Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies . |
| 2 | A much more likely explanation of Libet 's findings is simply that all experiences are delayed relative to the stimulus causing them , so that synchronous external events produce synchronous experiences . |
| 3 | Trade figures with the EC are delayed this year because of the removal of customs controls thanks to the single market . |
| 4 | Trapped by nets or felled by corded arrow Hen and cock are parted one dawn . |
| 5 | The sun , which had been hidden all day , broke through the cloud at the very moment that Bill fell tail first into a peat hole filled with boggy water and could n't get out . |
| 6 | Indeed , had Sheffield referee John Key not been so lenient , Wright could have been dismissed two or three times over . |
| 7 | When viewed at visible wavelengths the Cytherean clouds are rather featureless , and are tinged yellow , perhaps by small quantities of sulphur . |
| 8 | When all the evidence has been examined each representative will sum up his particular point of view , with the Attorney General having the last word . |
| 9 | In answer to charge 4 that he had treated Royan without taking a proper history or examination or consulting his general practitioner , Dr Mumby said he took the clinical history in the form of a questionnaire which patients filled out in advance but he rarely examined patients because they had usually been examined many times elsewhere and because taking a history by questionnaire was an established technique of clinical ecology . |
| 10 | We do n't want to find ourselves with any comic exposure unless all the parameters have been examined in-depth . ’ |
| 11 | But that rescue mission had been stopped dead by the presence of the twenty thousand Frenchmen encamped in Frasnes who had been sent by the Emperor to make sure that the allied armies did not combine . |
| 12 | Gods messages , imparted to him in visions , are embodied in the Loran are gathered political or legal revelations as well as spiritual ones . |
| 13 | The plots ( cumulative time per pixel ) are normalized such that all pixels are scaled in relation to the pixel with the maximum cumulative time ( the F+ pixel of group fixed ) ; the square dotted line represents the extent of the 121 pixel grid . |
| 14 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 15 | The ministry 's brief would be to ‘ make sure women 's voices are heard loud and clear in the very centre of power ’ . |
| 16 | Strange sounds are heard live over the loud speaker monitors , some times spoiling the recordings . |
| 17 | ‘ the advantage of adopting this course if it is practical because children whose appeals are heard last could otherwise be prejudiced because of decisions which had been reached already by an appeal committee to send children to a particular school ’ . |
| 18 | British space officials do not expect any major difficulties in finding the money for INTEGRAL , because ESA science programmes are paid out of the subscriptions of member states which are calculated several years in advance . |
| 19 | Dividends are automatically calculated net of tax , but coupons are calculated gross and have to be adjusted . |
| 20 | Given that resources are managed , hierarchy is explained by gains from allowing people to specialize according to their comparative advantage : in particular , those with a comparative advantage in deciding how to coordinate the diverse resources used in the firm and how to adjust this coordination in response to unforeseen changes , are assigned specialist managerial roles . |
| 21 | From the six potential exemplars three films were chosen of each junction , one low risk , one medium risk and one high risk , the three levels of exemplar risk are assigned relative to the junction mean again using the mean risk rating from Study 2 . |
| 22 | But it is unwise to assume that parents will inevitably pose a problem when they are placed first . |
| 23 | One method of avoiding the operation of the rule is to reverse the order of the two parts of the clause so that the general words are placed first and the list of specific items are prefaced by a phrase like " for example " , or " without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing " , or " such as " . |
| 24 | Push the pictured tiles around the playing area , matching like with like and making them disappear — when two similar designs are placed adjacent to each other , they 're destroyed . |
| 25 | Differential facets are subfacets which are placed adjacent to specific facets to which they apply ; they are not generally used with all of the facets in the scheme . |
| 26 | Because certain textbooks are in great demand , colleges often set aside a student reading room in which are placed multiple copies of textbooks that have been recommended by the lecturers . |
| 27 | HER hands are placed flat and squarely on her lap in a tidy yet tight pose . |
| 28 | Flowers will look at their best if bulbs are placed close together in the bowl , but they must not touch each other . |
| 29 | then it you know they might have been delayed one way or another . |
| 30 | Publication of this long-awaited new guide has been delayed due to unforeseen production problems , outwith control of the publishers — the Scottish Mountaineering Trust . |