Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's since written a 4-volume history of wartime intelligence and has little doubt about Bletchley 's significance . |
| 2 | She 's since made a complete recovery and Mona 's consultant says she ows everything to Janet . |
| 3 | He 's since made a full recovery and now has a realistic chance of becoming Lotus 's first world champion since Mario Andretti . |
| 4 | ‘ They think only about saving the guy 's life , so they chop the leg off by guillotine , even if he 's only lost a few toes . ’ |
| 5 | Mine had the same amount , while Thessy 's only contained a hundred , though the proctologist had also given him the ‘ Go Dawgs ’ hat . |
| 6 | you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities . |
| 7 | Music is generally accorded a low priority and is underfunded , and standards of performance are unsatisfactory in many places . |
| 8 | The extent and variety of these activities are astonishing , but while almost everyone is aware of them , and although the majority of us fiddle in one way or another , fiddling is generally considered a trivial activity without serious implications . |
| 9 | Traditionally , the people 's singing has been delegated to a choir which is generally paid a nominal fee . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's inundated with work over there she 's just done a 13-part sitcom for CBS , for example . ’ |
| 11 | Both Conservative and Labour MPs are divided on the issue , which is always allowed a free vote . |
| 12 | Because work is still considered a male role , leisure , similarly , is thought to be a male preserve . |
| 13 | An important paper was read for her in 1900 to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by her cousin , Gerard Baldwin Brown [ q.v. ] , and thereafter controversial articles in learned journals culminated in 1912 in the publication by John Murray of The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles , which is still considered a seminal work on the subject . |
| 14 | Therapy is still considered a marginal thing but I really do n't see why . |
| 15 | No I 've got , I 've got a dress at home which is like flared a black one . |
| 16 | So she was , she was into Volkswagen Polos , she 's always liked a little run-around , she 'd like a Volkswagen Polo , and . |
| 17 | Ah well he 's always wanted a big one . |
| 18 | It 's always held a special meaning for me , and when the development is completed I have every intention of moving back into the area and making my home here . |
| 19 | In spite of this , the words ‘ buyer beware ’ still carry a very real warning in one type of purchase and that is what is colloquially called a private sale . |
| 20 | For example , in Cureton 's analysis of iambic pentameter in Chapter 5 , all lines metrically begin weak-strong-weak , even those having what is traditionally called a reversed first foot . |
| 21 | Where the company can exercise the right of set-off against a preferential creditor who is also owed a non-preferential debt by the company , the set-off must be exercised against the debts rateably in proportion to the amounts of the preferential and non-preferential claims of the creditor . |
| 22 | Mr Chan is also considered a probable future member of the Executive Council , the Governor 's ‘ cabinet ’ . |
| 23 | Now , I hope I 've got these facts right and I 'm sure that not , that Eileen may correct me that er we have er forty hundred pounds in the budget , budget for this er the erm South Wales congregation has , has kindly erm given us grant of a thousand pounds and I understand from the secretary of con , Cardiff congregation , and he 's also offered a thousand pounds I do n't know whether we 've got that yet ? |
| 24 | It 's also confused a considerable number of other people back at because very few have come down today , but I 'm sorry that we 've . |
| 25 | He 's also launched a one-man fund raising campaign around Henley … he 's asking local businesses to back him . |
| 26 | Under the new Mental Health Act , passed last year , a patient who objects to treatment is now guaranteed a second opinion — but treatment still goes ahead if both doctors agree . |
| 27 | Because his exhibition programme was among the country 's ( and the world 's ) most impressive , the museum is now deemed a premier destination for philanthropic largesse . |
| 28 | TO THE political burdens already on the shoulders of Nelson Mandela , President of the African National Congress , is now added a fresh wave of accusations against his incorrigible wife . |
| 29 | One part per billion is now considered a safe level . |
| 30 | A chemical reaction which produces a quantitative yield is often called a stoichiometric process Many ionic reactions produce quantitative yields . |