Example sentences of "[adj] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They report that the odds of qualifying for HE for the upwardly mobile are doubled relative to those who have stayed in the same social class . |
| 2 | There is also concern that , no matter how carefully any mining operation is conducted here , the landscape can not remain unscathed : promises that everything will be ‘ put back as it was ’ when the mine is no longer profitable are considered naïve . |
| 3 | Since a python 's skin begins to deteriorate in quality once it has grown to about fifteen feet the largest are left alone , which is just as well as each one must be caught at night , alive and by hand , with a lamp to attract them from their lairs , and at least four men to get them into the sack afterwards . |
| 4 | Symptoms like this are called strange , rare and peculiar , and are often of prime importance in finding the remedy or group of remedies from which to make one 's selection . |
| 5 | Only just over half are coded acceptable or/acceptable after revision , the others being seriously flawed in design , analysis , or interpretation . |
| 6 | Easy categorisation about the literary and the historical are rendered impossible . |
| 7 | Some are born great , some achieve greatness and some have it thrust upon them . |
| 8 | Some are called mad , disturbed , maladjusted , rebellious , even criminal ; others are called individualists , poets , comedians , philosophers . |
| 9 | For the festa , the church , churchyard and the street leading to them are all gaily decorated with flags — some are coloured striped flags and others are white with red crosses like those used on the sails of Henry the Navigator 's ships . |
| 10 | Some are listed adjacent to the term to which they are to be applied and in the form in which they are to be applied in the main list . |
| 11 | They can also be classified by frequency , Some are published weekly , others monthly and yet others bimonthly or quarterly , and the " lead times ' or periods between material being received and appearing in the magazine can vary from three or four days to six months more an important point to bear in mind when planning a press campaign . |
| 12 | The prohibitions in the CSA 1985 are rendered ineffective where the defendant can show that , notwithstanding the fact that he fulfilled all the conditions mentioned in ss.1 and 2 CSA 1985 , the dominant purpose of his trade was not with a view to making a profit or avoiding a loss for either himself or another person . |
| 13 | If control factors 1 and 2 are held constant the three-dimensional shape then developed in that part of their range can be drawn as in Figure 15.2 . |
| 14 | The educational psychologist may be invited to observe a child it playgroup should this be deemed useful hut will not , as a rule , carry out a formal assessment during playgroup time which would thus single the child out from his/her peers and probably deprive the other children of their leader 's care . |
| 15 | And ‘ that it was strongly recommended that Operation Majestic 12 be kept accountable only to the president of the United States ’ . |
| 16 | On this were arranged thick candles in red glass jars , two vases of dahlias , a small plaster statue of Our Lady . |
| 17 | Those still in working order can be used for straightforward word-processing as stand-alones , with some being held in reserve to replace machines out on repair , plus some being made available for the use of Associates and long-term visiting researchers . |
| 18 | Since the 1950s , lots of our rivers have changed beyond recognition , some being rendered sterile through pollutants such as industrial waste or the effects of agricultural chemicals , while others have become noisy with leisure craft and visitors . |
| 19 | At least 1,653 people died , over 3,000 were seriously injured and some 110,000 were made homeless by a powerful earthquake , measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale , which struck the northern Philippines on July 16 . |
| 20 | Newcomen got round this difficulty by fitting a leather skirt on top of the piston , this being kept supple by filling it up with water . |
| 21 | It can end in silence , this being considered preferable to choosing an incorrect word or phrase , and this is clearly nonsense . |
| 22 | as well as a host of other academic successes — but neither Arnold or his successor , Dixon , ever took more than eight boys a time and most of them carefully selected — few were born deaf . |
| 23 | On top of some were displayed heavy glass bottles of fizzy pop , or coloured postcards , or jig-saws or ragdolls with floppy arms . |
| 24 | Some were shot dead when thousands of women , protesting against the killings , tried to march on the President 's residence . |
| 25 | Some of the males were injected with morphine for a few days and some were given other drugs . |
| 26 | But some were painted green , grey , red , yellow or blue , with highlights picked out in contrasting colours ( see left , middle and bottom ) . |
| 27 | Some were made hopeful by it . |
| 28 | Bernard was present at their interrogation by Australian and British officers and helped escort them to Singapore Supreme Court , where some were found guilty of war crimes . |
| 29 | Some were thrown high into the air . |
| 30 | Some were judged trustworthy enough to be told about Samantha 's abduction . |