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

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1 If Lithuania are delayed the match could be ruled as a void fixture and that 's something the FAI do n't dare even think about .
2 Gloucestershire Social Services department , which will be responsible for overseeing the private school , say if new pupils are enrolled the school will be subject to detailed inspections regarding the welfare of the children .
3 From these are calculated the doses required for a quantity of water , usually 100 litres , if water consumption for each process requiring chemical is the same .
4 In cases where the lis had not yet been joined the applicant was less successful .
5 This implies , inter alia , that nodes corresponding to infeasible problems are assigned the value and can be declared inactive .
6 Is not the difficulty in which you are placed the fact that there are now only four Government Back-Bench Members representing Scotland , and 63 of different parties on the Opposition side of the House ?
7 We are given the pronoun first , and then kept in suspense as to its identity , which is revealed later .
8 The TECs are given the responsibility .
9 In order to develop a hierarchy of users , certain users are given the privilege to create new users .
10 No one ever teaches you how to ride — you are given the opportunity with stabilisers and encouragement , with the right environment being a smooth , safe pavement .
11 During a day filled with intrigue , excitement and adventure , participants are given the opportunity of re-enacting some of their wildest fantasies in an informal yet highly motivated environment .
12 It is not often that social workers are given the opportunity to work closely with people at the end of their lives .
13 A stay at Broniwan in the heart of Wales can be an educational experience ; guests staying at this small Victorian stone farmhouse are given the opportunity to feed the calves , milk the cows , make friends with the donkey and tend the hens .
14 The important thing to emphasize is that women are given the opportunity to participate in all areas of work and that there exists a definite attempt to organize and train women for tasks outside the domestic sphere , One finds many women who are in charge of supplies , or working in the munition workshops , in tailoring , shoe-making , pottery or local manufactures , such as hammocks and so on .
15 There can be little doubt that there are many people in this country who would welcome such a change , as is evidenced by the customers who flock to stores to shop on Sunday when they are given the opportunity to do so ; but it might not be so popular with small retailers who could find it more difficult to open their shops regularly on Sundays to remain competitive with their larger and more powerful rivals .
16 Trainees are given the opportunity to work towards a recognised vocational qualification ( 15% of those leaving ET in 1989–90 had acquired one ) , and are paid an allowance of 10 a week more than their benefit entitlement ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 6.6 ) .
17 If you are given the opportunity to work flexible working hours , you may agree your working times with your manager within the flexible working hours scheme in operation where you work , subject to the operational needs of the organisation .
18 Through benefit inquiry line and forms designed and checked out with disability and welfare rights groups , people are given the opportunity to claim benefits to which they are entitled .
19 It is extremely important that Network members are given the opportunity to handle both of these tasks ( origination and/or contacts ) in an effective and professional manner .
20 Students are given the opportunity to develop an understanding of the system of welfare benefits .
21 They are given the opportunity to involve the local chief officer of police in their curriculum planning and they must make an explicit decision about the place of sex education in the curriculum .
22 Providing opportunities runs through two aspects of management : unless colleagues are given the opportunity to understand the world outside education , unless they have the opportunity to look around and to come to some new conclusions of their own about what they are doing , the head will say that he or she is failing .
23 A number of departments have their own specialist libraries and archives and all postgraduate students , whether novices or more advanced , are given the opportunity to learn or improve their computing skills .
24 The School gives strong support to its postgraduate students , who are given the opportunity to gain teaching experience in the department and who also run their own regular seminars to which scholars from other universities are invited as guest speakers .
25 Pupils are given the opportunity to use technology in a creative way and enhance the quality of their own learning .
26 Durham County B team entertain their Cumbrian counterparts at Barnard Castle golf club this weekend when players on the brink of full county honours are given the opportunity of catching the attention of selectors .
27 Pregnant mothers who are given the tetanus vaccine provide their baby with natural immunity for the first 12 weeks of its life .
28 There must be many songs , many dances and many festivals before women like Mrs Kizza are given the space and time to live full human lives .
29 In some cases , pupils are given the beginning or ending of a story and they have to complete the rest of the story in their own words .
30 You are given the readings .
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