Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , the intergranular pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement leaving only leached porosity , and the sonic log displays a very clear downward-decreasing porosity profile in the uppermost unit of oolitic grainstone ( Fig. 18 ) . |
| 2 | In the second well , however , the sonic log indicates that the upper unit is much tighter and the core descriptions suggest that the pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement . |
| 3 | THE cache of Semtex explosive and suspected bomb making equipment discovered on Hampstead Heath in London may have been hidden by an IRA cell for a bombing attack , it emerged yesterday , writes Terry Kirby . |
| 4 | Richard Crossman , for one , in 1965 lamented , ‘ How much more humane and imaginative our post-war reconstruction would have proved if government departments had been invigorated by an influx of experts with special knowledge , new ideas and a sympathy for the Government 's domestic and foreign policies ’ .3– George Brown 's National Plan of 1965 represented a belated attempt to recapture the ground perceived to have been lost since the war ended . |
| 5 | Defeated presidential candidates Ion Ratiu ( Christian Democratic National Peasants ' Party — CDNPP ) and Radu Campeanu ( National Liberal Party — NLP ) listed irregularities in the process and complained that the campaign had been waged in an atmosphere of violence ; both , however , stated their intention to participate in the new parliament . |
| 6 | The prevalence of smoking among teenagers in Britain has been examined in an ad hoc way since the late 1960s . |
| 7 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 8 | I am stopped by an unstable-looking scree slope . |
| 9 | This hare has been aroused by an exchange of letters between Donald Riegle , chairman of the Senate banking committee , and the SEC 's ambitious chairman , Richard Breeden . |
| 10 | The Republic 's Customs officials are embroiled in an ‘ active campaign ’ to try to thwart the illicit practice . |
| 11 | Each a study in itself , with titles like ‘ No two feathers ’ , ‘ Butterflyman ’ , and ‘ Angel and the Dreamer ’ , they have been flown as an aerial ballet to classical music , wind harps and synthesisers . |
| 12 | The figures are calculated on an assumed growth rate of 10.75% and are therefore not guaranteed , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 13 | It has now been joined by an attractive estate model , also available with automatic . |
| 14 | However , in broad terms , one credit is assigned to one 40-hour module ; two credits are assigned to an 80-hour module , etc . |
| 15 | This is a scheme whereby unemployed people who require to learn new skills or brush up former skills are placed with an employer for an agreed period of time to achieve those skills . |
| 16 | The almost exclusive concentration on the formal political process has been replaced by accounts that take in crucial determinants outside this sphere , and which are placed in an explanatory framework that allows links to be made with wider sets of social relations . |
| 17 | The effect of such a rule is that the lineage of the bride and the lineage of the husband are placed in an asymmetrical wife-giver/wife-receiver relationship ; the wife-givers then receive " valuables " of some sort in return for the women that they give away . |
| 18 | Judge then my feelings when the first face I was to see at Jo'burg airport was the self-same Second Secretary , delighted that he had again been honoured with an important secret mission . |
| 19 | They are given as an indication of what can happen and a suggestion of some of the ways in which similar ideas might be explored by different children in different circumstances . |
| 20 | Further details of the 40 junctions including accident histories and mean annual traffic flow figures are given with an enlarged map of the route in Appendix 1.1 . |
| 21 | In Table 1.3 figures for the trade balance in manufactured goods are given on an intra- and extra-basis for the four major industrial countries in the EC . |
| 22 | Two doses of vaccine are given at an interval of four weeks and , in order to allow a high level of immunity to develop , vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge until two weeks after their second dose . |
| 23 | Papers which include information on the vegetation of particular islands are given in an appendix . |
| 24 | Other recommendations included the introduction of a stamp duty or similar standard charge for planning applications , the retention of detailed design control ( ‘ in spite of its subjective nature ’ ) ; the use of ‘ design guides ’ for ‘ homogeneous areas ’ and of ‘ design briefs ’ for particular sites ; greater delegation to officers ; speedy production of structure and local plans ( in accordance with a national timetable ) ; stronger control procedures in ‘ special environmental areas ’ ( for example , national parks , conservation areas and other areas identified in development plans or policies ) ; the establishment of local authority information centres and independent planning advice centres ( on which details of current pioneering examples are given in an appendix to the report ) . |
| 25 | The equivalent of larval stages are completed within an egg capsule so that the young emerge at the crawling stage when they are easily visible to the naked eye and can be fed in captivity . |
| 26 | A GLASGOW bus driver said yesterday that he might have been blinded during an attack by a drunken passenger who had broken into his cabin and assaulted him as he drove through the city centre one Saturday evening . |
| 27 | The passivity of the wronged girl is a trait she shares with the hero of Guy Newell 's Fox Farm ( 1922 ) , a sensitive farmer abandoned by his go-getting wife after he has been blinded in an explosion . |
| 28 | Accordingly , we are treated to an immediate and excellent example of Johnson 's mind at work . |
| 29 | While Adamski cues his samples and activates his drum programs , we are treated to an enthusiastic , if inaudible , bongo player , and tow backing singers , one of whom has the added advantage of being a fine mover . |
| 30 | While Adamski cues his samples and activates his drum programs , we are treated to an enthusiastic , if inaudible , bongo player , and tow backing singers , one of whom has the added advantage of being a fine mover . |