Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you really be reneging on that vow , merely because a connected case is being investigated by the Inspector ? ’ |
| 2 | A DEAF grandmother is being kicked out of a charity home for having her TV and radio on too loud . |
| 3 | The young viewers were kept fully informed of developments and on one programme a possible mate was being discussed . |
| 4 | In the late fifteenth century the new centre of power and culture in a unified Russia was being established in Moscow . |
| 5 | ( This is a very simple formula , which in a modified form is being tried , I observe , in English politics . ) " |
| 6 | Therefore , if a low potency is being used , it may be necessary to administer repeated doses to achieve the same effect as a single dose of a higher potency . |
| 7 | Murtach had already told Bicker of the fight at Ivrigar , and a strong patrol was being sent out in the morning under Ord . |
| 8 | A strong case is being made for expanding the scope of selective harmonisation of essential requirements to ensure that minimum standards apply in these areas . |
| 9 | Albright and Wilson have cut discharges of the toxic metal but FOE believe a European directive is being disregarded |
| 10 | More important , the very idea that financial markets need a geographic centre is being gradually refuted by electronics . |
| 11 | A dropped light is being blamed for a moorland blaze that broke out on the Catterick Training Area , near Richmond , early yesterday . |
| 12 | The important distinction between accommodation and services , recognised in the Wagner report ( 1988 ) helps us to focus on the fact that a complete environment is being offered . |
| 13 | Steel-Maitland explained that a working man was being selected at Bolton as the choice of the local party , on that very evening , but he did not approve of such specific commitment as the resolution suggested . |
| 14 | A working party is being set up by the Association of Corporate Treasurers , in conjunction with the Association of British Insurers , NAPF and the ASB , to devise appropriate levels of disclosure . |
| 15 | The commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Yugoslavia , Gen Satish Nambiar , also appealed on television to all parties to lay down their weapons , adding that a political settlement was being considered . |
| 16 | Now it is for these reasons all of these different views and these conflicting opinions coming from authoritative sources and the concern the locals have that this issue has been ramrodded through on a political ticket is is is the very reason why it should go to an inspector appointed by the Secretary of State at least some semblance of independence and that issues brought out in in full public consideration . |
| 17 | A LAST-DITCH effort is being made to save a Bishop Auckland residential home from closure . |
| 18 | Nowadays , that sort of conduct could lead to a social worker 's being asked to take an interest in the child . |
| 19 | If we genuinely believe everyone to be entitled to education , then we must reject the aristocratic distinction between an education fit only for workers and one fit for philosopher-kings ; but we Must equally reject the new assumption that only those who are receiving a scientific education are being ‘ properly ’ educated ; the rest , those who are studying arts , being relegated to the position of drones or parasites to be , at best , tolerated , and seen as ‘ enriching ’ themselves . |
| 20 | While their three sons were young , a favourite treat was being taken by their father , one by one , to Paddington Station to listen to the Great Western Railway Band which played there on Sunday mornings . |
| 21 | To the layman it seemed that a decreasing service was being provided at increasing expense . |
| 22 | While Bonnie Dundee was establishing in Scotland the Jacobite tradition of romantic failure a different legend was being born in Ireland , that of ‘ No surrender ’ , the slogan adopted by the protestant defenders of Londonderry . |
| 23 | ‘ In many of the rural parts of Ulster , a different standard is being imposed by the DHSS . |
| 24 | But in other west European countries a different conclusion is being drawn , namely that European political union , perhaps excluding Britain , is all the more important so as to provide a check on American behaviour , to avoid a unipolar world . |
| 25 | A different drama was being enacted in his mind . |
| 26 | A clear budget was being prepared as required . |
| 27 | ( d ) if a recommended offer is being sought , whether or not control is being delivered in advance through a 'shut out " ; |
| 28 | A TOP judge was being held in a psychiatric ward last night , charged with harassing and blackmailing his ex-mistress . |
| 29 | A 2,500-seat auditorium with stage space for a 60-piece orchestra is being built within the palace courtyards for the 10-day festival in June . |
| 30 | Up in the gallery a careful watch is being kept on sound levels to ensure the noise from the fan is drowned out by the radiophonic wind effect now carrying through the studio 's talkback system and being picked up by the microphones . |