Example sentences of "[vb pp] be [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its pleasingness rests purely within the intrinsic aesthetic since the similarities intended are of a purely visual nature . |
| 2 | The amounts given are for a tank : |
| 3 | But obviously — if he bought someone wed be in a negative cash flow — so wed still need to sell again afterwards . |
| 4 | An inland walk I 've enjoyed is around a five mile route starting from Bosullow Common , south of Morvah , an area rich in prehistoric remains . |
| 5 | The broken states I have named are in a condition of near ruin . |
| 6 | The worst times I 've ever endured were with a tax-dodger in Castletown . |
| 7 | The recommendations finally made were of a highly practical nature , but they established a tradition of careful selection which was easily glamorized in both the public and the official mind . |
| 8 | ( Since then I have learned that the way it is done is in a body bag , which is much easier to handle , and then transferred to a coffin either in the pick-up vehicle or at the undertakers . ) |
| 9 | The final case where the victim was named is of a different order from the others . |
| 10 | The white Makrana marble of which the Taj is built is of a different structure from the Carrara marble of Italy with which we are more familiar . |
| 11 | We 'll be saying is that the first appointment of investigative staff to be made is of a complaint examiner . |
| 12 | The decision that must be made is between a postal questionnaire and some form of face-to-face interview . |
| 13 | ( One film surely crying out to be made is about a special-effects team which finds that their creatures are coming to independent life and taking over the movie — or the studio , or the world ) . |
| 14 | ‘ The first day 's threshing I done was for a man by the name of Rogers , Harry Rogers . |
| 15 | The British Steel Challenge inspired him , too , although the only sailing he had ever done was on a windsurfer . |
| 16 | One of the most impressive examples of one-room living that I have ever seen was in a long , narrow space approximately 7.5 m by 3 m ( 24 ft by 10 ft ) . |
| 17 | The last time he 'd been seen was in a fight outside a pub in Carshalton , just ten miles from where the body was found . |
| 18 | The last time he 'd been seen was in a fight outside a pub in Carshalton , ten miles from where the body was found . |
| 19 | As we have seen , old St Paul 's had been in a very poor state of repair even before 1640 , and had suffered further damage as a result of the events of the 1640s before being fatally weakened by the Great Fire . |
| 20 | The adjustment needed is towards a partnership of fellow professionals rather than a hierarchy of expert superordinates and inexpert subordinates . |
| 21 | The accommodation offered is of a high quality with private facilities , toilet , room telephone , colour television , private car park and evening meals are available on request . |
| 22 | In some areas the surveyors coloured their maps to depict the boundaries of the various rock formations observed , but the geology thus shown was of a very general nature . |
| 23 | The other fact which they had overlooked was of a different character but no less important in the long run . |
| 24 | The flat he was offered was in a nasty area and in a tower block but neither he nor Tina minded about that . |
| 25 | Landlord might be at risk financially , the subtenancy proposed being at a premium and a low rent . |
| 26 | A school that can show parents that it is well resourced is at a tremendous advantage . |
| 27 | But what is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend . |
| 28 | Unfortunately the opening was dogged by controversy , because the track in which the route had been laid was of a type having a 1¼″ groove instead of the normal 1″ groove . |
| 29 | Before I finish I I just wonder whether I could put one point to the county and that 's whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy in the structure plan , they would allow the borough council to include the type of policy we 're seeking in our district wide local plan bearing in mind that some of the considerations in involved are of a strategic nature . |
| 30 | It would be a fitting coincidence if United are in a position to win the title at West Ham next Wednesday night . |