Example sentences of "be [vb pp] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Preamble to the new recommendations acknowledged the changes : " Some important gaps in knowledge have been filled and new issues have emerged to challenge the international community . |
| 2 | Gen. V. Dovgan , a senior military-industrial administrator , had been dismissed and stripped of his rank after it had been revealed that he informally approved the sale of the tanks to ANT , and Deputy Aviation Industry Minister Anatoly Bratukhin had been dismissed for gross violation of arms export regulations . |
| 3 | Caution : Do not apply pressure if the sinuses are swollen and painful ( see Fig. 13 ) . |
| 4 | The C. and A.G. , after satisfying himself that the vouchers have been examined and certified as correct by the accounting department , may , in his discretion and having regard to the character of the departmental examination , in any particular case admit the sum so certified without further evidence of payment in support of the charges to which they relate … ‘ |
| 5 | A number of quartz-carbonate veins bearing copper , zinc , lead , silver and gold have been examined and massive volcanogenic sulphide mineralisation has been confirmed . |
| 6 | limit in advance the discretion entrusted by the Act to any meeting of the licensing board at which applications are heard and disposed of . |
| 7 | Much work has centred on activities that are criminal , by contemporary definitions , but are hidden and undetected — one of the greatest benefits of power being the privacy and impunity that it seems to guarantee ( see Geis and Stotland , 1980 ) . |
| 8 | 5.1.2.1 How are given and new signalled in discourse ? |
| 9 | Therefore , may I request that all fields on the record are completed and updated and that all your acquisition criteria are included . |
| 10 | Learn to adjust your priorities as earlier assignments are completed and new ones taken on . |
| 11 | Two other girls had been grazed and bruised , and were obviously suffering from shock . |
| 12 | In reality they should have been dumbfounded and embarrassed , wishing the floor would open up and swallow them . |
| 13 | The move was announced in Montreux at the international television festival , where Vic , 32 , real name is Jim Moir , said : ‘ We are are honoured and delighted to be joining the BBC . ’ |
| 14 | Elite theory accounts of state organization are developed and detailed , and we first review five aspects where the approach has made a distinctive contribution : the role of political leaderships in liberal democracies , the predominance of bureaucracies in shaping policy-making , the reasons for fragmentation ( or centralization ) of governmental tiers and sectors , the role of law , and the strong policy connections between government activities and major economic interests . |
| 15 | Furthermore , just as in Kent in 764–5 , so in Sussex in 770–1 , Offa 's involvement appears to have been limited and short-lived . |
| 16 | But federal involvement in the case has been limited and little action appears to have been taken . |
| 17 | In Puritan homes in which novels were banned , and in Evangelical homes where they were banned on Sundays , generations of children , often skipping the doctrinal dialogue , have been fascinated and excited to imagine themselves to be Christian and Christiana , never knowing what adventures they will find around the next corner and confident that there will be a happy ending . |
| 18 | In others they are crushed and flaky . |
| 19 | The effects of this pressure have emerged in at least one Modular Course evaluation study ( see Table 6.2 , Modular Course Management Structures ) , and a determined attempt has been made to configure the management system in such a way that Field Chairs participate in all Course development decisions , so that special needs are recognized and special difficulties can not be easily ignored . |
| 20 | There is usually one , or sometimes two , blunt apical papilla flanked on each side by 6–7 oral papillae ; the proximal oral papillae are pointed and spine-like becoming broader more triangular distally . |
| 21 | This does not mean that deterrence never works , but that its effects are limited and easy to overestimate . |
| 22 | Places on the courses are limited and advance booking is essential . |
| 23 | Potential patients should know that we have much to offer them in alleviating symptoms and improving their lifestyle , even if currently the options are limited and imperfect . |
| 24 | It the direction of the change is seen as desirable and if the means of implementation are proven and clear , there is nothing wrong with consistent homogeneous implementation . |
| 25 | Nursing students are at risk of enforced reduction in their clinical contact and theoretical integration unless roles are examined and restorative measures taken to redress any imbalances found . |
| 26 | These differences might have to do with the aspects of context which are differentiated and generalized , or with the distribution of responsibility for denoting these aspects within the formal resources of the language , within its lexis , morphology , and syntax . |
| 27 | They are paralysed and embarrassed by the dilemmas they create for themselves . |
| 28 | An excellent example of such a walk has been developed and waymarked by councils in the eastern county of Gwent — a move which in itself is a sign of changed official attitudes and priorities . |
| 29 | The textbase STATLT holding the statutes for England has been developed and refined in a series of projects since 1980 and at the start of the project described here already provided a very detailed definition of the data structure [ 1 ] , full text-searching facilities , symbolic addressing in the manner of Figure 2 and a multi-valued attribute marg-note-xref in each text unit to record cross-references made to other parts of the text [ 23 ] . |
| 30 | The nature of psychoanalysis as a communicative encounter has been developed and refined by Jurgen Habermas . |