Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's absolutely wonderful — to be given a new lease of life . |
| 32 | It means that lambs which have lost their parents , for reasons such as sheep worrying by dogs , can quickly be given a new mother . |
| 33 | ONE of Scotland 's most ancient highways may be given a new lease of life as a commuter route for cyclists . |
| 34 | Amid charges of a short-term political fix from Labour , the Liberal Democrats and the remaining handful of diehard Tory dissidents , Mr Heseltine said the mines would be given a new chance to compete and eased the way for full privatisation of the coal industry . |
| 35 | The landlord must be given a specific date towards which to work ( with time being of the essence ) , which will obviously also be important from the tenant 's point of view as the tenant may be subject to seasonal trade variations in business and may wish , for example , to open the premises in time for the Christmas trade . |
| 36 | Mr. Beloff submitted that , by parity of reasoning , the same words in section 39(11) should be given a wide meaning , and not the somewhat narrow interpretation sought by Mr. Langley relying on Bank of England v. Riley [ 1992 ] 2 W.L.R. 840 . |
| 37 | There is no English authority on the meaning of this expression ; however , most commentators agree that it is likely to be given a wide interpretation by the courts , and this is borne out by the Scottish case of McCrone v Boots Farm Supplies Ltd 1981 SLT 103 . |
| 38 | Yesterday , the Soviet Union blamed Britain for the cancellation of a visit by a human rights delegation , saying British officials insisted on sending Mr Michael Bourdeaux of Keston College — someone they knew would not be given a Soviet visa . |
| 39 | An ordinary NHS patient can ask to be given a greater degree of privacy in a separate room if it is not needed on medical grounds for other patients , and can pay for the privilege . |
| 40 | During the summit , Heads of Government will decide whether the European regions should be given a greater role in decision making in the Community . |
| 41 | Market forces would over the next five years be given a greater role so as to boost production and secure an average growth rate of 5 per cent ( against 3.2 per cent during the 1980s ) . |
| 42 | In Germany , too , pressures for the Reichstag to be given a greater say in the conduct of foreign policy could be felt . |
| 43 | Professor Williams argues that the phrase ‘ without consent ’ should be given a narrow legal interpretation . |
| 44 | His brother was to be given a second chance . |
| 45 | The independence of republics within existing borders would be recognized , if the republics wished it , and minorities would be given a second nationality and their own schools and legislature . |
| 46 | Now this means that the sponsor of the bill , Allan , brothers , pro proposes that the debate be closed and the bill be given a second reading . |
| 47 | She hopes soon after her penpal will be given a second chance to prove his innocence and escape the gas chamber . |
| 48 | In a clamp-down on crime , the Home Secretary has said that offenders cautioned by police should not expect to be given a second chance . |
| 49 | Payne , who three-putted the seventeenth was fortunate to be given a second chance by Gillner , who looked set to gain his first senior win when he required two par 4s at the seventeenth and eighteenth . |
| 50 | The art of outlining and defining soft furnishings is usually associated with traditional-style interiors , but many brightly coloured modern fabrics can also be given a stylish lift with the wide range of trimmings that are available today . |
| 51 | Camcorders on the other hand have to be given a little help to cope with different kinds of lighting by adjustment of their internal white balance settings to enable them to ‘ see ’ white as the same neutral colour regardless of the conditions . |
| 52 | The movies had become a story-telling medium , and , as had been the case with earlier fictional forms such as the melodrama and the ‘ dime novel ’ , the stories would necessarily have to be given a recognizable social setting . |
| 53 | Officers failed to tell Simon Kinnersley , 42 , that he would be given a sterile mouthpiece which had been sealed to blow into . |
| 54 | Before the concrete sets , the surface can be given a final smooth in a number of ways . |
| 55 | At last there were just the external walls to be given a final coat of white paint . |
| 56 | A GIRL aged 11 has become the first child in Britain to be given a legal divorce from her mother . |
| 57 | On the contrary , it can be given a sharp , stressful edge by writing in such a way that the usual triadic structure is partly or totally demolished . |
| 58 | This morning was the first time he was to be given a serious piece of work before running later in the week . |
| 59 | A further complicating factor is that English interference in BSL occurs at times under the guise of improving the English skills of deaf people , so that the interlanguage ( a variable form of signed English ) may be given a higher status than the original language . |
| 60 | Depending on the particular dimension being measured , the degree of agreement may be given a higher weighting and that of disagreement a lower one . |