Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Kicking places stress on the knee joints , the ankles , the groin and the hamstring and the muscles should always be given a chance to stretch of their own accord . |
| 32 | Thus there is liability 9–09 for defects in virtually anything which might conceivably be considered a product , including goods , electricity , gas and vapours . |
| 33 | Not for a moment had she thought that she would ever be given a lift in the Mercedes again . |
| 34 | While the Dak can hardly be called a sprinter , its relative simplicity means that a true ‘ cab rank ’ operation can be staged , with the aircraft out on the pan ready to start as soon as the alarm is raised and a back-up aircraft ready to go beyond that very quickly . |
| 35 | Now to an event that could hardly be called a sport , even though it did produce a new British champion . |
| 36 | The elongated , slightly oval hummock could hardly be called a grave , more a burial mound . |
| 37 | If Pollard 's architecture is so disposable and flippant that it is odd to call him a ‘ patron ’ , Palumbo 's patronage is so single-minded that he can hardly be called a developer . |
| 38 | LADY in black Jackie Miller could hardly be called a mo-pedestrian either . |
| 39 | In 1922 the capital of the guberniia could hardly be called a bastion of the proletariat . |
| 40 | They are low , so low that they can hardly be called a threshold — more a ramp , with a sign over it begging ‘ Please , please walk up ’ . |
| 41 | The integration of its railway system — it could hardly be called a network — was a major problem . |
| 42 | The garden could hardly be called a garden ; it was large , wild and not too well kept . |
| 43 | There was bougainvillaea in flower , clambering up the stone walls , small white roses on thin stalks among the weeds , and wild flowers in what could hardly be called a garden . |
| 44 | Nevertheless , the rewritten version conforms so closely to the original , with just isolated words changed , that it can not reasonably be called a paraphrase . |
| 45 | There is nothing that could reasonably be called a head ; merely a small light-sensitive spot ; no heart , only a number of pulsating arteries ; no fins or limbs , only a slight dilation at the hind end like the flight feathers of an arrow . |
| 46 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 47 | This is the earliest novel that may reasonably be termed a thriller — a strongly atmospheric work , replete with midnight encounters , the eponymous mysterious and rather worrying white-clad lady and a highly dislikeable villain in the form of the obese and oleaginous Count Fosco . |
| 48 | If you claim income support from your local Department of Social Security office you will also be given a form to claim community charge benefit and ( for tenants ) housing benefit . |
| 49 | You will also be given a questionnaire ( BD 8 ) by the Registrar . |
| 50 | At the time of enrolment you will also be given a timetable of lectures and practicals , and details of Faculty and campus induction programmes , which you are expected to attend . |
| 51 | The report must be sent to the bankrupt at least fourteen days before the hearing and , if the trustee is other than the official receiver , then the official receiver must also be sent a copy of the report , and he may file an additional report which must be sent to the bankrupt at least seven days before the hearing ( r 6.207(4) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 52 | It might also be called a form of ‘ negative power ’ — the power to disrupt . |
| 53 | In Chapter 12 will also be found a summary of the Accounts Rules regulating the handling by solicitors of clients ' and trust money and the obligation to pay interest on deposits . |
| 54 | At Wolverhampton , the bookmakers could also be dealt a blow by Shillelagh ( next best 4.45 ) . |
| 55 | ONCE upon a time , the enemies of South-East Asia 's environment were overpopulation and poverty , but now prosperity must also be considered a foe . |
| 56 | Try the following two fillings ( they can both be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated ) , but wait until the last minute before filling the choux buns to prevent the pastry going soggy . |
| 57 | ‘ I am also sure that the House will sympathise with the wish that they should both be afforded a degree of privacy . |
| 58 | But for one or two better clad of the group , the place might truthfully be designated a shopful of rags . |
| 59 | This was supposed to be a ‘ sensitive ’ job and if I came out I would automatically be adjudged a danger to the patients and given the elbow . |
| 60 | ‘ For these reasons I think there is a fairly strong case for marketing it as a health product but it will also probably be considered a luxury , ’ Mrs Rowan added . |