Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I it 's not been examined sir , no . |
| 2 | And it is always us who are rowdies in the pub , who choke harbour fronts with gear , and are heard swearing and shouting among the seaside trippers — never the local yobs , is it . |
| 3 | It is no wonder that so many are dismissed pad/bat . |
| 4 | Most defendants in capital cases are black and they can not afford legal representation , so they are assigned counsel by the state . |
| 5 | For a differential drill they are placed side by side and drilled across to highlight the difference between them . |
| 6 | Because of the way that the two animals stand in relation to one another while grooming is going on , it is these vertical lines that are placed slap in front of their ‘ nearside ’ eyes . |
| 7 | And once , as she filmed in WPc uniform in London 's Shepherd 's Bush market , a woman who had been mugged thought she was the real Bill and begged her for help . |
| 8 | " The keys are hidden -under a clump of yellow flag that grows by the river , and if you will follow me I will lead you to them . " |
| 9 | Formulations based on the principle of virtual work are given emphasis : conservative and non-conservative actions are carefully delineated and discussed in the context of discrete systems . |
| 10 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
| 11 | The Earth 's own magnetic field has a pulse frequency of 10 Hz ( 10 pulses/second ) and it has been found that if patients are placed in magnetic fields of around 10 Hz , or are given electro-acupuncture at 10 Hz , healing can be speeded up . |
| 12 | While patients dependent on alcohol who suffer withdrawal are given sedation and heroine addicts receive opiate substitutes , only tobacco users are expected to go ‘ cold turkey ’ or leave their ward to smoke . |
| 13 | Correll thinks herbicides , more potent than they are given credit for , may be to blame . |
| 14 | But they , and the set-piece speeches to the party faithful , have also done more for Tory morale than they are given credit for . |
| 15 | Whilst these may be significantly cheaper in terms of cost and so written off as mere toys they are often far more capable of producing simple documents than they are given credit for . |
| 16 | He thinks people 's musical perceptions are wider than they are given credit for . |
| 17 | Newcastle are given all-clear |
| 18 | The document complains that few people are given council housing . |
| 19 | Once they pass they are given accreditation for the products they are allowed to sell , and that accreditation is available for the customer to see . ’ |
| 20 | The many aspects of Christian Aid work at St. A. 's & St. G. 's are given style and unity by ‘ Felicitous ’ posters , and also those of two Elders and a Church Officer , with a gift for calligraphy and communication . |
| 21 | Support for this interpretation has been sought in the effects of a procedure in which subjects are given pre-exposure to a variety of flavours . |
| 22 | Allopathy means ‘ different from the suffering ’ ; the drugs that are given work against the disease and its symptoms . |
| 23 | Yet as we noted in our tenth report : ‘ The price that some children may pay for demanding little of the teacher may be that they are given work which demands little of them ’ ( Alexander et al . |
| 24 | In Brazil , large landowners ( who are usually very rich anyway ) are given government subsidies to burn down trees so that cattle farms can be set up . |
| 25 | Only VIPs and foreign diplomatic missions are given permission to utilise such dishes . |
| 26 | An important aspect of these therapies is that people are given permission to cry and are guided through the experience . |
| 27 | Cashier services are under more and more pressure and , although sometimes they are given assistance , it is only at the expense of other work . |
| 28 | Both also point out that " different " does not mean " less effective " when comparing the ways in which meaning intentions are given expression through grammatical forms , vocabulary and pronunciation . |
| 29 | These arguments are given credibility by Pareto 's ambiguous reaction to the rise of Italian fascism , and by Michels ' conversion from a socialist syndicalist espousing the use of a general strike before the First World War to an enthusiastic apologist for fascism in the 1920s ( Beetham , 1977 ) . |
| 30 | Until mid-December , Barbier-Beltz continues to show work by Patrick Dubrac — constructions whose heterogeneous elements are given unity by a lick of white paint — and by Jean-Loup Trassard , whose photographs record the immutable aspects of nature . |