Example sentences of "[vb pp] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When applications being developed are an integrated part of a total system , these techniques prove inadequate . |
| 2 | The most common experiences in the two years before a cancer is diagnosed are a significant loss or a sense of meaninglessness in the whole process of living . |
| 3 | And they point out that the applications being checked are a tiny percentage of the 340,000 dealt with this year . |
| 4 | Included are a Georgian manor with swimming pool near Cambridge , a 17th Century inn with solarium at Chelmarsh , Shropshire , and a former 19th Century vicarage in Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland . |
| 5 | Also included are a large green enamelled blue-ground saucer dish , Kangxi marks and of the period ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–60,000 ) and a pair of yellow and blue dragon bowls of the same period ( est. £15–25,000 ; $25–45,000 ) . |
| 6 | Tools included are a lightweight folding ladder that goes in a car boot ; a 1.3m ladder-frame , easy-climb alloy tower ; a lightweight vibrating plate for settling concrete paving blocks , that will fit into the smallest of cars ; a copper tube T-end joiner ; a skip loader ; a 10m two-man hydraulic lift ; Alligator saw ; a tree stump chipper ; and even a bouncy castle ! |
| 7 | Business cards on which company information can be added are a growing aspect of the Ravenhill Business Park operation . |
| 8 | Omitted are a whole host of major industries where the dominant pattern is less readily discernible . |
| 9 | Also recommended are an early recital by Jill Gomez of songs by Grandos , Turina and de Falla ; three miraculous Debussy discs by Livia Rev , and first recordings by the Hilliard Ensemble and the Camerata of London . |
| 10 | He had his little ancestral secrets , as follows : his great-grandfather , also a William , had been buried as an 80-year-old pauper in Wylye in 1806 after a lifetime spent as a humble shepherd , and his own father , James , was to die in St Pancras Workhouse in 1862 at the end of a lively career which had included being an agricultural labourer , a french polisher , a clothes salesman , a catsmeat dealer — and a pauper . |
| 11 | Secondly , giving a second full course of vaccine without determining whether the person being vaccinated is an infectious carrier would mean that the person could potentially transmit infection for at least six months before being identified . |
| 12 | Also expected is a hand-held CD-Rom player developed by Apple and Toshiba . |
| 13 | In Canberra last week , he continued to blow as coldly as he had at Twickenham earlier this month and was disappointing , though whether he will be react positively to being dropped is a moot point . |
| 14 | The knowledge that confidence will be respected is an important feature of effective nurse/patient communication , and is incorporated in professional codes of practice in a number of countries . |
| 15 | But we interpret it as though it is like ‘ Now I 'm sweating ’ , except that what is reported is a mental and not a bodily process . |
| 16 | It is thought that the mechanism whereby all the genes in the chromosome are inactivated is a chemical modification of the DNA . |
| 17 | The dry anus suffers pain ; the penetrated is a humiliated man . |
| 18 | The way in which royal messengers allegedly searched far and wide for a suitable bride ignores the likelihood that the union with Emma was motivated purely by political considerations , while the statement that they sent other sons to Normandy to be educated is a misleading reference to the exile of Emma 's offspring by Æthelred . |
| 19 | The most controversial option being considered is a possible union between the Church of England and Roman Catholics . |
| 20 | The first tax considered is a proportional tax on lifetime income at rate t , with the proceeds being used to finance current government spending . |
| 21 | One of the options being considered is an index-linked pension . |
| 22 | Mr. Scott was at the head of his art in Europe , and he ( Sir Joseph Paxton ) said , that the building he had designed was a beautiful building . |
| 23 | What she had expected was a loving and trusting relationship based on a realistic assessment of each other 's virtues and faults . |
| 24 | Three days ago , a 400lb bomb which destroyed the Stewarts supermarket in Derriaghy went off just 15 minutes after what the terrorists had claimed was a 45-minute warning . |
| 25 | The film showed the inspection of a plant at Yongbyon which US intelligence had claimed was a nuclear reprocessing facility . |
| 26 | An abrupt change of position by the United States ostensibly wrecked what some have claimed was a promising diplomatic move . |
| 27 | Sitting up in bed , I scanned the article , which the News of the World claimed was an exclusive interview . |
| 28 | I also find an enduring quote from a friend of mine , a Pathfinder , who makes this comment : " The way all my crew were picked was a sheer gamble , I think , therefore , I was exceedingly lucky . " |
| 29 | Typically , as soon as the minister or other speech maker had finished on each occasion , the media would leave , and the following day all that was reported was an edited version of the speech . |
| 30 | Often included was a humorous presentation by a deaf man . |