Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then came the news his immigration application had been delayed a few weeks because he 's a diabetic . |
| 2 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
| 3 | However , it can be understood as recommending that one live in such ; way that the various aspects of one 's being are given the same degree of power as they have of innate authority . |
| 4 | Individuals can apply for meals themselves — all applications are given the same consideration . |
| 5 | Cations of elements which only form one stable ion are given the same name as the element . |
| 6 | All volumes containing modules of the same charge code are given the same name , as specified by the user , but the serial number at the end of the volume name is incremented for each new volume that is opened . |
| 7 | One by one , calves and adults are given the same treatment . |
| 8 | Only a little thought will show what a nonsense this is , for , as we have just seen , no two individuals manifest their illnesses in exactly the same way even if they are given the same disease label . |
| 9 | The parent is captured and its offspring are given the same marks ; one nick on each side of the upper beak for the Vintners ; one on one side for the Dyers ; none at all for the Royal cygnets . |
| 10 | ‘ If Ossie had been sacked a few days later , I would have accepted it as part and parcel of football . |
| 11 | Since then , all the display vats in the undercover sales area have been treated the same way , turning what could easily be run-of-the-mill fish transit into a feast for the inquiring eye . |
| 12 | Ruth had decided to say she 'd been unwell , and had been given a few days off to recover her strength . |
| 13 | London had been given no such attention , but The London Society since 1912 had been undertaking work which was brought together in essays edited by Sir Aston Webb ( 1921 ) . |
| 14 | It would almost certainly have been given the same support by the full House had it not been attached to a Bill to reform obscenity law , with which it had no clear or logical connection . |
| 15 | When test results did not confirm this , they could still console themselves with the fact that every child had been given the same opportunity to learn . |
| 16 | Millions of people have been given the same chance to own a real share in the nation 's assets . |
| 17 | For subjects in an ‘ acquired distinctiveness ’ group , the two stimuli had been given different labels in pre-training ; for those in the ‘ acquired equivalence ’ group the two stimuli used were those that had been given the same label . |
| 18 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 19 | However , once printed text has been photocopied a few times , or faxed , or degraded in some other way , the characters can become similarly indistinct . |
| 20 | Each club have been fined the same amount as Arsenal , who were found to be the less culpable party in the mass scuffle with Norwich City on November 4 . |
| 21 | If at any point you come into contact with it you lose a life immediately and are moved a few steps back . |
| 22 | Most of the bigger hotels in Kos have been built a little way out of the old town and the Bohem is about 15 minutes from the far side of Heaven ( the disco ) ! |
| 23 | The cottage , he told Marshall , had been built the same time as the farm . |
| 24 | The trolley had been pushed a few feet away and my handbag removed from my shopping bag . |
| 25 | The Empire State Building has been moved a few blocks uptown . |
| 26 | Only about a month earlier , I had been told the same story ( of the landing ) by a friend . |
| 27 | I have also been told the same story time and time again . |
| 28 | They may well feel that they have been offered a few crumbs . |
| 29 | This year , he had been offered the same opportunity , but at twice the price . |
| 30 | The extent to which the courts could become involved in the politics of such disputes had been shown a few years earlier when Lord Cameron presided over an enquiry into a dispute on London building sites . |