Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] acknowledged " in BNC.

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1 I was n't acknowledged as being gay .
2 I was readily acknowledged as the Class Paper Aeroplane Making Champion ( once constructing a complicated four-wing design which flew 12 metres in a dead straight line ) and so I decided to put my skills to good use .
3 He refused to co-operate and was told he was ‘ letting the school down ’ and given an indication that this would affect his school report , ‘ and that 's when I realized that I was only acknowledged for my sporting ability . ’
4 There will also be considerable implications for hospital transport services , as well as financial implications for the individuals involved , which are not acknowledged by the White Paper .
5 Rinuccini 's next favola for music , a Euridice with a happy ending , was composed by Peri ( but included some pieces by Caccini which are duly acknowledged in the preface ) for the wedding of Maria de' Medici to Henry IV of France and performed in the Pitti Palace on 6 October 1600 .
6 They were seventy two feet long , built of carvel construction in wood and were powered with Gardner engines , which are still acknowledged as being one of the best and most reliable of diesels .
7 The over-reliance on occupational class , which is widely acknowledged to be of diminishing utility in stratifying many social groups , has falsely persuaded some commentators that inequalities in mortality are shallower among adolescents than at any other stage in the life cycle .
8 Last year around 220,000 race-goers visited the course , which is now acknowledged to have some of the finest facilities in racing .
9 To be concerned simply for Jesus ' message , a message which anyone could have preached and which is now acknowledged quite independently of the person who preached it , is not to hold a Christian position .
10 Holly offered her a sympathetic smile which was not acknowledged .
11 On May 14 the Chilean government announced that it was willing to reach an agreement with the US government to compensate the families of the victims killed or injured in the car bombing which was widely acknowledged to have been masterminded by agents of Pinochet 's DINA secret police .
12 Hence , it is likely that she was openly acknowledged as his consort , and was present when he was chosen as king in 1016 .
13 Her Christmas show proved she has not lost her touch and it 's time she was fully acknowledged as the comic genius she is .
14 But although they were terrified of the Magistrate , who in more peaceful times had so often savaged their verses , the ladies in the billiard room stoutly refused to volunteer for the banqueting hall , which they wrongly believed to be more dangerous than the Residency except for Lucy , who was generally acknowledged to have nothing to live for anyway .
15 When we walked through the door , we were briefly acknowledged .
16 The time may well arrive — indeed , that process is now under way — when the notion of the supremacy of the institutions of the Community and the primacy of Community law have become so firmly established that they are widely acknowledged to be a feature of the United Kingdom 's constitutional landscape .
17 ‘ You said they were n't acknowledged ; what 's wrong with them from the Edwin Garlands ’ point of view ? ’
18 When the big wigs arrived , however , they were barely acknowledged by a dour receptionist , told to sit in a grubby waiting area strewn with cigarette ends and empty coffee cups , and kept waiting for half an hour without either apology or explanation .
19 Erm it 's also acknowledged in paragraph thirteen of N Y six , but this this factor means that some of the development which takes place on the on a land allocated for I five wo n't actually go towards meeting the I five target , it 'll be lost in terms of I four .
20 It 's celebrated in the schools with er , my school children always acknowledge it , so it may not actually be celebrated within the family as such , but it 's certainly acknowledged .
21 In the Soviet Union it is officially acknowledged that government needs more and more highly qualified personnel and an increasingly professionalized state administration .
22 However , it is generally acknowledged that to reduce the consumption of fat in our daily diet will almost certainly reduce the risk of heart disease along with other medical conditions .
23 It is generally acknowledged that gritstone is the acid test of a climber 's ability ; if you can handle its subtleties and idiosyncrasies , the inadequate creases and sparse protection , then the grip and pull or sharphold security of other rock types will be easy meat in comparison .
24 It is generally acknowledged that , to the extent that British industry is uncompetitive internationally , non-price factors such as the quality of design are at least as important as price factors .
25 Most young people in Britain grow up in families , and it is generally acknowledged that the family plays an important part in the development of the future adult .
26 He wrote ‘ It is generally acknowledged that all organic beings have been formed on two great lines , unity of type and the conditions of existence .
27 It is a fishing port of sufficient importance to justify the laying of a single track railway to it from Fort William , this passing through scenery of such exquisite beauty that it is widely acknowledged to be the most delightful railway in Britain .
28 It is widely acknowledged that the school examination system has exerted a powerful controlling effect on school curricula , even if , in more recent times , CSE ( Mode 3 ) has allowed schools to play a significant role on the assessment of their own pupils .
29 But none of them , it is widely acknowledged , has the talent , flair or business acumen of ‘ Mister ’ John who is variously described by senior Littlewoods executives as ‘ a genius ’ , ‘ unique ’ and ‘ the most significant pre-War businessman still alive . ’
30 It is widely acknowledged that about one in ten of us has a marked tendency to homosexuality and perhaps half this group have homosexual experience as adults ( homosexual feeling and experiment are even more common in adolescence ) .
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