Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A huge cast of characters — each of whom are given intermeshing chapters to narrate the US perspective on the mess and sacrifice of World War Two — is flung out all over the globe . |
| 2 | Although visual system physiologists treat the monkey as the model system of their choice for studying the visual cortex , a surprising amount of useful data has been gathered using cats as subjects , despite the known anatomical differences between cats and monkeys . |
| 3 | A considerable amount of research has been undertaken to apply GIS methods to evacuation scenarios around hazardous sites . |
| 4 | Since April , three major projects have been undertaken offering retailers the chance to win ‘ Star Prizes ’ such as a trip for two on the London to Venice Orient Express , or a Renault 5 ‘ Campus Car ’ . |
| 5 | Physically it is costly because it has been proven to cause ulcers , arthritis and all sorts of other conditions . |
| 6 | The newspaper-reading public — and the television audience of some 40 million who had never before been treated to live pictures from the Californian coast — revelled in the pictures of Gromyko and his polish and Czech ‘ wrecking crew ’ ( as John Foster Dulles put it ) who complained , harangued , sulked and finally walked out as amendment after amendment was defeated by the other conferees . |
| 7 | Sometimes there is a fixed pass mark and leavers receive their certificates graded as I , II , or III ; sometimes passes or grades are adjusted to fit places available in secondary school , but in either case , everyone knows that there are just so many secondary school places , and many , many more aspirants for them . |
| 8 | We are taught to raise families and that is a hierarchy that shows no sign of becoming a network . |
| 9 | Just as dentists are taught to plug cavities on sight , so they are trained to remove badly worn , leaky or broken fillings . |
| 10 | For 225mm work , laying is easier if the work has been calculated to block sizes . |
| 11 | Simulation techniques have been developed to allow scientists and planners to build working models of the systems which they are studying . |
| 12 | Further information on programmes which have so far been developed to enable students to gain entry to Higher Education can be obtained from the Scottish Wider Access Programme ( SWAP ) — see page 22 . |
| 13 | The maternity and child welfare services have been developed to help parents do their best for their children . |
| 14 | Over the last decade or so , new types of financial instrument have been developed to help businesses manage the risks from fluctuations in interest and exchange rates . |
| 15 | Modules have been developed to introduce students to the major philosophical problems . |
| 16 | Whilst many base analogues ( 1 ) have been developed to investigate interactions in the major groove of the DNA helix 2'-deoxy-3-deazaadenosine ( d 3C A , Figure 1 ) is one of the few nucleosides that is useful in probing for sequence-specific interactions in the minor groove . |
| 17 | Over the last 20 years or so a large theoretical literature has been developed to provide tools for the solution of many problems associated with emergency planning ( Kolesar 1981 ) . |
| 18 | Since then a host of antibiotics have been developed to fight bacteria but in the battle against viral infections we are still largely dependent on the body 's imperfect natural defences . |
| 19 | In Improving Secondary Schools ( Hargreaves Report ILEA 1984 ) , specific recommendations , aimed at all involved in the delivery of the education service , are highlighted to reduce levels of underachievement and disaffection . |
| 20 | Now he would have to return the money he had been given to put names forward for the vacancies . |
| 21 | Local education officials opposed to the guidebook have been given standing ovations at public meetings , and churches of numerous denominations have slammed the education policy as immoral and irresponsible . |
| 22 | RUSTLERS will get the trots if they eat two stolen sheep that had just been given de-worming chemicals , Northumberland police warned . |
| 23 | They use the money they have been given to buy services from hospitals or community units either in their own districts or elsewhere . |
| 24 | It is important to point out that Sherman and Austin had never been taught to use photographs as a means of requesting to go to locations . |
| 25 | Now , the Israelites had been taught to welcome strangers and to look after them and Ruth 's fears must have been allayed as they receive her , there 's no cross examination , there 's no inquisition , she does n't go through any third degree , she is received back at face value . |
| 26 | When the new owners who proposed to convert the barn first saw it in 1978 , the whole structure had been used for stabling horses , and accordingly , brick partitions had been erected to form stalls inside . |
| 27 | Modules with very high or low means or wide or narrow standard deviations are referred to field committees for comment in the subsequent annual review cycle . |
| 28 | Radar transmitters blast out up to 100 kW , with the result that many areas of the deck are exposed to field intensities greater than 30 W/m . |
| 29 | Members of Sinn Fein , including its elected representatives , can not speak on television ; the Official Secrets Act has been amended to prevent leaks , forbidding even a ‘ public interest ’ defence ; the new Broadcasting Act insists on ‘ balance ’ , leaving programmes like Death on the Rock , which questioned the government 's point of view , vulnerable to legal challenge . |
| 30 | Sometimes , as in Uganda , a lower primary panel has been formed to coordinate approaches . |