Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next best thing is to read , with real care and attention , detailed accounts of modern fieldwork such as are provided by the two Hugh-Jones volumes . |
| 2 | Some of these can be expressed as a distance-decay function and indeed costs of migration may largely be a matter of distance as in the case of outmigration from island economies such as are found in the Caribbean or Oceania ; others are political and virtually insurmountable , such as national frontiers . |
| 3 | This is rather like the American system of presidential elections except that in the American system , the people who are voted for are tied to a particular candidate , so it 's really just erm a convoluted way of having a direct system rather than a genuinely indirect system here . |
| 4 | Her predecessor , William Vander Zalm , had resigned after being criticized by the provincial conflict-of-interest commissioner for his role in the sale of his family-owned amusement park , Fantasy Gardens , to a Taiwanese investor . |
| 5 | River police and firemen were called to the scene after being alerted by a passing cyclist and found the unnamed man on the rocks . |
| 6 | After being cheered over the finishing line they accepted blankets and drinks from their supporters , then wandered about with bemused expressions on their faces . |
| 7 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
| 8 | The five heavies pounced on Dosanjh , 21 , as he walked through the court lobby after being bailed on an unrelated theft charge . |
| 9 | A man who nearly died after being stabbed in an unprovoked attack , has returned home from hospital . |
| 10 | Among a number of executions reported during December were the hanging of nine people on Dec. 7 in the town of Zahedan , south-east Iran , after being condemned by an Islamic court for having " disturbed the public order " in disturbances there in November . |
| 11 | Then he holed from 12 feet to keep his slender advantage after being bunkered at the sixteenth . |
| 12 | Accountants are still wading through Maxwell 's complicated business dealings to see if pension funds can still keep paying out after being plundered by the greedy tycoon . |
| 13 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
| 14 | In October the then Justice Minister , Hsiao Tien-tsang , resigned after being implicated in an influence-peddling scandal over land re-zoning . |
| 15 | LITTLE Jolene Watkins , 11 , was fighting for life last night after being crushed by a runaway car which hurtled into a play- ground . |
| 16 | But the stark reality they have to accept , after being crushed by a vibrant Coventry side , is that they are now also-rans in the race to become the first champions of the Premier League . |
| 17 | First division Leigh could be forced out of Hilton Park after being served with a High Court writ . |
| 18 | Steve Holden and Wendy relaxed in what was a quieter atmosphere after being assaulted by an irate opera buff in the row behind for talking during the performance . |
| 19 | Ron Letts died in hospital from internal injuries after being hit by a stolen van . |
| 20 | Intelligence reports say the plane caught fire and disintegrated in the air after being hit by a Georgian missile , launched from the ground , ’ the spokesman added . |
| 21 | Gloria Lang , 46 , was last night seriously ill in hospital after being hit by the stolen Nova car with four teenage boys inside . |
| 22 | POLICE in Glasgow are appealing for witnesses to a road accident soon after noon yesterday when a pedestrian , William Wetherall , 80 , of Dumbarton Road , Glasgow , died after being hit by an articulated lorry in Dumbarton Road . |
| 23 | A BABY girl was recovering today after being hit by an exploding firework . |
| 24 | Nijaz and Sead Hukanovic had feared they might never see each other again after being parted in the savage purge of Bosnians callously dubbed ‘ ethnic cleansing ’ by the Serbs . |
| 25 | HOWARD Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was swiftly presented with an ‘ agenda ’ yesterday after being confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a performance-related salary estimated to be starting at £175,000 . |
| 26 | AZUMAH NELSON of Ghana retained his WBC super-feather title in Lake Tahoe but Calvin Grove went the distance after being floored in the first round . |
| 27 | A CONVICTED rapist carried out another sex attack months after being freed from a 14-year jail sentence . |
| 28 | Set a massive 440 after being dismissed for a paltry 96 in their first innings , the champions showed their pedigree by reaching the target with four wickets to spare . |
| 29 | The Centre is now in its second year after being formed from the Scottish Housing Research Group established in 1982 . |
| 30 | Bond had in May 1992 been sentenced to 2 years ' imprisonment [ see p. 38917 ] after being convicted on the same charge , but was released in August after the Western Australian Court of Criminal Appeal quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial [ see p. 39056 ] . |