Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cow 's milk allergy has hitherto been considered a temporary condition that improves or disappears with age .
2 Histamine has long been considered a putative mediator of the gastric acid secretory response to ethanol .
3 This whole question is of importance not only because it was so central to Engels 's book but also because The Origin has rightly been considered a major contribution to the feminist tradition .
4 Two or three years later he might suddenly be appointed a full-time magistrate , even though by that time he had probably forgotten all of the law which he had learnt .
5 I have suggested that a meaningful way to set the limits as to what may rightly be called a Christian position , is that Christians are those who proclaim Jesus to have been unique .
6 For take-off the tail should only be raised a small amount .
7 With the current boom in interest in opera , though , this disc enters a very competitive field indeed and so , once again , can only be given a general recommendation .
8 It could only be given a new lease of life by grounding its themes in a transformed image of a much more efficient , modernised , client-centred public sector , to which Labour has not yet seriously directed itself .
9 Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points .
10 Modern refining techniques mean that for every barrel of crude oil refined , there will be a split between diesel and petrol fuels that can only be varied a small amount .
11 Although they are mainly what would be called consolidating enactments in British practice , one which may perhaps be considered a genuine code is the regulation bringing together all the various Community rules on customs matters , in effect a Community Customs Code , on which the Council adopted a common position on 14 May 1992 .
12 6 The shape below is called a triangular prism .
13 I ALREADY reviewed this back in July but now that it 's finally been given a British release ‘ Perfect Day ’ will , in time , be seen as a perfect moment from MFS 's classic period , alongside excursions from Cosmic Baby , Microglobe and Mind Gear .
14 ( In the Soviet Union a draft law allowing all citizens to obtain a passport quickly had already been given a first reading , and the Soviet delegate estimated that between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 Soviet citizens could decide to emigrate " in the first two to three years " . )
15 ‘ You have already been given a full briefing on the facts , ’ said the President .
16 He says they 've already been allowed a judicial review over the ban on deer hunting by Somerset Council and we 've requested one in the case of Hampshire .
17 I 've also just been lent a political fiction saga by one of Mrs T 's former advisers which is said to be excellent .
18 Kenan 's just been granted a 6-month visa , 4 months after the Nix 's first tried to bring him out of Bosnia .
19 Kenan 's just been granted a 6-month visa , 4 months after the Nix 's first tried to bring him out of Bosnia .
20 Just been given a new exercise book , textbook .
21 Alcock was cheered up by a letter from his CO at Mudros telling him the ‘ Your baby has just been given a new suit of clothes and is learning to walk .
22 The living room , originally furnished in rusty browns , has just been given a brighter look with soft peach paper and multi-striped curtains by Designers Guild .
23 A young teacher ( Class 3 ) has just been given a special award for the ‘ best classroom ’ in Francistown .
24 They were n't real officers , they had just been given a military rank to sit on the tribunal . ’
25 The council 's plan to replace their Saturday shift with a standby system has infuriated the men whose bosses have just been given a big pay rise .
26 I in fact I 've just been shown a different copy of this , Gwen has just shown me a different copy and the colour 's is totally different , its a very , very poor erm print and , when I was looking at this through my book , the background was very strange and I felt that almost had been painted by a totally different artist , but having seen Gwin 's , er Gwen 's
27 I had a dairy before , it 's just been updated a wee bit because I make slightly more cheeses than I used to make and it 'll make it er easier hopefully .
28 Thus , neither Latin American political developments nor Latin American suspicions of the USSR — although either or both may lie behind isolated set-backs to Soviet policy — can any longer be considered a significant factor in the overall development of commercial relations .
29 A visitor observing the activity inside a Citizens Advice Bureau may well be surprised at the amount of physical movement within the office when advice giving would normally be considered a sedentary job .
30 On July 4 the conference approved a proposal for a referendum in Eritrea in 1993 , with the port of Assab meanwhile being declared a free port .
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