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

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1 FIVE BANKS , which could lose over £100m if money market transactions by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham are ruled unlawful , should not be allowed to appear at the hearing into their legality , the High Court was told yesterday .
2 DAN MCSWEENEY and Nicholas Pentreath are appointed Dry Cargo Shipbrokers with Anderson Hughes .
3 Last night , Cockerill called for a long suspension should Wright be found guilty .
4 Their purpose was to provide unloading and warehousing facilities as close to the heart of London as possible , and Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) and Philip Hardwick were appointed chief engineer and architect respectively .
5 Alice and Bella were left alone .
6 U2 were left red-faced with embarrassment in Berlin when they joined a demo celebrating German reunification .
7 Net reserves in this area account for 27 per cent of LASMO 's reported commercial UK reserves .
8 Brian Honour starts a two-match suspension after reaching 31 points and John Tinkler is rated doubtful with a groin strain .
9 Thus while Deryck Fox can celebrate his first call-up since 1986 , it is only with the knowledge that he will be discarded if Gregory is passed fit .
10 At Calvary is found full cleansing for ever through faith alone in the finished work of Christ on the cross .
11 Millfield-educated Hewitt already has his heart set on working for Virgin tycoon Richard Branson 's planned privatised train service .
12 Wright is promised hard time
13 Pictures of old , tired faces : Madge 's made vacant by drugs , Bella 's grey with pain on a bad day , threw themselves like projected images on to the white kitchen wall .
14 After discussion it was proposed by Mr Ken Lucas , seconded by Mr G. Cattle and carried that this be accepted and that Mr Roberts be made Vice President of the Society .
15 Our spies report that guests wearing Levi 's received free parasols for their jugs of cider .
16 Dostoevsky wrote for Stankevich 's published critical study of Granovsky — ‘ material absolutely indispensable for my work ’ , a life-and-death necessity ‘ like air ’ .
17 Edward is cast opposite petite blonde Hannah Welfare in the play at Haddo House , Aberdeenshire .
18 Maximilian said grimly that his special interest was humor , and Jo-Ann said that her topic in the thesis had been the theme of male chauvinism in Edward 's published legal opinions .
19 However , an excellent Keller volley and Simpkin 's missed passing shot lost those .
20 In the autumn of 1929 Humphrys was appointed high commissioner ( from 1932 first British ambassador ) to the British mandated state of Iraq , where he stayed for six years .
21 The thirteen episodes from the first two series were constantly repeated , and Frank Spencer was kept alive by the mimicry of impersonators such as Mike Yarwood .
22 In 1927 Pillai was appointed assistant collector of customs in Madras and two years later became deputy director of commercial Intelligence in Calcutta .
23 The diver who found her body — John Farrar — broke a 23-year silence to claim that Mary Jo Kopechne was kept alive in an air pocket inside the senator 's car .
24 Moreover in the years 1176–7 he was taking a keen interest in the competing politics of the Spanish kingdoms and he may well have instructed Richard to ensure that the great road south from Bordeaux to the Pyrenees was kept open for travellers of all sorts , pilgrims , traders and couriers .
25 Peter Walker was found dead in March at his London flat .
26 It was in the year of Easy Rider that Nick Adams was found dead .
27 One of the difficulties in designing this type of interface has been pointed out by Caruso , in that the design of IIDA was finalized prior to DIALOG 's introduction of SS — Select Steps command — so these are not included in IIDA .
28 The candidature of two Whigs in tandem lost both the election , and in 1813 Creevey was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes and fined £100 .
29 On 23 May 1983 a receiving order was made , and on 11 November 1983 Mr. Dennis was adjudicated bankrupt .
30 But the Riddifords good fortune ran out when , soon after work began , Dennis was taken ill .
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