Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Science had made enormous progress since Jonson 's day ; the Royal Society had been founded a few years before ; a virtuoso was not the same thing as an alchemist . |
| 32 | She assured us they had only been worn a few times . |
| 33 | It must have been mailed a few days ago , with a second class stamp . |
| 34 | In a statement , the company said : All Meon Villas are inspected a few weeks prior to the start of each letting season , with particular emphasis on safety . |
| 35 | ‘ It would have been horrid if he had been born a few days after she died . ’ |
| 36 | For instance , participants can opt for ‘ freeze-frame ’ pictures , in which images of participants in the meeting are updated every few seconds instead of constantly moving . |
| 37 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 38 | Support for this theory , of an unexpected kind , had been provided a few weeks earlier by network television . |
| 39 | The Factory Whistle had been republished a few days before , and beside her Viola kept the pile of six copies sent her by the publishers , with its Lowry-ish cover of tall chimneys and matchstick men . |
| 40 | I 've only been divorced a few months . ’ |
| 41 | The idea of light coming only in packets , called quanta , had been introduced a few years earlier by the German physicist Max Planck . |
| 42 | He had been arrested a few hours after a friendly between Rangers and Cowdenbeath and appeared in police records under his full title James Curran Baxter . |
| 43 | Camcorders on the other hand have to be given a little help to cope with different kinds of lighting by adjustment of their internal white balance settings to enable them to ‘ see ’ white as the same neutral colour regardless of the conditions . |
| 44 | Brown and his team should be given a few days ’ extension to accomplish that . |
| 45 | That is , in an effort to ensure that any variations in replies respondents provide are not artifacts of variations in the way in which the questions were asked , each respondent should be given the same questions in the same serial order . |
| 46 | She said there were speed restrictions on the A167 at Aycliffe , Croxdale and Chilton , and Ferryhill people ought to be given the same protection . |
| 47 | American actors in England should be given the same rights we 're given here . |
| 48 | Lesley wants sexual equality , but does n't believe attitudes have yet changed enough : ‘ We do n't yet have true equality ; until we do , women will have to overstress themselves and overprove themselves just to be given the same level of respect as their male peers . |
| 49 | John Popham , a parliamentary agent representing 13 local residents who have petitioned against the bill , believes that ‘ residents of Newport should be given the same degree of protection as the government has decided is necessary for property owners in Cardiff ’ . |
| 50 | If payments were partly based on per capita emissions of greenhouse gases , would methane from paddy fields be given the same price as carbon dioxide from power stations , cars and burning tropical forests ? |
| 51 | The broadcasting of discussions and debates between politicians of widely different positions takes place regularly and , when interviewed , critics of the Federal Government appear to be given the same kind of deferential treatment as Federal spokesmen . |
| 52 | All the lexicographers ' virtual machines will be given the same lexicographer priority , but those editing smaller entries are likely to be favoured over those editing large ones . |
| 53 | If she 'd been on 4AD , she 'd be given the same amount of attention as the Muses , Pixies or Breeders . |
| 54 | Is not it reasonable that the House of Commons should be given the same information as is made available to the press in briefings ? |
| 55 | The second position was that ( as in the Welsh school cited above ) simply changing the name and use of buildings altered very little : a common curriculum was what mattered and all pupils should be given the same opportunities of learning the same subjects . |
| 56 | Regretting attempts by " some countries in the North to fashion the new world order only on the basis of their priorities " , the document suggested that military and political objectives be given the same importance as " economic and social dimensions " . |
| 57 | Thus , for example , " theft " would probably be given the same meaning that word bears in the Theft Act 1968 ; if the drafter intends some other meaning , he/she should define the relevant word for the purposes of the contract . |
| 58 | Third , the Registrar 's certificate will be given the same effect as regards further particulars as it has with respect to the creation of a charge . |
| 59 | Doreen , a nineteen-year-old mother of three young children , felt strongly about this after her experiences , and correctly points out that it was her own choice to have her children , and she should be given the same respect as any older mother : |
| 60 | These diseases could at least be given the same priority as other diseases . |