Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 |
| 11 | South Africa should be given the 1995 World Cup without batting an eyelid . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Isaac , the name to be given the promised son , means ‘ he laughs ’ . |
| 23 | to be consulted and involved in your personal care and to be given the daily care appropriate to your needs |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The customer must be given the written warning . |
| 27 | If any strange event were to take place , the Bill would be given the quickest journey through the House and , I hope , through the other place . |
| 28 | Perversely , it was Marx 's anarchist adversary , Michael Bakunin , who displayed greater sensitivity not only to the position of the Slavs in 1848 , but also to the close relationship of nationalism and peasant radicalism at that time — ‘ I demand only one thing : that every people , that every tribe , great and small , be given the full opportunity and right to act according to its will ’ . |
| 29 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |
| 30 | Some orthopaedic surgeons are now adopting a much more sceptical view , as every work-related ache seems to be given the RSI label . |