Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many local authorities in their strategy documents state that they aim first at rehabilitation , I remain unconvinced that they are devoting the same resources in terms of skilled social workers with small caseloads and adequate financial support to natural families , as they do to finding and supporting new families . |
| 2 | Because he 'd been pursuing the same man for years . |
| 3 | The Regional Council Highways Department is to install a kerb at this corner and the Community Council are to plant a few trees . |
| 4 | There were those amongst his small circle of intimates who said it would be his undoing , but they or their predecessors had been prophesying the same for three decades , and Klein had out-prospered every one of them . |
| 5 | But then came the news his immigration application had been delayed a few weeks because he 's a diabetic . |
| 6 | The problem of thinking we are attaching the same meaning to a word or action when we may not be can be appreciated humorously . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | One by one , calves and adults are given the same treatment . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Schools are given the same written guidelines as in the Major Project , but it is made clear that only a short proposal document is required to accompany the school 's spending plan . |
| 12 | Separate records are made for each context , and any finds are given the same unique number . |
| 13 | Individuals can apply for meals themselves — all applications are given the same consideration . |
| 14 | Cations of elements which only form one stable ion are given the same name as the element . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And Petrarch lived quite near here in Avignon , and I am seeing the same cypresses and oleanders … |
| 18 | In other words , we are seeing the same film , but it is the negative that is now being presented to us . |
| 19 | Providing they have attained the relevant service , all employees regardless of the " temporariness " or " permanence " of their employment — are treated the same [ see Chapter 1 ] . |
| 20 | This means that imported goods are treated the same ( in terms of the rate of tax levied ) as home-produced goods . |
| 21 | saying that all premises are treated the same . |
| 22 | A 230 ton barge has been encountering a few problems on its journey up the River Wye . |
| 23 | Do n't confuse this with the time-up bell , especially when many areas are in close proximity and all are using the same type of bell . |
| 24 | The newspaper coverage may have contributed to bringing the crime into the public domain , but essentially the press and the police are using the same repertoire of scripts . |
| 25 | Now there are less than 30,000 and those 30,000 are producing the same amount of milk as the higher number did previously . |
| 26 | We gladly accept all these rightful strictures and if we are to enjoy the same success with councils we have to accept their bye-laws , too . |
| 27 | ‘ If Ossie had been sacked a few days later , I would have accepted it as part and parcel of football . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The more people there are helping the less time it takes . |
| 30 | All three patterns , the written , diagrammatical and the digital , are knitting the same shape , a rectangle . |