Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real . |
| 32 | Captain Bob Sclater , the Orkney island 's harbours director , said attempts to refloat the ship would stop until she had been examined by a team of salvage specialists . |
| 33 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 34 | The sensitivity of platelets from diabetic subjects to the antiaggregatory effects of prostacyclin has been examined in a cross-sectional study using the electronic whole blood platelet aggregometer ( Jones et al , 1985 ) . |
| 35 | As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School . |
| 36 | Personal preference has been examined in a number of statistical ways . |
| 37 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 38 | These relations have been examined in a cohort of 46000 women followed for up to 19 years during the Royal College of General Practitioners ' ( RCFP ) oral contraception study . |
| 39 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 40 | Kevin Scully , senior vice-president of Global Systems and Technology , says : ‘ What we have can be described as a centralised database with applications that are decentralised on a global basis . |
| 41 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 42 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
| 43 | In the 1989 case , magma was forced into two arms of an underground fissure network ( northeast and south-southeast of the southeast crater ) but may have been stopped by a structural boundary ( the caldera del Piano ) seen on the surface as a break in slope and encompassing the southeast crater and stations Belvedere and TDF ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 44 | On the way to Eric 's first hiding place there had been an uncomfortable few minutes when the doctor 's car , in spite of its prominently displayed red cross , had been stopped by a carabinieri patrol . |
| 45 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 46 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 47 | The house had been furnished with a lot of money badly spent in a mixture of styles . |
| 48 | It was a large , first-floor apartment which had been furnished as a suitable setting for an up-and-coming superstar . |
| 49 | Each of the rooms has been furnished in a manner which combines the elegant traditions of Thailand with the relaxed style of an international resort . |
| 50 | These , again , are pre-set to a small selection , but , noticeably , they include only those colours that normally print well with a three colour ribbon , which , given the price and target audience of the program , is a sensible move . |
| 51 | Forest products are gathered at a level which does not affect the harvest next year be it fruit , timber , grasses , wild honey or medicinal plants . |
| 52 | All 133 bedrooms are furnished to a high standard with en-suite bathroom . |
| 53 | The bedrooms are furnished to a very high standard , all are en suite , one has a four-poster bed , another a half-tester . |
| 54 | The palazzo now offers five lovely apartments all of which are furnished to a high standard some with antiques — and of individual character and charm . |
| 55 | All the room are furnished in a comfortable , rustic style and have a private bathroom , telephone and radio . |
| 56 | Bedrooms and lounges are furnished in a variety of styles ranging from Louis XIII to Louis XV . |
| 57 | The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have air-conditioning . |
| 58 | A lift serves the roomy bedrooms which are furnished in a simple , modern style with balcony . |
| 59 | The bar and lounges are furnished in a refined and contemporary style and the charming restaurant spills out onto the terrace under a canopy of trees . |
| 60 | The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have double glazing . |