Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular defence was optional in the EC Product Liability Directive but has been adopted in the United Kingdom ; it seems sensible because standards of safety change over time and what might seem perfectly acceptable now might be considered grossly unsafe in a few years time . |
| 2 | III be considered truly productive on a social scale ? |
| 3 | Judged against government norms , this amount of residential provision can be considered relatively modest for a district with a population of 260,000 . |
| 4 | The earlier text thus revealed can be made more legible by a program that enhances the contrast , picking out the Gothic letters from the surrounding gloom . |
| 5 | This hypothesis is consistent with two observations : firstly , the VSG promoter region is smaller than that of the procyclin/PARP promoter ( 22 , 36-38 ) ; secondly , the procyclin/PARP promoter appears to be positioned just downstream of a region transcribed by a different RNA polymerase , which terminates in close proximity to the procyclin/PARP promoter ( 33 , 39 , 40 ) . |
| 6 | Global warming could soon be accelerated dramatically due to a thinning of the sea ice , Mrs Thatcher said yesterday in the 50th anniversary lecture of the parliamentary and scientific committee at the Lords . |
| 7 | GLOBAL warming could soon be accelerated dramatically due to a thinning of the sea ice , Mrs Thatcher said yesterday . |
| 8 | Attempts to disaggregate the growth of " non-standard " employment are likely to be rendered more difficult by an inability to determine whether it is the " temporariness " , the " self-employedness " or the " part-timeness " of any particular employment which is its predominant characteristic . |
| 9 | In the end , THORP may be hit as much by an economic boycott as by environmental concerns about the international traffic in dangerous waste . |
| 10 | At least it covered all the sharp projections , and we discovered it could be cut ridiculously easy with a saw , to something like level with the surrounding crazy paving . |
| 11 | Just pinch them off and plant in seed compost , which should be kept barely moist in a bright , warm place . |
| 12 | Candidates might be suggested either one at a time or in batches . |