Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six of these are intended for documents which are predominantly composed of one type of text ; the other two are provided for use with texts which combine these basic tagsets . |
| 2 | Emissions from BS 's Teesside works and ICI Wilton are widely suspected of having a detrimental effect on health . |
| 3 | In 1899 , when there was a sharp increase in the number of reported cattle thefts , H. W. Brodhurst , the Government Agent , attributed it to false cases which were instituted because the magistrate was inexperienced : ‘ I therefore attach little importance to this apparent recrudescence of a crime which was once the curse of the Province , but has been little heard of in late years . ’ |
| 4 | In the present proceedings , as counsel has pointed out , the respondent 's chances of purging his contempt at an early stage were not high , even if he had been properly informed of his right to make the attempt , but that is to confuse the existence of a right with its strength . |
| 5 | Defenders of the evacuees pointed out that the exercise had taken place at the end of a particularly hot summer , in which head lice would have thrived , that parents had not been properly informed of how long their children would be evacuated for ( and hence despatched them in one day 's clothing ) , or that the first day of evacuation ( 1 September ) was a Friday — the day on which working-class financial resources would have been at their lowest , preventing parents buying extra garments for their children . |
| 6 | A piece of venison , for example , had not been properly trimmed of its silverskin so that in cooking , the silverskin contracted , warping the meat which therefore cooked unevenly . |
| 7 | Press reports said that residents welcomed the operation , which involved the Army ( seen as relatively impartial ) as well as the police , who had been widely accused of ignoring or even actively encouraging Inkatha attacks . |
| 8 | Concepcion had been widely accused of using his office to promote the interests of his family . |
| 9 | The SDI Organization had been widely accused of incompetence and waste in its use of the $20,900 million spent on SDI since 1984 . |
| 10 | Examples have been widely attested of learners who exhibit correct performance on certain forms , and then lapse into deviance later on . |
| 11 | All chalks , including Belemnite chalk , are fundamentally composed of coccoliths ; the belemnites are but a tiny percentage and are also to be found in some seams of Micraster chalk to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 12 | The validity of decisions taken by the partners may depend upon all of them having at least received notice of a partners ' meeting or upon one or more of them having been duly informed of action to be taken against them by their co-partners . |
| 13 | Third , they [ the Western Allies ] respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of Government under which they will live ; and they will wish to see sovereign rights and self-government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them . |
| 14 | The , the government and I 'm sure that er the inland revenue are always anxious to make sure that tax payers are properly informed of their rights er and receive their correct entitlement and I have no doubt that every effort will be made to achieve what my honourable friend seeks . |
| 15 | They are mostly built of brick . |
| 16 | They can be up to 200ft ( 60m ) in diameter and are mostly constructed of stones , with a rim , and spokes radiating out from a central cairn . |
| 17 | ‘ Corporate balance sheets are mostly starved of cash . |
| 18 | In practice natural sediments are rarely composed of spherical grains , and most contain assemblages of many shapes . |
| 19 | Competitors are rarely accused of deliberately killing a kinsman , though they might well be accused of inadvertently doing so . |
| 20 | The problem is made worse because consumers are rarely told of the risks associated with drugs : most , not unreasonably , expect their medicine to do them good . |
| 21 | All three had now been secretly disposed of . |
| 22 | The SD station at Kitzingen in Lower Franconia , for example , which in its special report directly on the speech had declared that ‘ the rumours about the Führer are presumably disposed of ’ mentioned in its regular report a few days later that some workers had been heard saying that , from the speed and tone of voice , it had not been the Führer himself , but a substitute who had spoken , and Hitler himself had suffered such a shock from Stalingrad that he had to be kept under closely guarded house arrest on the Obersalzberg . |
| 23 | Under a seasonally dry climate this leads to the formation of a characteristically red-coloured , iron-rich horizon overlying a bleached pallid zone which has been effectively leached of ferric iron . |
| 24 | We are constantly reminded of the appalling condition of our houses . |
| 25 | We learn that Cosroe is trying to get the throne from his brother , and we are constantly reminded of this fact : ‘ To crown me Emperor of Asia ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ The present players are constantly reminded of the Busby Babes and great names of the past . |
| 27 | If we turn our attention briefly to tobacco , much is made ( and quite rightly ) of the health risks of smoking and we are constantly reminded of the cost to the National Health Service for treating patients with smoking-related diseases . |
| 28 | I was told that my chances now have been greatly reduced of ever having my own family . |
| 29 | All too frequently , Conservative Members are wrongly accused of being anti-local authorities . |
| 30 | All our sketches are much approved of and highly complimented by our friends . |