Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if we are delayed a week , that means a lot of gratis P.T. and a battle course , which is not a pleasing prospect … . |
| 2 | If Lithuania are delayed the match could be ruled as a void fixture and that 's something the FAI do n't dare even think about . |
| 3 | Gloucestershire Social Services department , which will be responsible for overseeing the private school , say if new pupils are enrolled the school will be subject to detailed inspections regarding the welfare of the children . |
| 4 | The Rolling Stones , George Harrison , Bob Dylan and Rod Stewart are still strutting and fretting away , postponing the time when they are heard no more . |
| 5 | From these are calculated the doses required for a quantity of water , usually 100 litres , if water consumption for each process requiring chemical is the same . |
| 6 | In cases where the lis had not yet been joined the applicant was less successful . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ How would a political party as totally committed as the Labour Party to equality of treatment and of opportunity for girls and women , lend its support to the introduction of schools in which men exercise all the power , and women are assigned a subordinate and restricted role ? ’ |
| 8 | Toxic chemicals are assigned a ‘ no observed effect level ’ , a dosage that produces no apparent harm in a certain percentage of lab animals . |
| 9 | In all these versions the family is seen as having a direct relationship with the wider society , being that social form within which people are assigned a place in society and where they internalise the values of that place and which shapes sexual attitudes to conform to wider social needs . |
| 10 | At this point , any function words are assigned a score equal to the maximum overlap score multiplied by a constant ( they were not overlapped by the program and therefore have a score of zero so far ) . |
| 11 | Tokens are listed under the phonetic variant which they realize , and additionally are assigned a label which describes the following environment ; these labels are explained as follows : |
| 12 | This implies , inter alia , that nodes corresponding to infeasible problems are assigned the value and can be declared inactive . |
| 13 | All function words in this list are assigned an index of zero , to indicate their lack of semantic content and hence non-participation in the overlap process . |
| 14 | Is not the difficulty in which you are placed the fact that there are now only four Government Back-Bench Members representing Scotland , and 63 of different parties on the Opposition side of the House ? |
| 15 | Gould had only a couple of weeks to spare here ( he had been delayed a week in Maitland on the lower reaches of the Hunter while he waited to meet up with Stephen Coxen ) , having promised Eliza to forsake his desire to continue collecting , and to return in time for the delivery of their child . |
| 16 | But then came the news his immigration application had been delayed a few weeks because he 's a diabetic . |
| 17 | Add to this that today 's stars are fit and positive , as well as the thought that they now use almost illegal high-tech equipment and are given every new creation to experiment with , such as metal heads , weird shafts and incredible balls , and it 's no wonder they find the perfect combination — for them . |
| 18 | The faculty is particularly keen to ensure that candidates who have not made the ‘ going rate ’ because of disadvantaged or deprived circumstances but who are of good academic potential are given every chance of entry . |
| 19 | Contextual cues are given no special status in this scheme . |
| 20 | Some , like Philip H. , will develop symptoms , while the majority give and are given no indication that the disease has spread to the nervous system . |
| 21 | Women , even heterosexual women in his family , are given no real voice at all . |
| 22 | Worst of all we are given no true insights into the man or the legend which saw the production of more than 75 films and made a poor boy from Lambeth the most famous and feted individual in the world . |
| 23 | If the ‘ night forces ’ are given no safe outlet , no proper channelling , they may erupt with disastrous effect . |
| 24 | They know how not to analyse it , it is true , but are given no positive guidance which will enable them to get around the menace of voluntarism . |
| 25 | We use this to cast light on a metaphor of which we are given no other interpretation . |
| 26 | We are given no real indication of whether the title was warranted or not , official or not , recognised or not . |
| 27 | Individual investors , unlike the S.I.B. , are given no statutory right of action against third parties ‘ knowingly concerned . ’ |
| 28 | The claims of those commentators ( for example Meager , 1985 ; LRD , 1987 ) who suggest there has been a growth in temporary working in recent years are given no support whatsoever by these results . |
| 29 | They are given no opportunity to touch the dead person or put something — a flower , a crucifix — into their hand to take to the grave . |
| 30 | Simple social skills like apologizing are given no place because the most important thing is not to lose face . |