Example sentences of "be [vb pp] direct " in BNC.

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1 The EC Treaties are given direct legal effect in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 .
2 In cases of manumission , the slave in the first place had a dispensation from the normal prohibition on bringing suit against his master ; furthermore , after the Trajanic SC Rubrianum the tendency of the whole process before the praetor fideicommissarius was towards a declaration by the judge , and if the declaration was in favour of freedom then it was given effect by means of a fiction that the slave had actually been given direct freedom under the testator 's will .
3 Direct drilling is a new technique in which seeds are drilled direct into the ground without previous cultivation .
4 Where possible , data are collected direct from banking computer systems .
5 With the NOT gate bistable , the inputs are connected direct to outputs .
6 Payments are made direct to the exporter in accordance with the contract 's terms , with the bank having no recourse against the exporter in the event of the foreign importer 's default .
7 Inter-library loan requests are made direct to BLDSC for the loan of film copies of such theses .
8 In fact we could be called Grattan Couriers but we call it , we 're called Direct Line .
9 This is why most industrial products are sold direct from the producer to the user .
10 BIRKENHEAD Sixth Form College students Lisa Keenan and Lisa Hudson have both been offered direct entry to fashion degree courses .
11 BIRKENEAD College design students Lisa Keenan , 17 , of Oxton , and Lisa Hudson , 18 , from Claughton , have been offered direct entry on university courses to study textiles .
12 Apart from a small number of mature entrants to the profession , most college teachers are drawn direct from the ranks of successful former students .
13 Only problems were that one of them had had been snapped off at the legs and been reglued direct to the base , presumably in an effort to replicate Bremner 's short stature , and also in an effort to simulate Albert Johanneson ( or was it Gerry ? ? ) brown paint had been splurged all over one player , rendering his kit a mucky pink .
14 They put on new acts if they are called direct and are sent a rough demo tape .
15 These are driven direct by gears on the radio-controlled servo output spindles .
16 As the slabs had been laid direct on to earth , a layer of hardcore was needed .
17 The results of this section are notified direct to each candidate as well as to the tutor .
18 Specific developments within formal education and their relation to the new English can now be given direct attention .
19 Just as users should not be given direct access to the LIFESPAN process account , nor should they be given direct access to the account which contains the LIFESPAN RDBI database .
20 Just as users should not be given direct access to the LIFESPAN process account , nor should they be given direct access to the account which contains the LIFESPAN RDBI database .
21 But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes .
22 They can then be posted direct to the beneficiary 's account .
23 This powder could be added direct to the pond — fish root around in it , and take it into the digestive system , which it cleanses .
24 In course of time these petitions came to be addressed direct to the Chancellor himself .
25 Claims under this section ( C ) should be addressed direct to : Customer Relations Manager , Cosmos Coach Tours Ltd , Tourama House , 17 Homesdale Road , Bromley , Kent BR2 9LX .
26 Alternatively , accommodation can be booked direct with the hotel or B & B of your choice .
27 It may be possible for the arrangements for the funeral to be made direct with the crematorium or cemetery and minister of religion if desired .
28 Any claim should be made direct to Traveller 's Insurance Association Limited , bridge House , 102 George Street , Croydon CR9 6HP ( Tel : 01 283 8611 ) .
29 Secondly , applications had to be made direct to the appropriate Secretary of State who , if not available , had to sign at the earliest possible opportunity ( though they could be issued initially by a civil servant ) .
30 After a study of the extensive panorama , if a return is to be made direct to Ingleton , the route of ascent must be reversed exactly .
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