Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [be] an [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Tanganyika , however , the Masai enjoyed what many Europeans considered to be an absurdly privileged position and envious eyes were cast on Masai District . |
| 2 | While of course the whole business game involves doing better than most of your competitors , the attempt to diversify away from one 's basic business , which so much experience elsewhere has shown to be an extremely difficult operation , is a risk that I have always tried to avoid . |
| 3 | Harry brought friends with him , the family carriage was despatched to Truro to meet a London train bringing Mrs Burrows ' oldest friend , a widow with a daughter who was reputed to be an awfully jolly girl , and a motor car rolled up to Langley Dene with more cousins , swathed in veils and goggles and long motoring coats , come to celebrate Easter . |
| 4 | The study , he says , ‘ has proved to be an amazingly accurate guide ’ . |
| 5 | The cost of adapting their computer systems to handle new VAT requirements has proved to be an exceedingly expensive undertaking for the UK book business . |
| 6 | This is a surprising conclusion with intriguing implications , bearing in mind the problem of near total extinction of this group at the end of the Cretaceous , which has appeared to be an even greater enigma than the contemporary extinction of the dinosaurs . |
| 7 | In all areas visited except Wester Ross video was acknowledged to be an extremely useful aid , particularly for the more isolated farmers . |
| 8 | I am worried that , instead , we shall be handing over a barrage that will do little apart from create what is hoped to be an aesthetically pleasing impounded area of water . |
| 9 | Infant mortality is frequently assumed to be an especially sensitive indicator of severe poverty . |