Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [adv] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may shade off into what might more appropriately be called ethnocentrism , where ethnic groups are defined primarily in cultural terms and are regarded as having essential traits . |
| 2 | It could perhaps also be called squarane . |
| 3 | In November 1983 Milan Kundera wrote an essay for Le Débat , in which he argued that Russia could never really be considered part of Europe because it had for so long been dominated by Caesaropapism , where the civil emperor is also the supreme religious leader . |
| 4 | If , though , the practice is a local one , with clients in one city or county , then a clause extending beyond that area would almost certainly be declared void . |
| 5 | The International Herald Tribune of June 29 reported that the Swedish immigration board had turned down the asylum application of a Soviet Jew for the first time in memory and that immigration officials had announced on June 28 that Soviet Jews would no longer be granted asylum automatically . |
| 6 | On May 18 Justice , Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Munangagwa said that farmers whose land was compulsorily purchased would no longer be paid compensation in foreign currency remittable abroad , as provided for by the Lancaster House agreement . |
| 7 | Any lingering hopes of bringing more children out of Germany were finally stifled by a Home Office ruling that refugees from enemy territories would no longer be allowed entry under any circumstances . |
| 8 | The ship owner will basically only be denied limitation if the casualty was due to ‘ An act or omission done with intent to cause loss or reckless to such loss occurring ’ — Merchant Shipping Act 1979 . |
| 9 | In other words the traditional concept of the sign as a vehicle or substitute for an idea or a thing can fairly easily be transposed tot he structure of the sign itself , with the signifier being regarded as a substitute for the signified . |