Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this possibility interests you , your main concern should be to ensure that you are given enough information to check that the retraining will be of real practical value . |
| 2 | If you are given this task it is best to write the minutes up the same day or as soon as possible after the meeting while the discussion is still fresh in your mind . |
| 3 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 4 | If you are told enough times that you are incapable , you begin to believe it and lose the self-confidence you need to do your job … |
| 5 | If you are offered any work on television or radio you will need to join the union . |
| 6 | if you are offered any time of gift or inducement from people with whom you have dealings as a representative of the ES ; |
| 7 | Proof ( Briefly ) We are given that b — a and c are both in N. Hence by axiom P(ii) ( b-a ) c ε N. It follows * that bc — ac ε N , that is |
| 8 | However , we are given that errors are likely to be proportional to t . |
| 9 | Both individually and collectively we are given many opportunities to achieve that part of the Association 's Dedication that announces ‘ We shall remember them . ’ |
| 10 | Suppose we are given some outline drawings of axes . |
| 11 | ‘ If the process is allowed to achieve a more relaxed rhythm of its own and we are given enough time to handle the international consequences , the Soviet leadership probably could live with the kind of confederal links between the two Germanys which are under discussion now . ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes , as when a plate of a fossil shows its matrix in detail , or that of a fish shows the river where it was caught , we are given more information than we needed — though such details may help to balance the tone of the plate and thus have an aesthetic function . |
| 13 | We are disturbed that audiometry is regarded as unrealistic . |
| 14 | We are taught that repetition is a bad thing . |
| 15 | We appreciate the County put on an interesting programme of events , but since we are situated some distance from County Headquarters and public transport is virtually non-existent , we are unable to participate in very much . |
| 16 | Finally we are offered such topics as Landscape-Movement ( Joan Eardley , W.G. Gilles , John Minton and Ivon Hitchens ) and Landscape-Space , with last but not least an Elizabeth Blackadder still life and Edward Middleditch 's panoramic vision of sea and rocks . |
| 17 | We are pulled this way and that , but the effect of these contradictory pulls is to leave us fixed in the middle . |
| 18 | In general , we are reminded that glass was hardly an " everyday product " in antiquity . |
| 19 | Now , of course , we are told that council tenants pay more , on average , than the average mortgagee pays in repayments . |
| 20 | ‘ We are told that food in many hospitals is too high in fat and sugar and too low in fibre , ’ says Roden . |
| 21 | We are told that federalism means different things to different people , that it is a benign arrangement which does not centralise but pushes power downwards to the people and the regions and that it is based on subsidiarity . |
| 22 | Good stakes can last a long time , but it does help if they are cut some months before they are used , and well seasoned . |
| 23 | Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices . |
| 24 | However , they are given little guidance as to how they should go about undertaking such projects . |
| 25 | They are given several balloons and the object is to try and hit them over the heads of the team opposite and onto the floor . |
| 26 | Supply teachers are more effective and happier when they are given some guidance on routines and expectations . |
| 27 | Politicians of the majority party without ministerial office find themselves frustratingly shut out from a decision making process into which they are given few insights . |
| 28 | Where they are denied this opportunity , their worship is likely to be uninspired and lacking in energy . |
| 29 | Cantona has become so attractive to Leeds that they are expected this week to offer him a two or three-year contract , and Nimes , his French club , a further £800,000 , when the striker 's loan period expires at the end of the season . |
| 30 | Moreover , the way that question is answered can change the course of history , it can condemn millions to bloody war , or it can do much to ensure that they are spared that misery . |