Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also a possibility that documents seized during the US invasion of Panama could be ruled inadmissible as evidence on the grounds that they were illegally obtained . |
| 2 | The next version of AFS will be incorporated wholesale into DCE — its distributed service component is already a central feature of the OSF technology . |
| 3 | Under Italy 's immigration laws refugees still unemployed by the end of July would be declared illegal immigrants and subject to deportation back to Albania . |
| 4 | Efforts to persuade Iraq to pump oil to pay for essential imports , under the terms of UN Resolution 706 [ see pp. 38406 ; 38451 ] , ended in failure on Nov. 24 after six days of talks in Baghdad between government ministers and the head of the UN 's Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme for Iraq and Kuwait , Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan , who told a press conference that " the government of Iraq may be held responsible for failing to take advantage of the window of opportunity … afforded by the arrangement for oil exports and imports of essential needs " , but added that Western governments could alleviate Iraq 's humanitarian problem by releasing all Iraqi assets . |
| 5 | In China would be considered rhematic in both formulations ( unless stress is used to signal a difference in its thematic/rhematic status ) . |
| 6 | 1815 " The Meeting concieving it to be highly usefull that the Road from Portaskaig should be rendered complete , do willingly Stent themselves in the sum here stated . " |
| 7 | Mr Pearson said the complete list for Darlington will be made available to the public on May 1 . |
| 8 | At Pompeii and Herculaneum there are examples of the domus and the villa while at Ostia can be seen considerable remains of insulae . |
| 9 | Cases which depend on the result of Pepper v Hart will be left open and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years . |
| 10 | The higher rates given by Young must be considered unusual , for when he visited a silk mill in Sheffield , which like the more famous example at Derby offered a rare chance of factory employment , he judged the women 's earnings of 5 to 6s ( 25-30p ) a week to be " very good wages , much more than by spinning wool in any part of the kingdom " . |