Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | To that should be added a familiarity with the commonest ways of symbolising sounds ; a dictionary user faced with looking up a word whose spelling he does n't know , ought to be able to choose where to start looking for it , with a fair degree of success . |
2 | Every woman who 's pregnant should be offered a test to avoid this happening . |
3 | This may be called a chain reaction . |
4 | This may be accounted a kind of progress and helps to assuage the liberal moral conscience . |
5 | This may be considered a kind of ‘ deal ’ made with society and other organisations , in which self-determination is allowed in return for high standards of service . |
6 | Thus in the medical field , especially with interventionist techniques involving implantation of human products , for example blood or biologics , this may be considered a supply of services because the courts will be reluctant to regard matter of human origin as " goods " ( see Perlmutter v Beth David Hospital ( 1955 ) 123 NE 2d 792 ) . |
7 | This must be considered a bonus to the food resources available to any larger creatures . |
8 | Against this must be set a non-response about twice that for a random sample involving house calls . |
9 | The development of cholangitis as a late complication occurred only in patients in whom a sphincterotomy was not carried out and this might be considered a prerequisite in all patients in whom an endoprosthesis is inserted as long term therapy . |
10 | The method used to achieve this could be called a filtering technique for , by analogy with the process of filtering as used in the chemistry laboratory , a particular part of a mixture ( the edges or boundaries ) was isolated and then added back to the original image to give Figure 5.14 . |
11 | This would be considered a success for a first release from a fairly new act . |
12 | Group personnel departments have sent out booking forms to be filled in and anyone interested will be given a time to attend the clinic . |
13 | This can be done a day ahead . |
14 | Transfer mixture to a bowl ( all this can be done a couple of hours before ) . |
15 | It is argued that these are debts owed to the community and as such should be accorded a preference . |
16 | He was smiling , if that could be called a smile that drew his long mouth out of line , plucking the left corner obliquely upwards . |
17 | From these can be gathered a handful of needle-thin stuff that can be pushed into a pocket while you collect slightly thicker material . |
18 | Strictly , this latter should be called a skill description rather than a task description . |
19 | This latter would be handed a bus pass and a deck chair , and could pass the time wondering to their hearts ' content why the hell they were there . |
20 | A Dukes 's C cancer or worse should be regarded a failure or surveillance because of the uncertain outlook . |
21 | A startling illustration of another educator 's naive understanding of the work of drama teachers occurs in a recent publication by David Hargreaves ( 1982 ) who recommends that the arts and drama in particular should be given a place at the centre of the curriculum . |
22 | It is this careful attention to traditional dance rhythms which is so important to the style of both ballets , although neither can be called a character or national work ( see page 28 ) . |