Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If further size analysis is to be undertaken the best procedure is to use two identical sub-samples . |
| 2 | Thus can be explained the attack led by the mediocre and unsuccessful ex-Worpswede painter Carl Vinnen against ‘ Non-German art ’ . |
| 3 | Yes I mean , I think that we had a big discussion at the last area committee on the scheme and the problem was of course that the detailed plans er , for the consultation erm to the , I 'm at , I 'm a bit worried that at this late stage there 's this new idea of of building on the green wedge at the back and I would n't like to think that the scheme should be delayed the important thing , it seems to me , is that it should press ahead and |
| 4 | However , there is another reason for the assailant to be christened the ‘ New Fox ’ for the 6-year-old girl ‘ told a woman detective last night how her attacker 's car was littered with empty Fox 's Glacier Mint wrappers , paper and carrier bags ’ . |
| 5 | It should be christened the Teddy Bear 's Picnic — Europe 's biggest teddy bear 's picnic according to advance promotional material but Radio 1 has decided that sentimentality over lost childhood went out with Smashy and Nicey . |
| 6 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 7 | But if we are to reduce the number of new infections and protect our young people , they must be given the facts about AIDS/HIV and given the opportunity to discuss the issues openly . |
| 8 | Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable . |
| 9 | Rodney was discussing with Veronica whether people should be given the choice of English or French mustard . |
| 10 | Employees would be given the right to belong to a union and to take industrial action , and strikers would be protected from dismissal . |
| 11 | Our society needs to be given the chance to hear its own heartbeat in its own music — for pleasure first , then also for knowledge and understanding . |
| 12 | If Moxon , still young in captaincy terms , were to be given the job there would be a strong argument in favour of a team manager and as Illingworth , perhaps wisely , has rejected one offer to return ( from Leicestershire ) Yorkshire might look at another native son who has , from all accounts , done an excellent job in his first year of managment at Somerset , Jack Birkenshaw . |
| 13 | I was told that I would be given the money when I got to Singapore . |
| 14 | ‘ Why the hell should disabled people not be given the chance to run things themselves ? ’ |
| 15 | The 37-year-old property developer will in turn be given the chance to buy the 1,000 shares necessary to become a club director . |
| 16 | People had to be given the chance to exercise choice over schooling , hospital treatment , and housing . |
| 17 | The adaptability of African farmers was not in doubt , but whether they would be given the means to expand production to meet growing urban and international markets was an open question . |
| 18 | He had expected to be given the rooms furnished by the College . |
| 19 | Some orthopaedic surgeons are now adopting a much more sceptical view , as every work-related ache seems to be given the RSI label . |
| 20 | Surrounded by potential weapons , an inmate has to be given the all-clear by the prison 's hard labour board to ensure potentially dangerous prisoners do not work in the kitchen . |
| 21 | Were it not for the support of sympathetic friends , the residents in our Homes and those who work in our factory could not be given the necessary help and encouragement to overcome their handicap , for we are dependent on voluntary help . |
| 22 | Secondly , His Holiness the Dalai Lama should be given the ownership of Tibet . ’ |
| 23 | Magistrates will be given the same immunity from claims for costs or damages over their actions in court as judges now enjoy . |
| 24 | Magistrates will be given the same immunity over their actions in court as judges now enjoy . |
| 25 | Playing the offside game would become a riskier business , especially against forwards with the pace of Lineker or Rush , who would be given the benefit of the doubt which at present goes to defenders . |
| 26 | Councils will be given the power to operate fixed penalty schemes like that operated by Westminster city council . |
| 27 | Under the compassionate , egalitarian , principled Kaufman scheme , no one in Hong Kong will be given the right of abode in Britain . |
| 28 | MR Richard Stott , editor of the Daily Mirror , is to take charge of the People and will be given the opportunity to lead a management buy-out of the Sunday paper , its publisher , Mr Robert Maxwell said yesterday . |
| 29 | Mr Richard Stott , editor of the Daily Mirror , is to take charge of the People and will be given the opportunity to lead a management buy-out of the Sunday paper . |
| 30 | If payments were partly based on per capita emissions of greenhouse gases , would methane from paddy fields be given the same price as carbon dioxide from power stations , cars and burning tropical forests ? |