Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 A CHILD of ten who appears in court in England charged with murder is treated much like any other defendant .
2 The 82 patients who contributed to analysis were distributed among the three treatment groups as follows : ursodeoxycholic acid , n=23 ; placebo , n=28 ; and diet , n=31 .
3 Until recently , any money you received in rent was counted as part of your taxable income .
4 The ban on political activity imposed when the NRM came to power was extended for a further five years in March 1990 .
5 Fascism was not thought of as a separate subject on the school curriculum , but the history of how Mussolini came to power was dealt with at length at the end of the modern history text-books .
6 Moreover , the covenant with Israel signified by circumcision was offered to make of the nation ‘ A kingdom of priests and a holy nation . ’ ,
7 Nonetheless I felt it important to keep you informed about progress being made .
8 this year I 'll quickly run through one or two of the er various aspects of er Mr commented on money being thrown at the problem .
9 Thus if all cancers discovered at necropsy were identified clinically and treated then 26 out of 27 patients would be treated unnecessarily because these tumours do not represent a threat to their lives .
10 These are simply records kept by Constant Drachenfels of how many nobles he has slain by what means : for example , a descendant of the Duc de Parravon killed by disease is recorded as a symbol of Nurgle etched onto the plaque below the shield of that noble house .
11 Pope John talked of unity being achieved through the Council .
12 The PCP originated in cotton being treated by a bleaching and dyeing company nearby .
13 The importance Father Stratton placed on preparation was echoed in the group discussion , although what constituted preparation in the parishes varied from talks or a video to none at all .
14 Diets started without preparation are broken all too easily .
15 It was carved into planes of rugged indifference , though the blue eyes that blazed at Charity were filled with cynical censure that left her in no doubt that he had heard almost every word Mandy had uttered about him .
16 The possibility that relative antral hypoacidity induced by regular smoking produces an increase in parietal cell mass via a feedback mechanism mediated by gastrin is discussed : such a mechanism would explain the previously reported positive correlation between maximal gastric secretion of acid and the total dose of cigarettes .
17 It led to psychiatry being established as a profession in it 's own right and the ackowledgement that the mentally ill needed specialist care .
18 Medved is guilty of some distinctly muddled thinking on pop , which is less political than it was 20 or 30 years ago when Alice Cooper sang about school being blown to pieces .
19 Something of the despair and helplessness that men felt about work was projected into women .
20 All eight patients who died during follow-up were noted to have not only a reduced ejection fraction ( { 40% ) but also " high grade ventricular activity " .
21 My own opinion is that all cold-blooded animals are endowed with responsive behaviour that can be mistaken for higher intelligence , when what we are really dealing with are reflex actions to given stimuli — as in Pavlov 's dogs , which salivated when a bell they associated with food was rung .
22 As Kate looked into Ace 's narrowed , unforgiving eyes before the race , she knew that , unfair or not , he held her somehow responsible , and his last words to her bore that out .
23 The man who died in hospital was identified two days later as Peter Elderfield , 36 , of Springvale Terrace , Whinney Banks , Middlesbrough .
24 But in private he had already told Lord Home that he should prepare to succeed him , and the ‘ customary processes ’ duly resulted in Home being chosen .
25 ( FCA ) of having been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 6.03 in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1989 and 12 March 1991 sent business letters relating to its investment business without bearing the legend ‘ Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry on investment business ’ contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.02 and in that the firm at Shipley between 9 September 1988 and 1 October 1989 entered or required its Principal to enter into an association or arrangement with a person which might result in the defendant being constrained or induced to refer or introduce a client to a person who was not an independent intermediary with a view to that person giving investment advice contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.03 and in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1986 and 31 October 1989 failed before recommending or effecting for a client a transaction in units in an authorised unit trust or a recognised collective investment scheme , to take reasonable steps to establish that other more advantageous or suitable policies or units were not available contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.11 and in that the firm at Shipley between 1 November 1989 and 16 October 1991 having given advice to a client which was such that when acted upon it resulted in commission being received by the defendant , failed to notify the said client in writing of the amount and terms of such commission as soon as that information was available , contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.32 was reprimanded , fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs .
26 The appalling scenes that we saw on television were brought home to us there .
27 New chemicals synthesized by man were found sometimes to have effects on the mind .
28 We have already heard complaints against the apathy of the police , and publicans who complained about violence were said to have ‘ got the name among the police of being ‘ fussy' ’ ’ .
29 ‘ Anyone accused of murder is regarded as a danger to the public and there should have been more control here , ’ said a senior City police officer .
30 SOCCER player Colin Cooper told yesterday of his anger after furniture he put into storage was stolen in a burglary .
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