Example sentences of "be [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new educational framework , which has been through an extensive consultation process with practice committees and the Regions , will replace the current Member Part 1 and 11 examinations and will be phased in from September next year . |
| 2 | ‘ She has been through an awful lot , ’ says Ann . |
| 3 | They have been through an unsettling time and are finding it difficult to readjust . |
| 4 | Rachel suddenly felt she 'd been through an emotional wringer . |
| 5 | Have the parents been through an approved character test ? 3 . |
| 6 | I I hope this is not a mischievous comment , but I I think it 's very questionable , whether the Christian faith would be known as it is today , down two thousand years , had it not been for an innocent man , Jesus , being unjustly punished and crucified , and so many of the great reformers in the history of man , men and women have died or suffered grave imprisonment because of injustice , and in a paradoxical way , injustice in a way , yo you almost seem as if we need injustice to drive us on , to get things done in a , in a better way . |
| 7 | They should remember that it would all have ended seven matches earlier if it had not been for an 88th-minute equaliser against Bashley on September 16 . |
| 8 | I am as an invalid housewife , unresourceful and unknowing , who leaves business to her husband . |
| 9 | The numbers given in Table 4.2 are for an imaginary field in , say , January . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most interesting uses of the cube are as an intricate and interesting concrete example in group theory and , to a lesser degree , in combinatorics . |
| 11 | That is , roles are normatively defined : the expectations are about an ideal pattern of behaviour to which actual behaviour only approximates . |
| 12 | They are about an interesting a bunch of people that you could ever hope to meet . |
| 13 | It could have been as an unlucky loser against Fisher in the Ulster championships that Stephen Gibson got this glamour trip , but there was nothing controversial about Eddie 's win this time over the Immaculata lad . |
| 14 | One of the main tasks of the SCAWD and its Secretary has been as an educational resource for conferences , congregations and local church groups , working mainly on international justice and peace issues and solidarity concerns . |
| 15 | They are after an olive tree . ’ |
| 16 | More to the point is that the Discourse indicates the scientism of the period : it is taken for granted by the lecturer that Turner ought to paint a tree of a recognizable species , for example , and assumed that portrait painters are after an exact likeness . |
| 17 | If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about . |
| 18 | It is only the most recent work that has been of an acceptable standard in this respect , and the finding may be summarised as showing a modest correlation between the level of lead in the blood and hyperactivity in children , and between high blood levels and low intelligence , with the latter conclusion more firmly established . |
| 19 | There is an issue between the plaintiffs and the defendants as to whether the contractual provisions to which we have referred entitle the receivers to retain out of the moneys they have received ‘ costs , charges and expenses ’ which are of an unreasonable amount or which have been unreasonably incurred . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) On a taxation on the indemnity basis all costs shall be allowed except in so far as they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred and any doubts which the taxing officer may have as to whether the costs were reasonably incurred or were reasonable in amount shall be resolved in favour of the receiving party ; and in these rules the term ‘ the indemnity basis ' in relation to the taxation of costs shall be construed accordingly . |
| 21 | We do not think the criterion can be put any better or more clearly than it is put in R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) and would hold that , on the true construction of the 18 February 1985 mortgage , the defendants are entitled to be paid or to retain out of the mortgaged property all their actual costs , charges and expenses ( including the receivers ' remuneration ) except in so far they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred and with any doubts as to whether the costs have been reasonably incurred or are reasonable in amount being resolved in favour of the defendants . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) On the taking of the account the plaintiffs are entitled to object to items therein contained on the ground that they have been unreasonably incurred or are of an unreasonable amount . |
| 23 | Indemnity basis , where ‘ all costs … except insofar as they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred ’ will be allowed . |
| 24 | ‘ Hotels here are of an international standard , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Operative intervention is recommended for pseudocysts greater than 6 cm that persist more than six weeks or that are of an indeterminate age , the rationale being the presumed high rate ( 30–50% ) of life threatening complications . |
| 26 | First impressions , and they are formed within a few seconds of listening to these headphones , are of an unveiled immediacy , very extended high-frequency response and seamless midrange . |
| 27 | Some of the interior mosaics are of an early date but the majority , especially those in the narthex and domes , are of thirteenth century work and are very fine and rich . |
| 28 | The spacious bedrooms , set around huge floor lobbies , are of an imperial style , warmed by rich fabric wallcoverings and dotted through with Murano glass fittings . |
| 29 | ‘ Night ’ itself occurs several times in his early books of poetry , as it was bound to do , and its references are of an intimidating sort : ‘ the night never ending ’ ( in ‘ Letter ’ ) , and ‘ the clinic of your thighs against the night ’ ( in Let Us Compare Mythologies ; the latter intimating that other experience of the night which such high thinkers as Bertrand Russell found laden with sexual feelings ) . |
| 30 | All rooms are of an average size and the AH2 rooms are with shower and toilet only . |