Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structure can be stabilised by a triangulation that is most economic when symmetrical and evolves into the familiar forms of roof trusses , bridges , arches and vaulting . |
| 2 | Margaret Stanhope saw by the watch that never left his wrist that their unromantic interlude would soon be drawing to a close . |
| 3 | In the hollow below , Bigwig seemed to be drawing to a close . |
| 4 | The lack of welfare officers , the rarity of home leave , the concept of visits and letter-writing as a privilege which could be withdrawn as a punishment , and the denial of permission to keep family photographs , were all indications of an absence of serious interest in helping to maintain a prisoner 's contacts with the outside world . |
| 5 | A contestant may withdraw , or be withdrawn from a competition through injury . |
| 6 | He further announced on Jan. 29 , 1990 , that 2,750 military and civilian personnel ( including their dependants ) would be withdrawn from a number of bases in the United Kingdom and elsewhere ( for other announcements of US defence expenditure cuts and for European concerns about reduced US miliary commitment to Europe see p. 37226 ) . |
| 7 | The edges of mirrors can be smoothed with a carborundum stone but using water rather than oil as the lubricant . |
| 8 | This networking of previously lone individuals and groups will be highlighted through a number of networking facilities including the innovative Networking Game . |
| 9 | Marx believed that this contradiction would be highlighted by a second : the contradiction between social production and individual ownership . |
| 10 | The limestone scars seen on the left during the ascent here give place to a moorland shelf inclined at an easier gradient which , on investigation , is found to be perforated by a line of potholes . |
| 11 | I recognise that it may also be tinged with a note of bias , for I passionately believe with the project organisers that school and community are parallel and co-operative agencies in the education of young children , and that to establish understanding , as well as to promote real creativity , children should begin reading and learning in the language they speak at home . |
| 12 | Mandela was to be assassinated by a sniper on his return from abroad in mid-July . |
| 13 | These , and other changes , all contributed to the doubling of productivity within those six years , and he is optimistic that it could be trebled as a result of the fast , electronic and computer assisted information that is now available . |
| 14 | It was not a right to be enjoyed as a source of revenue or worldly glory : it was to be guarded as a gift from the past , representing an eternal principle of order . |
| 15 | A ship would have to be guarded by a warship , the Americans , who supplied the original plutonium , insisted . |
| 16 | ‘ T is too narrow a road to be guarded by a castle . ’ |
| 17 | Nervous convulsions have been attributed by some clinicians to toxocariasis , but there is still some disagreement on whether the parasite can be implicated as a cause of these signs . |
| 18 | And it can quickly produce a list of signs that need to be altered for a relief route or during a major road repair . |
| 19 | Thus a computer architecture and instruction set can be frozen at a later stage in the design process , and can be altered as a result of any inadequacies or improvements . |
| 20 | With a text on a word-processor no one version is final , any version can be altered without a trace . |
| 21 | You know that I do not necessarily go along with your concept of visual character in the way that you use it , but would the visual character be altered in a way that would cause a coincidence of greenbelt function were that important hedge not in existence on the north side of D thirty nine ? |
| 22 | The physical environment can be altered by a manager , who may be able to regulate noise levels at work , comfort and security of working conditions , seating arrangements , the use of open-plan offices or segregation into many small offices , the physical proximity of departments as well as individuals . |
| 23 | For instance , arrows need to be propelled by a bow and chariots need to be drawn by horses . |
| 24 | A hay net can be improvised as a seat belt , especially if there is nothing else ( no seats either ) . |
| 25 | Second , the union of two people who have the same biological sex , but one of whom is an operated transsexual with a female gender identity should be recognized as a marriage . |
| 26 | It was beyond possibility that he could be recognized as a policeman , yet he had not even been given a coquettish smile . |
| 27 | It was hateful to have to be like that , and usually she did not allow herself to think on those lines , but it was there and had to be recognized as a factor . |
| 28 | Information retrieval should be recognized as a skill within its own right , though it forms an integral part of wider study skills . |
| 29 | What has been seen as an aspect of the Roman catholic intellectual opposition to divorce in Chapter 5 can also be recognized as a feature of the defence of catholic schools too : the opposition contains an interpretation of the moral nature of contemporary society and of what happens to catholics who are not to some degree protected from it . |
| 30 | A graduate will be recognized as a licentiate member and will be granted full professional membership after two years ' appropriate management experience . |