Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These dogs look happy enough , but they could be riddled with canine complexes . |
| 2 | I knew I 'd see the facades of Nabataean temples chiselled into the rock and that the cliff-walls would be riddled with empty tombs . |
| 3 | Last night 400 bikers were drifting away from Pier Head to other ports after being told extra boats would be chartered from alternative ports today . |
| 4 | It can be blended with other fibres too . |
| 5 | Government subsidies would be withdrawn from loss-making parastatals , which would have to become self-financing . |
| 6 | Counsel may be briefed with the approval of the Area Director ; assistance may be withdrawn in certain circumstances ; costs may be awarded out of the legal aid fund to an unassisted party ; the statutory charge operates subject to specified exceptions . |
| 7 | It was felt that this would enable more rail services to be withdrawn in rural areas without ‘ undue hardship ’ ( an ill-defined term ) being caused to the communities currently served by rail . |
| 8 | Separate allegations against Gates — suggesting that he might be implicated in illegal efforts to supply US arms and technology to Iraq via third countries such as South Africa and Chile — were also believed to have been made to congressional investigators and federal law enforcement officials . |
| 9 | The three are also believed to be implicated in other cases of serious violations against street children . |
| 10 | Other physical factors may be implicated in mass strandings . |
| 11 | At the start of a new production process , these plans may be altered at frequent intervals . |
| 12 | Our time perception can be altered in other ways . |
| 13 | Thus approved Green Belt must only be altered in exceptional circumstances . |
| 14 | A horse 's more or less inherited position in the herd can be altered by unusual conditions . |
| 15 | You then whip the cream ( it is easier if you have left it an hour or two in the refrigerator after cooling ) and when it stands in peaks you can turn it in to the muslin or clean napkin with which you have lined an earthenware or metal cheese mould or drainer — which can be improvised by piercing holes in a cheap cake tin or in a tub-shaped carton — and leave it 3 or 4 hours , or overnight . |
| 16 | I am afraid that I can not agree with you that all rivers should simply be recognized as public rights of way , attractive though that might appear . |
| 17 | However , heterologous telomeric DNAs exhibit a broad spectrum of activity in their ability to be recognized as functional telomeres in vivo . |
| 18 | Scratches , cleavage shattering and other features of mechanical damage in crystals luminesce brightly and can be recognized by experienced observers . |
| 19 | William Wordsworth described the river Duddon as something which would always be recognized by succeeding generations : |
| 20 | The presence of virus could be recognized by microscopic changes in the infected cells , and means of assay were devised to detect the presence , and preferably the amount , of virus present . |
| 21 | Conversely , emotional or mental problems can arise from a physical cause , as was the case with the victim of the instant coffee , and this is even less likely to be recognized by orthodox practitioners . |
| 22 | Recent work has shown that the types of deposit produced by different kinds of eruption can be recognized by objective criteria such as the total volume of material erupted , the distance that it travels from the vent , the degree of fragmentation , and the range of particle sizes present at any point . |
| 23 | Contrariwise , one may be able to vote provided that one is in fact registered even though one was not entitled to be registered — the register , when published , is conclusive ( ibid , s.49 ) once notice of an election has been given , although it may be amended on specified grounds prior to that date ( ibid , s.11 ) . |
| 24 | The Land Acts of 1913 and 1936 would retain recognition of tribal lands for the time being , but the Population Registration Act , which classified race at birth , would be amended during constitutional negotiations . |
| 25 | Even the provisions of the formal document , the United States Constitution , may be amended by judicial decisions and custom usage . |
| 26 | But that it may be redirected towards other ends is shown by the way in which labor difficulties become unpopular during war when employers and employees unite against a common foe ’ |
| 27 | In another snub , the amount saved will be redirected to Labour councillors and MEPs . |
| 28 | Every practising barrister knows before which judges he would prefer not to appear in a political case because he believes , and his colleagues at the bar believe , that certain judges are much more likely than others to be biased against certain groups , like demonstrators or students , or certain kinds of action , like occupations of property by trade unionists or the homeless . |
| 29 | Another alternative is an adjustable peg arrangement under which exchange rates are fixed at agreed values , but revaluations and devaluations of currencies can be undertaken under certain conditions . |
| 30 | As set out below , more detailed valuations will be undertaken for actual targets at subsequent stages in the deal process . |