Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box . |
| 2 | All patients new to the practice are given a temporary folder , which is stamped with the date that the permanent notes were requested from the family health services authority . |
| 3 | It is not surprising then that school plays ( ‘ theatre ’ ) must in practice be given a low priority . |
| 4 | His face and neck were burnt a dark-scarlet colour and patches had peeled , exposing bright pink lesions underneath , but he seemed not to notice . |
| 5 | RESEARCH programmes at a North Wales college were given a big cash boost last night . |
| 6 | Volatile solvent extraction is employed a great deal in the perfume industry because it produces superb fragrances which are truer to the aroma found in the living plant . |
| 7 | In juxtapositions such as large bony vine , clumsy black headstocks , dishevelled pink chrysanthemums , the associations of adjectives seem to interact , so that , for example , pink is given a tawdry overtone by its neighbour dishevelled . |
| 8 | ‘ A concert pianist is allowed a wrong note here and there , ’ Amis observed in his introduction to The New Oxford Book of Light Verse ( 1978 ) , ‘ a juggler is not allowed to drop a plate . ’ |
| 9 | The ratio of brain weight to spinal cord weight is considered a better measurement of complexity and intelligence . |
| 10 | Such a rule is called a weighted pattern . |
| 11 | A force which , as in this case , varies across a body is called a differential force , and a differential gravitational force is called a tidal force . |
| 12 | So , each size and style of font is given a unique number out of the 32767 available . |
| 13 | In some cases such multiple choice items form attitude scales in which each alternative is given a numerical weighting so that a set of such items can be cumulated to give the respondent an overall score on the scale . |
| 14 | If this course of action is followed a further £140 will need to be spent to rectify the faults . |
| 15 | The fact is , however , that OW was given a supervised work training placement , helping care workers in a centre for the mentally handicapped for two days a week . |
| 16 | The grounds of the cross-appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge had correctly held that a mortgagee 's right to costs , charges and expenses whether founded on equitable principles or an implied contract could always be varied , restricted or enlarged by the express terms of the mortgage and that the first defendant was entitled a full indemnity against the costs , charges and expenses on a true construction of the words used in the mortgage deeds other than the guarantee and mortgage debenture dated 6 June 1986 . |
| 17 | When the manacle was unlocked a weeping ulcer was exposed , and he was sickened , not by the sight of it , but because he had failed her in not acting sooner . |
| 18 | THE official launch of WINCH , the Wirral Initiative for Needy Children , at Tranmere Rovers Football Club was given a healthy start , thanks to £1,000 donation from BNFL . |
| 19 | His anxiety for equal terms in the nuclear club was echoed a few months later by , of all people , Aneurin Bevan , who urged his fellow left-wingers at the Labour Party conference not to vote for Britain to give up nuclear arms with the famous plea : ‘ Do not send the British Foreign Minister naked into the international conference chamber ! ’ |
| 20 | Each department was set a minimum target of 52 per cent women and 10 per cent ethnic minorities . |
| 21 | This has been partly due to the new and attractive packages offered to depositors , and partly due to the increase in competition in the sector since the interest rate cartel was ended a few years ago . |
| 22 | After lunch in the restaurant Her Majesty was given a guided tour of the house by Director-General Angus Stirling which included opportunities to meet the donor , Mr. Henry Harpur-Crewe . |
| 23 | In an open letter to the government , 72 senior expatriate scientists representing Britain 's ‘ brain drain ’ gave warning of severe economic and social consequences unless scientific research was given a higher priority . |
| 24 | As I happened to discover casually ( not a great discovery ) , the same pamphlet was given a new frontispiece and a new tit ] e in 1747 . |
| 25 | FORD 'S Mondeo car was given a huge boost yesterday when the car rental company Hertz placed a £10 million order . |
| 26 | Her car was parked a few yards away from the building . |
| 27 | In 1991 , the College was granted a Royal Charter , recognition , we believe , of our contribution and status in the world of management development . |
| 28 | The Council 's longstanding interest in the Scottish Steel Industry was given a higher priority by the decision of British Steel to close the hot strip mill at Ravenscraig in early 1991 and the indications were that the rest of Ravenscraig would cease operations in 1994 . |
| 29 | In its light was revealed a thin face , with skin so pale that it was almost translucent , whose high cheekbones emphasised the hollows below and under her brows . |
| 30 | The rosebud mouth was painted a glowing coral pink , an exotic contrast with her creamy olive skin , liquid dark eyes . |