Example sentences of "be [verb] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gould moved on to Brussels , where his anti-EEC inclinations — which have been hidden though never abandoned in recent years — became entrenched . |
| 2 | Given that the recognition of the significance of portal hypertension in portopulmonary hypertension is recent , it is possible that other cases of PBC associated primary PHT have been dismissed as merely associated with liver disease . |
| 3 | Yet the Africanness of those wars has meanwhile been obscured by the outbreak in Europe of tribal fights that would once have been dismissed as typically African . |
| 4 | Victory was all too easy in this lopsided match and if this had been a boxing contest it would have surely been stopped after barely a quarter of the game had elapsed . |
| 5 | It also dates 1st century and could have been intended as either a key or a knife handle ( although the fact that it has a circular socket favours its use as a key handle ) . |
| 6 | While the referendum had not been intended as legally binding by the government , on the strength of the result the Supreme Council on Feb. 11 adopted a constitutional law proclaiming Lithuania " an independent democratic republic " . |
| 7 | It 's part of the set-up here that foreigners are treated as tremendously privileged guests , who are kept in a sort of cotton-wool cocoon such that contact with ordinary people is rather difficult . |
| 8 | All personal details are treated as strictly confidential and remain on computer file . |
| 9 | Differences between amounts funded and the amounts charged to the profit and loss account are treated as either provisions or prepayments in the balance sheet . |
| 10 | They act to reproduce what has been called the mass culture critique ( which may come equally from the political right or left , see Hebdige 1981a ) , in which the objects of mass consumption today are treated as so tainted , superficial and trite that they could not possibly be worth investigating . |
| 11 | The children are treated as mentally retarded back home , simply because they do n't have parents . |
| 12 | Beyond this , the knowledge of the ways in which initially neutral cues are treated as potentially relevant or ignored is growing , and suggests once again that the rules for learning can be influenced by the nature of prior experience ( e.g. Dickinson , 1980 ) . |
| 13 | Well we 've been targeting as well |
| 14 | However , other activities are useful , well-designed and clearly related to the textual information , and there is a recurring insistence that learners try to evaluate the processes they are using as well as setting them in action as a means to an end . |
| 15 | The best people are recognized as readily outside the company as within it . |
| 16 | He said the figures , ‘ implied that everyone removed from a hospital waiting list has been treated when blatantly that is not the case . |
| 17 | On the whole invitations are limited as yet to churches with a traditional musical repertoire , using the organ for accompaniment . |
| 18 | Particularly with large dogs , it 's essential for their future control and success as a pet that simple training in the basic commands , such as ‘ sit ’ , ‘ stay ’ , ‘ down ’ , ‘ come ’ and ‘ stop ’ are taught as soon as the puppy is taken on . |
| 19 | In the dramatic arts , which children are taught as soon as they can walk , each participant has a chance to become personally possessed by the soul of the character he is playing . |
| 20 | I think it must be all Sarahs or what else or something , all Sarahs are registered as very intelligent |
| 21 | Charles , who had been criticized as increasingly authoritarian during her 10 years in office , dismissed opposition complaints by claiming that " we have always realized that elections do n't throw up the best people " . |
| 22 | The crisis of resources in public education has also brought to a head questions about the relevance of the present curriculum , which has been criticized as too academic and élitist , and the rigidity of the education system generally . |
| 23 | The company 's timetable for evaluating the results of the tests has also been criticized as too tight . |
| 24 | Consequently , many proposals which are approved have , because of these checks , been highlighted as apparently contrary to approved local policies and local views . |
| 25 | Elderflower buds become black if they are pressed when still green , and you could use these , or Clematis montana tendrils to fill in the design . |
| 26 | Relative organ size his been calculated as before . |
| 27 | Over the last few years the number of public television groups within the PBAA has grown steadily , and extensive technical expertise has been developed as more than twenty test broadcasts across Australia have taken place . |
| 28 | She says that warnings should have been given as soon as the terrorists made their threats . |
| 29 | But in fact it was the docking crew as a whole who were at fault , because the platform 's progress towards the support cradle should have been halted as soon as it passed completely through the field , so that earthing and other safety procedures could be instigated . |
| 30 | This implies that at least 53% of lone mothers would be classified as unoccupied ; they would have been regarded as economically inactive at the census , and at death registration the instructions to registrars would preclude the recording of any occupational information . |