Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For more on how these roles can be blended into a successful group , see Groups on page 77 and Teams on page 161 .
2 My noble and learned Friend and my right hon. Friend made it clear that the green form scheme would not be withdrawn until a full , free , prompt , and convenient form of professional advice was available to every asylum seeker .
3 In that year the secretary of the Society for the Relief of Persons Confined for Small Debts received a letter from Spencer Perceval the Prime Minster ( who was later to be assassinated by a bankrupt , John Bellingham ) to say that His Majesty had graciously given orders to present The Thatched House Society with £2,000 from his private purse .
4 In addition , involvement of major neurovascular structures and bone can also be diagnosed with a high degree of accuracy .
5 But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them .
6 The principal arguments for a policy of CPD were advanced in the Brett-Jones Report of 1978 and although none could be refuted in a responsible way , it was not until 1 January 1981 that Regulations were made by the General Council of the RICS to make compulsory , and to regulate , members ' Continuing Professional Development .
7 I was driving on my way through beautiful scenery in Wales where I live and it suddenly occurred to me how this would all be altered in a nuclear war .
8 It can only be altered by a separate legal document called a ‘ codicil ’ .
9 Thus output might be altered by a technological breakthrough , or by changes in the structure of taxation which affected the choice between work and leisure , or by changes in other real variables , but should not be affected by a change in nominal spending : such changes should affect the price at which the available output is sold and not the quantity of output itself .
10 If there is a steady downward drift in the average temperature in the area , a drift that persists over centuries , successive generations of animals will be propelled by a steady selection ‘ pressure ’ in the direction , say , of growing longer coats of hair .
11 The boxes both have six SIMM slots and can be incremented to a maximum 96Mb. +1 408 432–0292
12 Search for a peptide was rewarded by the discovery of a compound containing five amino acids , which combined powerfully with the opiate receptor and had all the necessary properties for it to be recognized as a new transmitter substance .
13 There was a fondness for the strict classical style , as seen in Moscow Kiev Station , affirming a desire to be recognized as a fully-fledged European power .
14 This is in the hope that they will become clearer to those who work within the industry , and that they may be recognized as a distinct discipline by academic and practising lawyers alike .
15 The burrow caused by Sarcoptes scabiei can be recognized as a thin line , not unlike a small splinter , in one of the sites which the mite is known to favour .
16 Metaphase 1 ( M1 ) is the stage of meiosis used in routine analysis for the establishment of bivalent number , chiasma frequency or position , and for the detection of a chromosomal anomaly such as a reciprocal translocation which can be recognized as a multivalent configuration in the complement .
17 In January 1973 the Scottish Education Department , on behalf of the four Central ( Art ) Institutions , formally approached the CNAA with a proposal for their Associateship and Diploma courses to be recognized for a classified degree in art and design .
18 Such " consensual " , " common law " or " companionate " unions ( or " marriages " ) , however , may be recognized to a certain degree by society ( or even by the law ) .
19 Each of these can be recognized by a common pattern of internal structure , all the individual species within a type being but variations on the same basic pattern .
20 This is achieved by the bidder procuring the target to be re-registered as a private company and taking advantage of the private company exemption contained in s155. ( 3 ) To save stamp duty .
21 ( 5 ) Because of the exemption for anything done in pursuance of a scheme of arrangement under s153(3) ( e ) , it should in theory be possible for financial assistance proposed to be provided as part of the Court Scheme to be implemented immediately ( because the target is bound by the scheme when it becomes effective ) without the need to wait for the target to be re-registered as a private company and the private company exemption procedure followed .
22 One Minister comments : Why did I go to York on October 3 to be recommissioned as a Eucharistic Minister ?
23 Sometimes the inlet pipe can be eased over a little and the overflow trimmed to suit .
24 Several of the calculations which produced low success rates could probably be undertaken with a good deal more success in the actual context concerned .
25 The argument that increased non-bank financial intermediation will tend to raise velocity and therefore the amount of spending that can be undertaken with a given stock of money , is simple enough if we once recognise in velocity the importance of the demand for money .
26 Even the duly authorised activities of the Simonova were going to be undertaken at a respectable distance .
27 Atlantic Aeroengineering naturally specialises in the types in the remainder of the Group , the DC-3 , DC-6 , Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander and the Cessna 402/404 series , but work can be undertaken on a wide variety of types .
28 Preventative maintenance , virus checking and anti-virus updates will be undertaken on a regular basis .
29 It was because the economy was as yet exhibiting a modest rate of overall growth ( by modern standards ) that investment could be undertaken on a private and regional basis with the state 's role confined to that of legal enablement .
30 One such was that further detailed studies of the possible effects should be undertaken over a 12-month period .
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