Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will work so much better on the day if they are given that advance preparation . |
| 2 | Contradictory discourses and practices within and between these agencies of socialization are given little serious attention . |
| 3 | However it is current , and its coverage — fiction , biography , travel , hobbies , popular science , etc. — is of subjects which interest the public library 's clientele , and which are given little critical attention by other sources . |
| 4 | We are given some financial support from the government but this doe snot cover all our costs and we therefore depend on gifts from trusts , companies and individuals . |
| 5 | ‘ Unless something is done and we are given some special dispensation we will never be happy with this . ’ |
| 6 | The Faculty is one of the largest of its type in Europe , consisting of six Departments in which are located some 180 members of academic staff , each contributing to the strength of the Faculty with their scholarship and expertise . |
| 7 | In so far as these subordinated forms of racism are granted some relative autonomy , and are not treated as simply an echo of the dominant ideology , the argument usually reverts to the classical tenets of a ‘ necessary false consciousness ’ . |
| 8 | Such disputes , wrote a successful English diplomat in the 1670s , " seem to me but so many impertinencies that are grown this last age into the character of Ambassadors ; having been raised and cultivated by men , who , wanting other talents to value themselves upon in those employments , endeavoured to do it by exactness or niceties in the forms " . |
| 9 | Erm , but we 're told this interesting thing about them , mainly that , er about them and about us as well , that their true self is not their current bodily condition . |
| 10 | ‘ At least they 're spared all this war business , ’ Margaret said with a sigh . |
| 11 | ‘ On the other hand , if you 're a character actress you 're allowed much more freedom to question the role you 've been given , and to go more deeply into it to find a means of playing the part . |
| 12 | We first of all we used to give the food parcel every fortnight because it was half one week and half the next and now it 's a food parcel every week so they they 're guaranteed that basic sustenance you know and erm and we 'll keep up the up th up the fund raising and the money 's certainly still pouring in . |
| 13 | We are concerned to challenge the extent to which those involved in this restricted form of transition are offered any real choices in decision-making . |
| 14 | AUSTRALIA are promised another rough ride when they face power-packed Monmouthshire at Ebbw Vale today . |
| 15 | If new problems or concerns are introduced some existing ones are given up . |
| 16 | When a large number of products are involved this considerable effort may not be worthwhile until all overhead allocations are routinely reviewed . |
| 17 | When a large number of products are involved this considerable effort may not be worthwhile until all overhead allocations are routinely reviewed . |
| 18 | When Goblin casualties are taken any odd Goblins are always removed first , leaving as many complete pairs as possible . |
| 19 | But the fact they 're doing it i is because they want a revolution , they 're actually saying they , they are motivated these poor peasants , you know , the fact they are downtrodden , I mean , if you are comfortable then you 're not gon na go out and |
| 20 | It is true that this procedure can force a minister to answer for what his department intends to do but the Commons are denied any real measure of control . |
| 21 | They are denied any useful role in the present . |
| 22 | Some also suggested that a national holiday be established in his honour or that he be given some honorific title — le Bienfaisant or ( significantly ) Le Père du Peuple . |