Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] [adj] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rejoices in an enhanced belief in Manichaean and mythological archetypes of good and evil which are made manifest in exaggerated games of ‘ cops ’ and ‘ robbers ’ . |
| 2 | Or if you have three works which are performed live in PRS-licensed premises at least twelve times over the course of two years , you can also become a member of the society . |
| 3 | Muscle strips were maintained under a tension of 3 g , which produced near optimal contraction and experiments were commenced after a stabilisation period of two hours , which was found necessary in preliminary studies to ensure consistent muscle performance . |
| 4 | The long arm of the law is reaching a bit too close for comfort if you 're taken short in sunny Singapore . |
| 5 | It was quite clear to me that 260,000 people would be reduced very substantially and that for every person who was made redundant in British Steel , seven people were affected — another three in the family , plus the people serving that family in the shops and in other ways . |
| 6 | Mrs Proetta , 50 , was the central figure in an ITV documentary in which she claimed that three IRA terrorists there were shot dead in cold blood by the SAS in 1988 . |
| 7 | Since then he 's become involved in illegal gunrunning operations across Europe . |
| 8 | Simmons , who changed his bat three times during his innings , hit 10 fours and two sixes in his fourth one-day century : it was hit second in successive innings , and his third in four matches in which he batted . |