Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American public wanted this new President to be given a chance to try out his programs . |
| 2 | Mr Martin Holgate , formerly chief scientist at the environment department and now director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources based in Geneva , will summarise the possible action to be taken a role which he performed brilliantly at the recent London ozone conference . |
| 3 | That would kind of be kept a bit quiet was it ? |
| 4 | Unable to come in for a presentation , Archie was visited at home to be given a retirement gift from the company and one from his colleagues . |
| 5 | As Bishop Thomas Brinton of Rochester said when preaching at the time of the Black Prince 's death in the summer of 1376 , it was part of a knight 's duty to help his king in time of war ; failure to do so meant loss of the right to be called a knight , which was both a sign of honour and a mark of responsibility which had to be lived up to . |
| 6 | Well to-do visitors would have taken it as their right to be given a tour of the house and gardens as they travelled the country in past centuries — today visitors from all over the world come to Blenheim — their entrance fees paying for its up-keep . |
| 7 | It was as if a woman who thus lowered herself disowned her right to be considered a person , a soul ; as if it would be no sin to take advantage of her lust because one could not possibly soil her any further . |
| 8 | If , in order for the creditor to obtain an unimpeachable security , the law requires the surety to be given an explanation of the effect of the security documents , the creditor is placed in an invidious position . |
| 9 | It seemed a hideous unthinkable accident to be born a man , so you would have to become a soldier . |
| 10 | It is by no means unheard of for a band to be offered a deal on nothing more than a ‘ concept ’ . |
| 11 | In this situation , you may only need to wave your tape under the right A&R person 's nose to be offered a recording contract . |
| 12 | A 70-year old woodland has become the first plantation forest to be declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) by English Nature . |
| 13 | It was possible for a person to be given a legacy on the understanding that he would manumit a slave . |
| 14 | Where at any stage of proceedings by assignment , transmission , or devolution the interest or liability of any party devolves on some other person , the court may order ex parte that other person to be made a party " to carry on " the proceedings ( Ord 5 , r 11 ) . |
| 15 | The management at Glascoed says scope exists for output to be pushed a lot higher . |
| 16 | But Lisa 's mother points out that it 's unusual for people with Downs Syndrome to be given a chance to prove themselves in the first place : |
| 17 | No one of any sense had wanted the Young Frog to be given a command in the Duke 's army , but the Old Frog would not hear of the Netherlands joining the coalition unless his son held high command , and thus the politicians in London had forced the Duke of Wellington to concede . |
| 18 | Indeed I own myself unworthy and I long to be the servant of even the least religious in the Church of God and I hope by God 's grace to be made a sharer with them … |
| 19 | Thus , although it is preferable for a definite noun phrase to be assigned a referent , a failure to do so does not justify rejecting the reading altogether ( if that were done , then , for example , the initial sentence ‘ John put a bowl on the floor ’ would be rejected as incoherent ) . |
| 20 | Moreover , according to the prevailing values of this system , any feminist housewife who successfully made good her claim to be paid a wage for her domestic chores would be reducing her status to that of a servant . |
| 21 | It was not until the Life Peerages Act 1958 that it became possible for a woman to be created a life peer and sit and not until the Peerage Act 1963 that hereditary peeresses in their own right were allowed to join them . |
| 22 | Lady Astor became the first woman to be elected a member of parliament in 1919 , and Sir Herbert Austin , a major car manufacturer , was elected as the member of parliament for King 's Norton . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember when I was in 6th grade and Reagan was elected and he voted ketchup to be deemed a vegetable , for schools . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah granddad I was saying you know when erm you know when Richard was saying it 's an insult to be called a cockney when he 's not a cockney . |
| 25 | It 's an insult to be called a cockney . |
| 26 | It is also very helpful for the expatriate to be given an outline of the local labour force 's attitudes towards the company and its managers together with the strength of unionisation . |
| 27 | In preparation for the ceremony of toppling , a huge power pylon containing the loaves to allow them to fall out into the water , the group made an application to be granted an exemption from the law prohibiting the dumping of waste at sea . |
| 28 | Anne Gibson , who earlier this month won her fifth successive Scottish women 's singles title , is the only Scot to be given a place in the main draw for next month 's All England Championships at Wembley . |
| 29 | Class 313 units are also used on the suburban service between Euston and Watford Junction , to which service fell the honour of being the first line to be given a NSE total route refurbishment programme and branded ‘ Harlequin' . |
| 30 | The motion is n't actually asking for each individual member to be sent a questionnaire and to say where would you like to be because obviously that is totally ridiculous . |