Example sentences of "[vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 31 | The considerations that he mentioned are , among others , taken into account when determining policy . |
| 32 | Those I mentioned are taking place currently at Sussex , yes . |
| 33 | Similarly , the fact that the tiger is unable to figure it out from our behaviour that we have practically no sense of smell , demonstrates how instinctive and preprogrammed are their mental functions . |
| 34 | Its completely out of character for Rocky to have said this … probably some 3rd rate hack cornered him just after he 'd learnt hed been dropped . |
| 35 | A system , of greater barbarity can hardly be imagined ; the country being generally so wet , the means to air and dry it here used are , to exclude the sun and wind by the tall screens of underwood and forest around every field , and these being so small , a great number are so wood-locked , that it is a little surprising how the corn can ever be ripened . |
| 36 | The cases to which Cooke P. referred are to the like effect . |
| 37 | I am surprised to hear a defence spokesman ask that question , because he knows that the two cases to which I referred are covered by the negative security assurances which made the use of nuclear weapons in such circumstances inconceivable . |
| 38 | Rotherham has an Asian presence , but most of the places I visited are the old , white , axis of the English working class , immunised from the input of England 's new nationalities . |
| 39 | ‘ It is four years since my last midfield appearance because Colin Harvey moved be back to right back and then the injuries began . |
| 40 | Fresh tests on milk samples released last night showed 70 per cent of 238 dairy farms analysed were producing milk with lead levels above the Department of Health 's recommended safety limit , although 72 farms were within the limit of less than 0.05 milligrams of lead per litre . |
| 41 | Sections analysed were separated by at least 18μm . |
| 42 | The main cultures which Spengler analysed were the Apollinian ( Classical ) , Magian ( Eastern ) and Faustian ( Western ) . |
| 43 | Whereas his parting from Sandra had been ‘ sensibly negotiated ’ , this time Nicholson was left with what was , for him , an odd feeling of what he termed being ‘ dumped on ’ . |
| 44 | Here is a passage of Thoreau which both demonstrates the creative process and also shows that it led him to the peak experience which he termed being charmed . |
| 45 | Because the women he raped and assaulted were trusting enough to accept one glass of wine from him ? |
| 46 | On old-style electoral registration forms it told the form-filler to put a tick in a particular column if the person listed were over 65 , for they were ineligible for jury service , it quoted baldly and starkly , ‘ on grounds of age ’ . |
| 47 | For Sparc , the weaknesses listed were not significant , except to say that Sparc is unlikely to support Windows NT . |
| 48 | ‘ A pretty ’ manufacturing town , Dursley had several residents who look as though they operated the water trucking mills ; unusually for the area , more than half the fifty-two persons listed were rated at less than 40s. , some of them probably millhands , though others must have laboured in the stone quarry which caught Leland 's eye . |
| 49 | Other topics listed were all covered by a majority of courses . |
| 50 | Among the 22 factors listed were : the right technical skills to the job ; good understanding of the client 's business ; being proactive ; being able to introduce business leads and having access to international resources . |
| 51 | The prescription had been forged , and the medicines listed were all among those regularly used by Aldo Moro . |
| 52 | Less than half the wines listed were selected for awards making the standard set one of the highest in the world . |
| 53 | An unfortunate error also resulted in seventeen questionnaires with the question deleted being issued on a week day . |
| 54 | The Lucullan excesses which Hefner promised were all in the mind , at any rate as long as the Fifties lasted . |
| 55 | The services promised were to provide a room , fuel , clothing , to wash clothing , or to visit if sick . |
| 56 | The size of the particles created by the fires and the heights to which they rose were key factors that determined the atmospheric residence times of the pollutants , the extent of spread of the plumes , and hence the degree of impact on weather and climate . |
| 57 | After extensive washing with equilibration buffer , the proteins retained were eluted by adding 10 ml a 0.1–1 M KCl gradient in Tris-HCl pH7.4 . |
| 58 | Among those whom Collor retained were the three ministers with responsibility for military portfolios and the Economy Minister Marcílio Marques Moreira , who was identified with the IMF-approved economic austerity programme . |
| 59 | I tried being John Carradine earlier this evening , but it did n't get me anywhere . |
| 60 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |