Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously all of this detail I explain to you here I 'm just giving you a brief overview it 'll be explained a lot more on the training course . |
| 2 | However , in the case of the Runefangs , any Elector Count described below may automatically have one , and any other one character in the army may be given a Runefang as part of his normal magic item allowance . |
| 3 | She remembers that she had been knocking on doors for years to be given a chance to act and had been practically laughed out of town . |
| 4 | According to a survey conducted for the BBC in April 1974 by Professor Richard Rose , sixty-nine per cent of the people of Northern Ireland thought that the executive should be given a chance to govern but this finding was contradicted by the results of a general election two months earlier and may reflect the general tendency of survey respondents to make statements in response to poll questions which are more moderate than their real views . |
| 5 | If I am to show what I can do I must be given a chance to make my own complete performance . |
| 6 | you should be given a chance to state your case |
| 7 | Experience shows that clients may not immediately express the real reason for their visit but need to be given a chance to raise further problems . |
| 8 | In a few cases , the manager may decide that the recruit is unsuitable but more normally they will be given a chance at a formal interview where the manager 's opinion will be taken into consideration . |
| 9 | Former gang members shall be given a chance to be patrol buddies in assisting in the protection of the neighbourhoods . |
| 10 | BRITISH electors are to be given a chance to vote on the EC 's Maastricht Treaty in a rebel referendum run by Tory Euro-sceptics . |
| 11 | Tobacco is a drug and addicts should be given a chance to ease off gradually . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe there will be someone to fill Lineker 's shoes in years to come but at the moment the replacements must be given a chance to do it in their own time . ’ |
| 13 | It was unlikely that I would be offered a safe seat , but I might , with luck , be given a chance in a marginal . |
| 14 | I 'm determined that Constance will be given a chance . ’ |
| 15 | People should be given a chance to read a proper newspaper — one that was decent , honourable and humane . |
| 16 | Now they were going to be given a chance to put their money where their mouths were . |
| 17 | The American public wanted this new President to be given a chance to try out his programs . |
| 18 | A research programme must be given a chance to realize its full potential . |
| 19 | But being a liberal-democracy also implies that the minorities must be given a chance to become a majority ; and that means , therefore , that they must be given a chance status and a means to convert the majority . |
| 20 | But being a liberal-democracy also implies that the minorities must be given a chance to become a majority ; and that means , therefore , that they must be given a chance status and a means to convert the majority . |
| 21 | No matter then that Courtney Walsh , with experience in 50 Tests , should gain selection over Cummins and that Kenneth Benjamin , an impressive ‘ A ’ team spearhead , should be given a chance ? |
| 22 | He was n't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife . |
| 23 | Kicking places stress on the knee joints , the ankles , the groin and the hamstring and the muscles should always be given a chance to stretch of their own accord . |
| 24 | ‘ But little Ellie Browne is n't going to be given a chance to be a part of it , ’ she murmured with mock sorrow . |
| 25 | Labour will ensure that the 3 million people on the pile of human misery known as the dole queue will be given a chance to work and to provide tax and insurance . |
| 26 | Ok I agree that Speed should be given a chance in the middle of the park now I 'll be controversial and say leave Batty out let Speed do the tackling with Mc Allister also in the middle . |
| 27 | But Lisa 's mother points out that it 's unusual for people with Downs Syndrome to be given a chance to prove themselves in the first place : |
| 28 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |
| 29 | Eaglescliffe youngsters Stephen Armstrong and Gareth Couzens , and David Sharkey of South Shields , will be given a chance in the annual match against Durham Ladies at Hartlepool on April 26 . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's a life-long ambition of mine to be a chauffeur and I just want to be given a chance . ’ |