Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
| 2 | Service cars are repainted every three to four years , but the fierce weather conditions can ruin a livery in one season . |
| 3 | LAURENCEKIRK , Turriff and East Wemyss Branches have been voted the best in Scotland — and the best in Britain — by Royal Bank customers . |
| 4 | Natural filled duvets are more expensive and those filled with duck down , are considered the ultimate in luxury duvets . |
| 5 | THE Bank 's Cashline network has been named the busiest in Britain with each of the 770 machines paying out an average £4.5 million a year . |
| 6 | A dermatology hospital which has been called the best in the country has opened in Oxford . |
| 7 | The tip , which has been called the biggest in Europe , receives more than a million tonnes of waste every year , nearly two thirds of it toxic . |
| 8 | The young offenders aged between 16 and 21 are amoung the toughest in the country . |
| 9 | MORRISSEY 's ticket swap operation , established to compensate fans who bought tickets for Morrissey 's cancelled appearances at Glastonbury and Finsbury Park , has been dubbed a rip-off by outraged fans . |
| 10 | A railway station which has flowers to greet the passengers and where the trains always run on time … well almost … has been judged the Best in Britain . |
| 11 | Er so I would regard this impo this criterion as critical very er it should be given the greatest of weight and erm must be left in . |
| 12 | It was particularly appropriate , given that the sponsor was the Baptist Missionary Society , that the most moving moments were from Roberts as Peter , lyrically declaring ‘ Repent and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ . ’ |
| 13 | Parties and celebrations would not be considered the same without it . |
| 14 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 15 | The second thinks of it as a canvas to be made the most of ; yet another surface to decorate or ornament . |
| 16 | If Mr Freitag 's estimates were to be accepted the two near neighbours would be paying a difference of up to £250 in their tax . |
| 17 | And yet Stewart 's small wandering world could well be thought the richer of the two environments . |
| 18 | Copper devices should be replaced every two to five years , depending on type . |
| 19 | Robert Bossu had pursued the dispute here to Shrewsbury in search of diversion in a time of frustration and inaction , a pity he must be denied the best of the joke that was so much more than merely a joke . |
| 20 | Since clothing , like prints and drawings , is sensitive to light , exhibitions will have to be rotated every four to six months . |
| 21 | Then he had to remember that even after the rounds had been allocated and the stetches accounted for , he still had to include the acre or so of headland , the land on the outside of the field where the ploughs turned , which had to be ploughed the last of all . ’ |
| 22 | The shoes need to be changed every five to six weeks , they cost between thirty and thirty five pounds . |
| 23 | Myopia tends to progress throughout the growing period and spectacles may have to be changed every six to twelve months . |
| 24 | Compiled from the 35,000 architectural drawings in the museum 's collection , the selection will be changed every six to nine months , both for conservation reasons and to give visitors an idea of the scope of the holdings . |
| 25 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 26 | THE RUC were given a let-off in the eighth minute when the home side were awarded a penalty , but player manager Jim Scott 's kick was saved by keeper Matthews . |
| 27 | It was only in 1880 , after fierce quarrels , that English dissenters were given the tight to burial in the parish churchyard by their own pastors . |
| 28 | Chapman insisted , too , that his players should have decent club conditions , and the Highbury dressing-rooms were rated the best in the country at a time when most clubs were content to provide only the most spartan of facilities for changing and cleaning . |
| 29 | Yes , in that sense , in that sense , the unconscious thought was expressed but the , but the point was , i the anxiety as it were got the better of the dream , did n't it , if you woke up ? |
| 30 | Serum glucose concentrations were measured every 2.5 to five minutes by the glucose oxidase method ( Beckman glucose analyser , Beckman Instruments ) . |