; ( 5 ) to settle how bad debts are to be treated post-merger , either charged generally against the new firm or separately against the partners of the old firms ; ( 6 ) to write off the value of old fixtures and fittings ; ( 7 ) to revise profit and loss accounts to a common accounting date . |
| 30 | It is a rare but recognised phenomenon that headaches as a result of sexual intercourse might indicate his condition which could have been treated by an operation regularly performed by neurosurgeons . ’ |