Example sentences of "be [vb pp] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foal is now an eight-year-old mare with a sweet disposition ; but then she has never been given a second chance to smell methylated spirits . |
| 2 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
| 3 | ( In the Soviet Union a draft law allowing all citizens to obtain a passport quickly had already been given a first reading , and the Soviet delegate estimated that between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 Soviet citizens could decide to emigrate " in the first two to three years " . ) |
| 4 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
| 5 | Section 10 establishes the Register of Land Charges consisting of five classes to which has been added a sixth , Class F. They are described below and apart from the bankruptcy entries , relate to unregistered land . |
| 6 | you 're given a second chance . |
| 7 | He 'd been offered a second chance of salvation . |
| 8 | I was asked if I wished my name to be withdrawn a second time but I declined , feeling it would be wrong to have to continue to rely on the goodwill and hospitality of friends in order to continue playing . |
| 9 | His brother was to be given a second chance . |
| 10 | The independence of republics within existing borders would be recognized , if the republics wished it , and minorities would be given a second nationality and their own schools and legislature . |
| 11 | Now this means that the sponsor of the bill , Allan , brothers , pro proposes that the debate be closed and the bill be given a second reading . |
| 12 | She hopes soon after her penpal will be given a second chance to prove his innocence and escape the gas chamber . |
| 13 | In a clamp-down on crime , the Home Secretary has said that offenders cautioned by police should not expect to be given a second chance . |
| 14 | Payne , who three-putted the seventeenth was fortunate to be given a second chance by Gillner , who looked set to gain his first senior win when he required two par 4s at the seventeenth and eighteenth . |
| 15 | They would be given a 15-second credit at the start of each programme , 10 seconds at the end and the chance to screen their name either side of the break ! |
| 16 | To these should be added a third group , which are not so abundant in terms of volume , but which are equally important . |
| 17 | To these should be added a third consideration , transparency . |
| 18 | To these three names must now be added a fourth , Michael Dutton , who has produced new transfers using up-to-date technology which yield an astonishingly vivid quality of sound . |
| 19 | Network and relational database systems to which can now be added a fourth : |
| 20 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 21 | We thus see that horn parts have to be written a fifth higher than the pitch required . |
| 22 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 23 | but I shall not be drawn a second time |
| 24 | It had to be performed a second time , after the British Consul had taken the couple 's oaths on his diary instead of the Bible . |
| 25 | Substitution drills would also be used a first step in mastering the totally different topic system in Dusun which we discussed in 7.1.8 . |
| 26 | My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink . |
| 27 | MALCOLM ALLISON 'S return to English football with penniless Bristol Rovers could hardly be termed a last ride on the gravy train . |
| 28 | To be rebuffed a second time would be unthinkable , unbearable . |
| 29 | was it updated a second time or did you ask for it to be updated a second time ? |
| 30 | It was the only new drama series in US network TV to be allowed a second series this year , despite a relatively lowly 49th ranking in the ratings . |