Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If further size analysis is to be undertaken the best procedure is to use two identical sub-samples . |
| 2 | Yes I mean , I think that we had a big discussion at the last area committee on the scheme and the problem was of course that the detailed plans er , for the consultation erm to the , I 'm at , I 'm a bit worried that at this late stage there 's this new idea of of building on the green wedge at the back and I would n't like to think that the scheme should be delayed the important thing , it seems to me , is that it should press ahead and |
| 3 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , the Maritime school accept that our forces should be deployed primarily to support the First and Second Pillars , but argue that they must also be given the strategic mobility , equipment , and training to continue Britain 's global role as required by the Third Pillar . |
| 5 | The resignation of do Nascimento led to speculation that he would be given the key role of director-general of the national electoral commission , as the government came under increasing pressure from the USA , Russia and Portugal to hasten election preparations . |
| 6 | She recalled singing in both operas at Boosback as a 16-year-old and says she was amazed to be given the female lead in The Beggars ' and only three weeks in which to learn the words and music ! |
| 7 | For dividend announcements to be treated unambiguously as good signals , managers must be given the correct incentive to transmit a true signal even if the information is bad . |
| 8 | Staff must be given the extra support and training required . ’ |
| 9 | She asks why these dreams should ‘ be given the supreme power of enveloping the planet ( conquering the world ) , when neither those dreams nor man have shown the slightest capacity for solving the world 's real problems , only a brilliant capacity for displacing them ’ ( 389 ) . |
| 10 | Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games . |
| 11 | Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games . |
| 12 | Paragraph three , the action plan , er well it will guide itself evidence this , the statements made under the action plan , from section three of the report will guide our activities over the next three years and of course paragraph four performance the critical success factors , by the seven criteria we will be judged in the highway service and each one is a challenge in its own right and I do hope to receive in order to carry out these er , these er promises in fact , that erm , I 'd be given the relevant level of financial staff and resources |
| 13 | South Africa should be given the 1995 World Cup without batting an eyelid . |
| 14 | According to letters her mother had received from Uncle Félix , Alice Pritchett had done quite amazingly well and was going to be given the new London branch of her uncle 's fashion house to manage . |
| 15 | In this case , the court repudiated the suggestion that consent should be given the narrow meaning advocated by Professor Williams and others and pointed to the distinction between consent and submission . |
| 16 | Powerfully supported in West Germany by leading academic figures such as Professor Ingolf Lamprecht , Head of Freie University 's Institute of Biophysics in Berlin , and in Canada by Professor James Webb of Victoria University 's Department of Biophysics , to name only two , his work has been described as being of prophetic insight , incredibly productive and important and the most significant breakthrough in the field of cancer research today , one which should be given the highest priority in terms of social worth , funding and exposure by the media , as such discoveries can literally usher in a new science for the benefit of all humanity . |
| 17 | Resolution 44/141 resolved that action against drugs should be given the highest priority by the international community , and that the UN should be the " main focus " for this collective responsibility . |
| 18 | I think the A sixty four north has should be given the highest score and I think that 's not not a view , that 's also the view of the County Planning Officer at the time of the report . |
| 19 | Were it not for the support of sympathetic friends , the residents in our Homes and those who work in our factory could not be given the necessary help and encouragement to overcome their handicap , for we are dependent on voluntary help . |
| 20 | A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal . |
| 21 | It would be very carefully calculated and they 'd be given the right amount of the proteins that they could use to grow , because in the first years of life there 's very rapid growth and development is n't there ? |
| 22 | His work in Peking has now been published in book form , and will hopefully be given the critical accolades it so undoubtedly deserves , but that will be small consolation for a man who may never seen his homeland again . |
| 23 | The extent to which some university appointments were political spoils in the eighteenth century is suggested by the demand made in 1714 by Murray of Cringletie , an administration candidate for the representation of the county of Peebles , who made it a condition of his coming forward that his brother should be given the vacant chair of church history in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 24 | As Freud has been so greatly misunderstood , especially in his more speculative sociological work , this type of exposition seems necessary if his theory is to be given the serious consideration it deserves , and which sociology needs . |
| 25 | Students with Dyslexia ( or any other specific learning difficulty ) will be given the appropriate consideration by the Board provided the Tutor makes the request IN WRITING and that this is accompanied by a report from an Educational Psychologist to the effect that such consideration is necessary . |
| 26 | Isaac , the name to be given the promised son , means ‘ he laughs ’ . |
| 27 | to be consulted and involved in your personal care and to be given the daily care appropriate to your needs |
| 28 | With luck this wretched selection of " heroes " would be given the soft pedal an indistinct crowd of corpses and a few grateful faces , cannons and prancing horses would be best . |
| 29 | I argued a moment ago that if the student is to enter into his or her own work , and is to be committed to it , he or she simply has to be given the intellectual space — to a degree — to follow his or her own inclinations . |
| 30 | As the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) and his Front-Bench team are so singularly ill-informed , why does not my right hon. Friend invite them to the Department for a teach-in , when they could be given the true facts and figures ? |