Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 He had been given six Loaches , two heavy with eggs .
2 These are designated 12 C , 13 C and 14 C in scientific notation , the letter C being the symbol for elemental carbon and the isotopes having atomic weights 12 , 13 and 14 respectively .
3 On another occasion , after the sessions for the recording of Der Rosenkavalier had been completed one January afternoon in 1982 , I recall him rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic in two works by Tchaikovsky , the Sixth Symphony and the Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet .
4 ‘ Michael Stein pleaded guilty and has been fined 2000 Barbados dollars .
5 The certificate has been granted interim VQ status by the Employment Department for funding and is available in LCCI approved Centres .
6 Aye , but there 's nine been made redundant Chris , Val says there 's , there 's nobody in and they have
7 Now that the threat of interdict had been made public Henry began to negotiate more seriously .
8 The figures for Newham are dated 14 November , so I hope that we do not hear Ministers say that they are not up to date .
9 Most sites are closed 24–26 December and 1 January .
10 The branch secretary , Kathleen McAlorum , a Motherwell district councillor , said that an emergency meeting of the branch executive had been called last Sunday after complaints and threats of resignation from members over the deal for representation on the European committee of the regions .
11 As a student he had been nicknamed Red Leland .
12 , Claude ( 1877–1959 ) , scholar , claimed to have been born 26 May 1877 ( his birth certificate counter-claimed 24 May ) in Handsworth , Staffordshire , the eldest son of Oswald Jenkins , cashier and later land agent , and his wife Sarah , daughter of William Palmer .
13 Entry forms are distributed each September and , if your college has not received a form , apply now .
14 This programme is being recorded today , Wednesday April 1st , to be relayed next Thursday b .
15 Its primary spokesman suggested that guarantees could be given that Afghanistan would not become a base for foreign powers .
16 When the 820 was finally accepted , the old channel cables and 600J were removed — this had to be completed 31 March as this was the date when the lease on the old machine expired .
17 It was resolved also that half an hour should be occupied each Sunday at the close of the School to teach the children the hymns of the Lancashire Sunday School Hymnbook .
18 Graham Chapman , the comedian who died on Wednesday , will be cremated next Friday at Vinters Park Crematorium , near Maidstone , Kent .
19 The fair gradually declined during the 1930 's and ceased just before the Second World War ; but it has continued to be proclaimed each St Swithin 's Day , except when this falls on a Sunday and then the custom usually takes place on the following day .
20 A NEWSPAPER removed from the back of a drawer proved to be dated 2 August , 1897 .
21 He was told in meetings with the President of the Commission , Jacques Delors ( who had visited Warsaw on Nov. 18 , 1989 ) and the External Relations Commissioner , Frans Andriessen that Poland could not be promised full EC membership in the immediate term .
22 ‘ From what I 'm told old Sung is a docile man .
23 I 'm told this Sharpe is an extremely uncouth man and is more than likely to fillet Johnny . ’
24 If you can now accept your share of responsibility for all the recent clashes and conflicts , then the ideal format for the future will be agreed this September .
25 It was one of his favourite songs and he was showing them all in the lounge bar at Ingham 's how it should be sung one Saturday night .
26 One , ‘ Melancholie ’ is inscribed ‘ Pour Lady Mountbatten , Hommages de son ami ’ , signed and dated 1942 , and estimated at £30–40,000 ( to be offered 1 December ) .
27 Pacific shareholders are to be offered new Martin Currie shares at 92 p.c. of the underlying asset value of the Pacific trust .
28 The Bill will be deposited next November instead of last November .
29 The ties will be played next Saturday , both kicking off at 2.30pm .
30 The second round ties of the Yorkshire Cup are down to be played this Saturday a had kept open but when Harrogate were hoping to entertain Cambridge University for their first visit to Claro Road .
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