Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In times when there is occasion for rejoicing as , for example , in the gathering of a successful harvest , a happy emergence from trouble or natural disaster and on many other occasions there is always to be observed an urge to offer thanks to someone or something . |
| 2 | This has been in use in the works office for some time , it was , it used to be called an aide-memoire . |
| 3 | Now it would seem that they are not only to be denied an increase , but also to be faced with a reduction . |
| 4 | To be told so little — to such an end — and still , finally , to be denied an explanation … |
| 5 | So and , and I think maybe it 's a good idea that we write and say that we would like to be given an opportunity to speak to them . |
| 6 | It is suggested that it is unsatisfactory to allow the rent to be fixed in reliance on assertions made by the parties which can not be challenged by cross examination , and where the expert is not to be given an opportunity of seeing and evaluating the quality of the witnesses . |
| 7 | What is a Member of Parliament to do when , having been lucky enough to be given an Adjournment debate by you , Mr. Speaker , and having given a copy of his entire speech to the Foreign Office at 9.45 in the morning , the Minister — in this case the Minister of State , the hon. and learned Member for Grantham ( Mr. Hogg ) — makes no attempt whatever to answer the deeply serious issues that have been raised ? |
| 8 | It is also very helpful for the expatriate to be given an outline of the local labour force 's attitudes towards the company and its managers together with the strength of unionisation . |
| 9 | It was interesting to be given an insight earlier this evening into the Minister 's attitude to his own brief . |
| 10 | What Hamilton could see was that the talents of Warner Bros had combined to produce a film that was not so much about the Legion as ‘ about the kind of short-sighted , uninformed and well-enough-meaning men who have to be given an understanding of what democracy really is so that they will not go on and on providing tools for such legions ’ . |
| 11 | All the fuss is over the fourth charge — should Mosher have published an article in a Taiwan Sunday newspaper condemning Chinese birth-control methods and accompanied by photographs of women 7½ months pregnant and about to be given an abortion ? |
| 12 | Yeah , I , I 'm suggesting that the facilities management contract , be referred to the budget review sub-committee for consideration , and in that way we can actually consider it , and obviously if the report is not yet prepared , erm , perhaps we can put some input into it , I have to say , that it disturbs me to be given an answer , that do n't worry everybody , there 's a report coming , and then we suddenly say well , we might like to look at it in three weeks time , we 're told actually it 's not written yet . |
| 13 | So you are unlikely to be given an exhibition unless your work is already known by the gallery or you have an established reputation and proven success . |
| 14 | If , in order for the creditor to obtain an unimpeachable security , the law requires the surety to be given an explanation of the effect of the security documents , the creditor is placed in an invidious position . |
| 15 | In preparation for the ceremony of toppling , a huge power pylon containing the loaves to allow them to fall out into the water , the group made an application to be granted an exemption from the law prohibiting the dumping of waste at sea . |
| 16 | In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption . |
| 17 | Gillian Newsum has just written an excellent book about him and we were lucky enough to be offered an extract to whet your appetite ! |
| 18 | The difficulties which arise from this structure are familiar from the debates in feminism , where , woman , seems to be offered an alternative of either being the ‘ other ’ as constituted by man , that is , conforming to the stereotypes of patriarchy , or , if she is to avoid this , of being an absolute ‘ other ’ outside knowledge , necessarily confined to inarticulate expressions of mysticism or jouissance . |
| 19 | Even if the producer happens to be a resource owner , he is to be considered an entrepreneur with respect to the other resources he needs for production . |
| 20 | But the desertion of a part of the crew is to be considered an emergency of the voyage as much as their death ; and those who remain are bound by the terms of their original contract to exert themselves to the utmost to bring the ship in safety to her destined port . |
| 21 | Milton caught himself opening his mouth to defend Lord Mountbatten 's right to be considered an Englishman , but he stopped in time . |
| 22 | For if pragmatics is to be considered an aspect of linguistic competence in Chomsky 's sense , then like other aspects it must consist of some abstract cognitive ability . |
| 23 | Eight months before , his Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo had been staged and published in Rome — musically , it is arguable , a finer work than Peri 's but not dramatic enough to be considered an opera ; the allegorical personages were costumed , and there were dances , but the work was performed in the Oratorio della Vallicella and human interest and the sense of festivity , both indispensable to opera , were necessarily lacking . |
| 24 | Also from january first 94 i think there is to be signed an agreement between EC and some other european countries ( Norway , Sweden , Switzerland ++ ) which will make this no problem . |
| 25 | ‘ … no person other than an authorised person shall issue or cause to be issued an investment advertisement in the United Kingdom unless its contents have been approved by an authorised person ’ . |
| 26 | Section 57(1) of the FSA stipulates that no person other than an authorised person may issue or cause to be issued an investment advertisement in the UK unless its contents have been approved by an authorised person . |
| 27 | The sum of £300.24 per person is likely to be approved an increase of £24.76 on the previous year 's poll tax . |
| 28 | But to these targets needs to be added an analysis of what must be achieved in order to obtain them , in terms of both the behaviour and attitude of consumers : and of more functional matters such as ( for example ) greatly improved distribution — to put it in what is , from the agency 's point of view , the most defensive way possible , it is too easy to blame the advertising when the sales force has failed to achieve the necessary levels of retail distribution to support the required sales . |