Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The island of Angistri went up in flames within minutes of being declared a wildlife refuge . |
| 2 | By a letter dated 7 March 1983 the plaintiff formally appointed the defendants as agents to sell Caliban at a price of $3.5m. or such sum as the plaintiff might agree to accept , the defendants to be paid a commission of 5 per cent . |
| 3 | The girl has been in a council children 's home and with foster parents since being made a ward of court . |
| 4 | After years of being thought a crank , he is at last being taken seriously . |
| 5 | She remembers that she had been knocking on doors for years to be given a chance to act and had been practically laughed out of town . |
| 6 | To enable these two objectives to be achieved a Land Commission was established ( with headquarters located at Newcastle upon Tyne , in line with the dispersal of offices policy ) . |
| 7 | During this spell the Lions went 35 minutes without being awarded a penalty but conceded 10 . |
| 8 | In May , the electorate of Wear Valley chose the Liberals after being given a multitude of promises which have yet to be fulfilled . |
| 9 | Sean and Mandy are among 8 couples to be given a house in Clay Hill Close , a new development by the Enstone Community Housing Association . |
| 10 | They wanted the police to be seen a lot more . |
| 11 | A young care-leaver 's chances of being made a housing priority vary from one in three in Scotland to one in four in a London borough or metropolitan authority , to only one in eight in the South of England . |
| 12 | Accordingly they may marry early and begin a family quickly ; that will increase their chances of being allocated a council house through the points system , even though it reduces their chances of buying or renting privately ( Ineichen 1979a ) . |
| 13 | One of the very first actors to be labelled a hellraiser was Peter Finch . |
| 14 | One of the first women to be awarded a master 's degree in business administration from Harvard University , Franklin had served in the White House under President Richard Nixon . |
| 15 | The next morning Peter was sacked and escorted from the premises without being given a reason . |
| 16 | Some schools do provide for students to be granted a scholarship towards the cost of tuition , but there are not many endowments of this kind . |
| 17 | Dr. Iestyn Williams , a senior doctor with the order 's medical services , will be rewarded for more than 30 years caring for others by being made a Commander . |
| 18 | Since becoming assistant to Monsieur Bonard , he has progressed rapidly in the business and only a week ago he told us of his hopes of being made a partner . |