Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That term was automatically held to be satisfied when the effects on the interests of the individual were felt to be serious enough to warrant procedural protection , and this was so whether the context was deprivation of an office , expulsion from a trade association , the destruction of one 's property , or the loss of something which would juridically be called a privilege .
2 In a medical textbook , the choice between clavicle and collar-bone can justly be called a matter of stylistic variation .
3 It 's just that I 've just got too many at , it can only be done a week before
4 Elsewhere the band choose what can only be called a hardcore bubblegum sound and by the time you get to the final furlong , this regularity means the fizz is starting to fade and you dearly want the guitars to twist and shout and sing .
5 MYSELF and Marco Polo is a working model of a novel , a clever toy , a verbal tournament , a facetious blueprint for a possible future seriousness : it could only be called a success if its author 's aim was merely to intrigue , and I do not feel that Paul Griffiths can be that crude .
6 In the North , the bishops pursued the Irish catholic community 's interests in what could only be called a spirit of ‘ pillarization ’ .
7 My own family was at once strongly nuclear and part of what can only be called a clan .
8 The philosopher Mark Johnson has recently produced what can only be called a constructivist account of linguistic meaning and reasoning .
9 Indeed , the primitive matchlocks could only be discharged a maximum of sixteen times during a whole day of battle .
10 Obviously something like a car could only be considered a bribe ; on the other hand a vacuum cleaner , say , may be too expensive to give away in bulk but could certainly be offered for comparative testing .
11 In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in .
12 In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in .
13 A SENIOR Anglican clergyman who declared that sex outside marriage should not necessarily be considered a sin has come under fire .
14 Government sources said later that the Commons would shortly be given a chance to debate the provisions in the act which have to be renewed annually .
15 Some time during the next decade ‘ affordable ’ high-definition television ( HDTV ) sets will reach the mass market , in the meantime the European consumer will shortly be offered a variety of ‘ compromise ’ wide-screen TVs , falling somewhere between true HDTV and conventional models .
16 Hoping that , in the changed climate of opinion in England , he would soon be granted a pardon , Kinloch returned secretly to London , where for some time he remained under cover until early in 1823 he returned clandestinely to Scotland .
17 CHINESE takeaway restaurants will soon be given a star rating to encourage higher standards .
18 The skull of a Celtic princess which was dug up more than a hundred years ago could soon be given a face .
19 This is a choice ( whether conscious or unconscious is a different matter ) , but could scarcely be called a style .
20 History , which can now no longer be considered a concept as such , is therefore made up of the incommensurable relation between these two disjunctive set-ups .
21 The Irish management team of manager Noel Murphy , captain Phil Danaher and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald will slip into New Zealand hoping the All Blacks will be so concerned with their tilts at the World XV , the Australians in the Bledisloe Cup and the South Africans on their August tour that they might just be caught a bit unawares when Ireland arrive .
22 ‘ Obviously they will not just be handed a job which is why a strategy is already mapped out for training and so on . ’
23 You will generally be awarded a sum in respect of your lost industrial rights , ie because you have to requalify for the right not to be unfairly dismissed .
24 Boots which have been factory-treated and given a waterproof finish should not normally be given a wax treatment when new , but should be treated with ordinary shoe polish .
25 All pension scheme members should normally be given a booklet describing how the scheme works , what benefits it provides , the names of the trustees and other information including the address of the Pensions Ombudsman .
26 [ 3 ] Without that careful study , scratching would not normally be considered a sign associated with arthritis .
27 Classes are led by experienced staff , usually by staff at the drama school where the course is held , and at the end of the five weeks groups will present mini-production projects to each other , on which they will be assessed , and they will usually be given a certificate for having attended the course .
28 If you 've already been wearing glasses you must still be given a prescription , even if your sight has n't changed .
29 That the evening could still be counted a success was partly down to the attack and verve of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir .
30 Two such quantities q and p are always related physically by the fact that their combined dimensions are those of action ; that is , the product q p can always be assigned a value in units of Planck 's constant k .
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