Example sentences of "be an [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the improvement in lower oesophageal sphincter pressure could simply have been an artifact produced by the surgical procedure . |
| 2 | As the Victoria County History puts it , somewhat laconically , ‘ The chief result appears to have been an order given to the overseers to relieve ten more able-bodied families . ’ |
| 3 | There does not appear to have been an account taken of the of the factors that may reduce traffic on the A sixty one er and ways of ameliorating the current problems on the road which are not just a question of the volumes , but in fact the timescale it takes in fact to clear that road in the mornings . |
| 4 | The important feature , of course , which our definitions have in common is that the appropriation must be an act done without the authority or consent , express or implied , of the owner . |
| 5 | The workshop also stressed that there needs to be an awareness built into the local communities that their health service was being attacked . |
| 6 | The implication is that multimedia applications may not so much be an issue related to the relative success of particular standalone platforms but rather an inherent feature of information services piped directly into homes , offices , libraries , schools and colleges through broadband information highways . |
| 7 | We have concluded that a standard effect — one that is not a decision , choice , or the like of a person , or a following action — is indeed taken to be an event necessitated by a causal circumstance . |
| 8 | However , it is now considered to be an ironstone derived from the weathering of an exhalative , spessartine-bearing protore ( Nicholson , 1987 ) . |
| 9 | I can not but feel , though it may be an illusion induced by the delectable drug of understanding , that you must in some way share my eagerness that further conversation could be mutually profitable that we must meet . |
| 10 | Er my Noble my Right Honourable Friend did take account of that and he did agree that hereafter the appointment of the Chairman should not be an appointment made by the Home Secretary , but that shou he should be one made by the full authority and that has I 'm glad to say met with with approval . |
| 11 | There would be an advance paid to the writer on signing the deal . |
| 12 | Without deciding the point , it seems to me arguable that , on the taxpayer 's argument , such loss or part of it would be an expense incurred by the school in providing the concessionary places . |
| 13 | Unattributed assertions in news stories and headlines are likely to be received as factual , while criticism expressed in personlised columns is more likely to be regarded as opinion , especially when it appears to be an inference drawn by the columnist from facts to which reference has been made . |
| 14 | The best example is a conclusion that direct facts do or do not amount to contributory negligence , which will always be an inference drawn in the light of the facts found . |
| 15 | The GLC was empowered by the Act to make grants to the LTE for any purpose ( section 3 ) and the GLC intended in this way to reimburse the LTE for the revenue lost by the fares reduction and so enable the LTE to balance its books , this being an obligation placed on the LTE ‘ so far as practicable ’ . |
| 16 | The Plaza Girls , a troupe of tall dancers that were an instant hit with the public . |
| 17 | Palestinian leaders argued that their fighters did not constitute a militia , but were an army engaged in a war with Israel and its proxy South Lebanon Army . |
| 18 | er it 's an event held in The Gallery and er we have got er ski experts coming er , equipment people ; we have got the latest ski simulator coming down from Dorset , which enables people to actually get inside and it takes you down the Val de Zere er no , yes , takes you down the Val de Zere downhill and it really is quite impressive . |
| 19 | Right so if you go er into squared and estimate the equation , right , it has actually estimated over the full sample period has it , no it has n't no alright it has n't estimated so that 's an equation estimated over the first sum , first sub sample , right , if you press the return key again right right , at the bottom in the table of diagnostic tests you 'll see Chow 's predictive failure test , right and also erm the Chow test . |
| 20 | But if you look at the H and the A's , they 're in fact , feature-wise , identical but you 're able to work out that one 's er an H and one 's an E based on the context . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's an instrument made by a woman guitar maker in Canada , named Linda Manzer . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's an instrument made by a guy called Weisenborn in Los Angeles in the '20s and '30s , ’ Ry explains . |
| 23 | This limitation in time is most clearly seen in the case of a life estate , whether it be an estate held for the life of the tenant , or what is called an estate pur autre vie , one held for the life or lives of some other person or persons . |
| 24 | This is an Epona seated with a foal on each side from Ashton , Northants . |
| 25 | Trade discount is an allowance made off the catalogue or list price of goods given by a wholesaler to a retailer . |
| 26 | In Spain , we took Hal Hambra from a loss to a profit and the award of the Albanta Prize by the Spanish government and this is an award given to the best new text book in , in the Spanish educational system each year . |
| 27 | ‘ There is an award sponsored by the European Commission for companies throughout the Community , which was won this year by Rank Xerox . |
| 28 | The first defendant is an assignee joined in the proceedings to represent all assignees . |
| 29 | Class can be inherited but it is an inheritance based on the market . |
| 30 | In calculating whether there has been a reduction in the estate of the transferor one ignores the value of any excluded property which ceases to form part of the transferor 's estate as a result of the transfer ( excluded property includes property situated outside the United Kingdom where the person beneficially entitled to it is an individual domiciled outside the United Kingdom ) . |